Kent Nagano News

Danse Lumière presents a Conversation with Sidra Bell on April 8, 2022 at 7:00pm at the Martha Graham Studio Theater, 55 Bethune Street, NYC. Tickets are $25 and can be purchased online at https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/5372130, by phone at 1-800-838-3006, or in person at the Martha Graham Studio Theater Box Office on the day of the event.

It was just announced that American baritone Lucas Meachem will step in to make his role and house debut as Baron Scarpia in Teatro Di San Carlo's production of Tosca from April 20 - May 3, 2022.

The cast is comprised of established Broadway artists and local rising stars. Part of the Virginia Arts Festival's 25th Anniversary Season, the new production is led by Conductor Rob Fisher, the Festival's Artistic Advisor of Musical Theater & American Songbook and Stage Director Matt Kunkel.

The Virginia Arts Festival has announced the complete cast for The Sound of Music, co-produced by the Festival and the Virginia Opera May 13-15 at the Harrison Opera House.

Reina Sofía School of Music in Madrid, Spain announces the appointment of 2021 American Pianists Awards winner Kenny Broberg as Deputy Professor of the Fundación Banco Santander Piano Chair led by Professor Stanislav Ioudenitch, starting in the 2022-2023 academic year.

The 92nd Street Y, one of New York’s leading cultural venues, presents Musicians from the New York Philharmonic & Gilles Vonsattel, piano playing Beethoven, Brahms, and Clara Schumann on Sunday, March 6, 2022 at 3pm ET.

Danse Lumière will present a Conversation with Sidra Bell on April 8, 2022 at 7:00pm at the Martha Graham Studio Theater, 55 Bethune Street, NYC.

Palm Beach Symphony presents two masterworks that deliver all the passion, poetry and drama of classical music as acclaimed pianist Maria João Pires makes a rare American appearance with Music Director Gerard Schwarz at the podium in a program of Beethoven and Mahler on Monday, March 7 at 7:30 p.m. at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts.

It was just announced that American baritone Lucas Meachem will step in to perform Athanaël in a new Olivier Py production of Jules Massenet's Thaïs at Teatro alla Scala, marking his house debut.

Following years of releasing elaborate music videos of holiday carols on his popular YouTube channel, Grammy Award-winning baritone Lucas Meachem releases All I Want, an EP of five classic Christmas ballads on December 10 with Crossover Records. Carols include All I Want for Christmas, This Christmas, Adeste Fideles 'O Come, All Ye Faithful,' and Carol of the Bells, each arranged for a cappella voices by Meachem and featuring him singing all of the multi-layered parts.

 The Orchestra Now will give its first Carnegie Hall concert of the season on Thursday, November 18 at 7 pm. The concert features the world premiere of award-winning composer Scott Wheeler’s Birds of America performed by renowned violinist Gil Shaham, and more.

Kathryn Roszak, artistic director of the Bay Area's Danse Lumiere, and founder of 'Women Directors, Choreographer, and Composers Award'  honored WENDY WHELAN with an award to recognize and highlight women leaders in dance and their contributions. 

Musical Days Productions, Mari Kodama and Kent Nagano announced “A Portrait of BEETHOVEN: 32 Sonatas for Piano,” a four-concert festival featuring world class performers in a celebration of the anniversary of Beethoven's 250th birthday, October 9–10, 2021.

The Orchestra Now, the visionary orchestra and master’s degree program founded by Bard College president, conductor, educator, and music historian Leon Botstein, returns to the stage for its seventh season on September 11.

On Friday, September 24, 2021 at 6:00pm, Bradshaw Performing Arts Center at Sandhills Community College will present Grammy Award-winning baritone Lucas Meachem in a recital celebrating the release of his first ever solo album, Shall We Gather, out on Rubicon Classics the same day

On Friday, September 24, 2021, Grammy Award-winning baritone Lucas Meachem, highly in-demand at opera houses around the world, will release his first ever solo album, Shall We Gather, on Rubicon Classics.

Roaring back into action with 60 outdoor, sold-out concerts and events over two weeks, Festival Napa Valley capped its 15th summer season by raising a record-breaking $2.8 million at its Arts for All Gala, headlined by global superstar Jennifer Hudson.

After a long absence of 17 months from the live stage, Kent Nagano will conduct the OSM joined by soprano Hélène Guilmette in a distinctive concert: Gustav Mahler's sublime Fourth Symphony, alive with the poetic and mysterious wonders of a child's imagination, conjuring Heaven.

The Frost School of Music at the University of Miami and Festival Napa Valley have announced a multiyear partnership to collaborate on university-level educational, chamber music and orchestral music programming. 

Festival Napa Valley announces the launch of the Manetti Shrem Opera Program, a major new initiative designed to nurture the creative careers of gifted singers.