Lang Lang News

The Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall today announced its roster for the 2009-10 Orchestra/Classical Music Series. The series features renowned ensembles and soloists from around the globe. They include violin virtuoso Itzhak Perlman (in concert Mar. 1, 2010) and piano megastar Lang Lang (performing as the soloist with the Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra under the baton of Christoph Eschenbach on Mar. 30, 2010).

Double Pianos in Concert to visit UK Lang Lang and Hancock announce extraordinary London performance '...a genre-crossing revamp of George Gershwin's 'Rhapsody In Blue' was the perfect showcase for these two hugely talented ivory tinklers' - Entertainment Weekly on 50th Grammy Awards performance

The Corporation of Massey Hall and Roy Thomson Hall announces its 2009-2010 season of jazz and classical concerts, which includes Jazz @ Massey Hall (series of 3 concerts), International Vocal Recitals (series of 4 concerts), Virtuoso Performance (series of 3 concerts), and four special concerts. Subscriptions are currently on sale. For more information call: 416-872-4255, go online at www.masseyhall.com or www.roythomson.com, or visit the Roy Thomson Hall box office.

Music director Robert Spano and principal guest conductor Donald Runnicles announce 2009-10 season of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. This season will mark Orchestra's 65th anniversary season, the Youth Orchestra's 35th anniversary season, and Mr. Spano and Mr. Runnicles's ninth season. Culminating the season, the League of American Orchestras will host the 65th National Conference in Atlanta, which will also kick off the 10th Anniversary of the Atlanta School of Composers by featuring new works by the composers. Mr. Spano and The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra will perform five world premieres during the 2009-10 65th Anniversary Season, three of which are ASO commissions. Atlanta School of Composers Jennifer Higdon and Michael Gandolfi; Wynton Marsalis's American Symphony; Angel Lam's New Cello Concerto with Soloist Yo-Yo Ma; and Dejan Lazic's New Piano Arrangement of Brahms's Violin Concerto. The 2009/10 Season's guest artists and conductors to include: Yo-Yo Ma, Lang Lang, Midori, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Jon Kimura Parker, Leila Josefowicz, Garrick Ohlsson, Olli Mustonen, Robert Levin, Angela Brown. Kelley O'Connor, Vadim Repin, Ludovic Morlot, Roberto Abbado, Kristjan Jarvi, Hannu Lintu, Lathar Zagrosek, and many more. MR. SPANO TO LEAD ORCHESTRA IN FIVE WORLD PREMIERES DURING 65TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON Atlanta School of Composers Jennifer Higdon and Michael Gandolfi; Wynton Marsalis's American Symphony; Angel Lam's New Cello Concerto With Soloist Yo-Yo Ma; And Dejan Lazic's New Piano Arrangement of Brahms's Violin Concerto NEW WORKS BY JENNIFER HIGDON AND MICHAEL GANDOLFI TO BE RECORDED MR. SPANO TO LEAD ASO THEATER OF A CONCERT PERFORMANCE OF STRAVINSKY'S THE NIGHTINGALE MR. SPANO AND THE ORCHESTRA TO PERFORM AT CARNEGIE HALL, NOVEMBER 7, 2009 Program To Feature New York Premiere of Angel Lam's New Cello Concerto with Yo-Yo Ma And Stravinsky's The Nightingale During Carnegie Hall's China Festival MR. RUNNICLES to lead ATLANTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA and chorus in BRAHMS'S A GERMAN REQUIEM Mr. Runnicles and ASO Chorus Invited To Return to Berlin Philharmonic In December 2009 For Third Visit LEAGUE OF AMERICAN ORCHESTRAS AND CHORUS AMERICA TO HOST NATIONAL CONFERENCES IN ATLANTA, JUNE 2010 LAO 65th National Conference To Launch 10th Anniversary of Atlanta School of Composers And Feature Mr. Spano Leading the Orchestra in Works By Jennifer Higdon, Michael Gandolfi, and Christopher Theofanidis

Ravinia Festival's Box Office officially opens for walk-up sales on Saturday, May 17 during a day filled with discounts, the chance to purchase pavilion seating to some sold-out concerts and promotions and samples from some of Ravinia's sponsors.

The Original Broadway Cast album of 'Spring Awakening' won the 2008 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album during the pre-televised 50th Annual Grammy Awards today, Sunday February 10. Tune-in for all the winners tonight on CBS at 8PM.

Kimmel Center Chairman William P. Hankowsky, Acting President and COO Natalye Paquin, and Vice President of Programming and Education Mervon Mehta, today announced the 2007-08 season of Kimmel Center Presents concerts, recitals and dance presentations. The Kimmel Center opened its doors in December 2001, and has notably and positively transformed the Philadelphia-region performing arts scene. Encompassing classical, jazz, world, pop, educational, and dance presentations, the Kimmel Center continues its tradition of presenting a musically and culturally diverse line-up of performing artists to the Philadelphia-region community, September 16, 2007 - May 10, 2008.