Ludwig van Beethoven News

The Ukraine's Odessa Philharmonic Orchestra - led by American Maestro Hobart Earle and joined by Mariangela Vacatello, the Italian finalist in the Thirteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition - come to Gainesville's Phillips Center for the Performing Arts on Wednesday, March 3.

Abu Dhabi, UAE, February 2, 2010: The Abu Dhabi Music & Arts Foundation (ADMAF) today revealed details of its most ambitious festival to date - The Abu Dhabi Festival 2010.

BROADWAY BEARS is an auction featuring a cuddly chorus line of one-of-a-kind teddy bears, each meticulously outfitted in original, handmade costumes by Broadway's leading costume designers and representing memorable characters from plays and musicals, past and present.

Abu Dhabi, UAE, February 2, 2010: The Abu Dhabi Music & Arts Foundation (ADMAF) today revealed details of its most ambitious festival to date - The Abu Dhabi Festival 2010.

Riccardo Muti will conduct the New York Philharmonic in two popular works from the 19th century: Beethoven's only Violin Concerto, performed by Vadim Repin, and Franck's Symphony in D minor - the only symphony ever written by the Belgian-born French composer, Wednesday and Thursday, March 10-11, 2010, at 7:30 p.m., and Saturday, March 13, at 8:00 p.m.

The Laguna Playhouse announces its calendar listings for events and shows through May, 2010.

The Laguna Playhouse is pleased to announce that due to popular demand, it has added an exclusive two week engagement of the critically acclaimed first movement of Hershey Felder's 'Composer Sonata,' Beethoven, As I Knew Him.

La Dirección General y Artística del Teatro Colón convoca a audiciones de selección de 4 (cuatro) pianistas Maestros Preparadores de Repertorio Lírico, en base a la presentación de antecedentes y substanciación de pruebas de oposición.

Eighty-Eight Entertainment, Samantha F. Voxakis and Lee Kaufman present Hershey Felder's COMPOSER SONATA at Drury Lane Water Tower Place from November 13th through December 31st in a strictly limited engagement culminating in a special New Year's Eve Presentation of Hershey Felder's The Great American Song Book Sing-A-Long. These tour-de-force presentations, Beethoven, As I Knew Him; Monsieur Chopin and George Gershwin Alone; as well as The Great American Song Book Sing-A-Long, are written and performed by Hershey Felder and directed by Joel Zwick.

Eighty-Eight Entertainment, Samantha F. Voxakis and Lee Kaufman present Hershey Felder's COMPOSER SONATA at the Drury Lane Theatre Water Tower Place (175 E. Chestnut St.). The final bow of the trilogy will begin with Beethoven, As I Knew Him playing November 13 to December 6, 2009. COMPOSER SONATA, written and performed by Hershey Felder and directed by Joel Zwick, also includes Monsieur Chopin, which will play December 9 to 20, and George Gershwin Alone, which will play December 23 to 30, 2009. The "COMPOSER SONATA" trilogy will culminate in two special New Year's Eve presentations of The Great American Song Book Sing-A-Long. These shows will be filmed in Chicago before a live audience for future television broadcast and world-wide release.

Eighty-Eight Entertainment, Samantha F. Voxakis and Lee Kaufman present Hershey Felder's COMPOSER SONATA at Drury Lane Water Tower Place from November 13th through December 31st in a strictly limited engagement culminating in a special New Year's Eve Presentation of Hershey Felder's The Great American Song Book Sing-A-Long. These tour-de-force presentations, Beethoven, As I Knew Him; Monsieur Chopin and George Gershwin Alone; as well as The Great American Song Book Sing-A-Long, are written and performed by Hershey Felder and directed by Joel Zwick.

The Carrollwood Cultural Center and the Florida Orchestra Guild/Tampa, Inc presents Music Notes, a series of lectures/demonstrations highlighting the Florida Orchestra's Master Works

The New York Philharmonic has added three concerts to its schedule, conducted by Music Director Alan Gilbert, with pianist Emanuel Ax as soloist, Friday and Saturday, October 30-31, 2009, at 8:00 p.m., and Saturday, October 31 at 2:00 p.m.

The New York Philharmonic has added three concerts to its schedule, conducted by Music Director Alan Gilbert, with pianist Emanuel Ax as soloist, Friday and Saturday, October 30-31, 2009, at 8:00 p.m., and Saturday, October 31 at 2:00 p.m.

The Carrollwood Cultural Center and the Florida Orchestra Guild/Tampa, Inc presents Music Notes, a series of lectures/demonstrations highlighting the Florida Orchestra's Master Works

Alexei Volodin brings his sparkling, yet elegant, technique to Jorgensen at 7:30 pm on October 15 with performances of Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109 and Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat Major, Op. 110 by Ludwig van Beethoven, followed by Twenty-Four Preludes, Op. 28 by Frédéric Chopin.

Alexei Volodin brings his sparkling, yet elegant, technique to Jorgensen at 7:30 p.m. on October 15 with performances of Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109 and Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat Major, Op. 110 by Ludwig van Beethoven, followed by Twenty-Four Preludes, Op. 28 by Frédéric Chopin. Learn more about the composers and their music at a free concert talk at 6:45 p.m.

Eighty-Eight Entertainment, Samantha F. Voxakis and Lee Kaufman present Hershey Felder's COMPOSER SONATA at the Drury Lane Theatre Water Tower Place (175 E. Chestnut St.). The final bow of the trilogy will begin with Beethoven, As I Knew Him playing November 13 to December 6, 2009. COMPOSER SONATA, written and performed by Hershey Felder and directed by Joel Zwick, also includes Monsieur Chopin, which will play December 9 to 20, and George Gershwin Alone, which will play December 23 to 30, 2009. The "COMPOSER SONATA" trilogy will culminate in two special New Year's Eve presentations of The Great American Song Book Sing-A-Long. These shows will be filmed in Chicago before a live audience for future television broadcast and world-wide release.

The New York Philharmonic has added three concerts to its schedule, conducted by Music Director Alan Gilbert, with pianist Emanuel Ax as soloist, Friday and Saturday, October 30-31, 2009, at 8:00 p.m., and Saturday, October 31 at 2:00 p.m.

After sold-out performances of George Gershwin Alone and Monsieur Chopin, award-winning performer Hershey Felder returns to The Cleveland Play House with the culmination of his Composer Sonata trilogy Beethoven, As I Knew Him.