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Jason Tramm Leads the Long Island Concert Orchestra in MOZART: AN EVENING WITH THE MASTER by Sarah Hookey
- March 27, 2019 Noted conductor Jason Tramm will lead the Long Island Concert Orchestra and internationally acclaimed pianist Julia Zuilberquit in “Mozart: An Evening with the Master” on April 27th at 8 PM in New York City's historic Good Shepherd- Faith Presbyterian Church.
Musica Viva NY Concludes 2018-19 Season with HOMAGE TO PEACE by BWW News Desk
- March 27, 2019 Musica Viva NY concludes its 2018-19 season with Homage to Peace on Sunday, May 19 at 5:00 p.m. at The Brick Church. The program features reflective masterworks by Duruflé, Poulenc, and Pärt, performed by the Musica Viva NY Choir, led by Artistic Director Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez – including Duruflé's Ubi Caritas, and Requiem, Op. 9, Poulenc's Concerto for Organ, Timpani and Strings, Op. 36, with acclaimed organist Renée Anne Louprette, and Pärt's Da Pacem Domine for mixed choir and string orchestra.
Patti LuPone to Perform at NY Phil's Spring Gala by BWW News Desk
- March 26, 2019 The New York Philharmonic's annual Spring Gala will feature Tony, Grammy, and Olivier Award–winning singer and actress Patti LuPone performing songs from some of her award-winning, landmark Broadway performances. The concert, Thursday, May 16, 2019, at 7:30 p.m., will mark her first return to the New York Philharmonic after eight years. It will be conducted by Patrick Vaccariello, directed by Scott Wittman, and feature Michael McElroy and the Broadway Inspirational Voices as well as comedian / actress / singer Bridget Everett.
Pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii Replaces Murray Perahia in Upcoming Recital on May 10 by BWW News Desk
- March 26, 2019 Carnegie Hall today announced that pianist Murray Perahia must regretfully withdraw from his upcoming recital scheduled for Friday, May 10 at 8:00 p.m.in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage due to medical reasons. Pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii has agreed to step in for Mr. Perahia, performing works by Satie, Debussy, Ravel, and Chopin.
Classical Pianist Lang Lang To Perform At The Greene Space At WQXR by BWW News Desk
- March 26, 2019 On Tuesday, April 9, WQXR will present the latest installment of “Classical Up Close,” a performance and conversation series featuring some of the world's best and brightest stars of classical music.
Michael Tilson Thomas and Yuja Wang Collaborate with New World Symphony for Performances This May by BWW News Desk
- March 25, 2019 Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas concludes his season-long Perspectives series at Carnegie Hall leading two performances by the New World Symphony, both featuring fellow Perspectivesartist and longtime collaborator pianist Yuja Wang. The first program on Wednesday, May 1 at 8:00 p.m. in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage includes the New York premiere of Julia Wolfe's Fountain of Youth (co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall as part of its 125 Commissions Project), Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique, and Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 5, with Ms. Wang.
Brooklyn's AOP To Select Composers, Librettists For Two Years Of Free Training In The Fundamentals Of Opera by BWW News Desk
- March 21, 2019 American Opera Projects (AOP) announces the return of its popular Composers & the Voice program for its 2019-21 seasons. Created and led by Composers & the Voice Artistic Director Steven Osgood, six composers and up to three librettists will be selected for two-year fellowships to learn the fundamentals of writing for the voice and opera stage. Workshop sessions with professional opera singers, mentors, and instructors are held at AOP's home base in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Applications and complete information will be available beginning March 18 at www.aopopera.org/composers_voice. The deadline for applications is April 26 with fellowships announced by July 16.
SPCO's Liquid Music Series Presents Double Header: New Music & Dance Duos by BWW News Desk
- March 21, 2019 Award winning composer and pianist Dustin O'Halloran (Marie Antoinette, Lion, Transparent) whose “sublime” and “enveloping” (DIS) music creates “altered states” (Mojo) teams with choreographer and Company Wayne McGregor member Fukiko Takase to explore ideas of technology, humanity and mind-body dualism in a new electronics-forward existentialist performance 1 0 0 1. As we approach the age of AI, the collaborators ask: how will a new form of consciousness manifest inside a body? What will happen to our soul?
International Contemporary Ensemble Premieres Seven New Works At Abrons Arts Center by BWW News Desk
- March 21, 2019 On Monday, April 8, 2019 at 8pm and Wednesday, April 10, 2019 at 7:30pm the International Contemporary Ensemble continues its collaboration with the innovative composers of New York University College of Arts and Sciences.
The Hall Announces The Siemens Hall International Conductors Competition by BWW News Desk
- March 21, 2019 The Hallé has announce the launch of an international conductors competition with Siemens AG, a global technology powerhouse that has stood for engineering excellence, innovation, quality and reliability for more than 170 years. Commencing on Thursday 20th February 2020, the competition will take place over three days, with the winner being announced on the evening of Saturday 22nd February 2020.
WE CHOSE TO GO TO THE MOON Celebrates 50th Anniversary Of Moon Landing This July by BWW News Desk
- March 20, 2019 Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, Carnegie Hall presents two performances of We Chose to Go to the Moon—a music and multimedia presentation that reignites the unforgettable moments of the historic mission—on Tuesday evening, July 16 and Saturday evening, July 20 in Zankel Hall, created and narrated by historian John Monsky.
Jewish Women's Theatre To Present Bravissima! Jewish Women In Music by BWW News Desk
- March 20, 2019 Three of LA's most acclaimed musicians will share their personal stories at Bravissima! Jewish Women in Music at The Braid, home of Jewish Women's Theatre (JWT) in Santa Monica on April 7 from 10 a.m. to noon.
Melodia Women's Choir Presents GLORIA: LIFTING THE VEIL ON VIVALDI'S MASTERPIECE by BWW News Desk
- March 20, 2019 Melodia Women's Choir of NYC, led by Artistic Director Cynthia Powell and in collaboration with Director Christa Scott-Reed, brings to life the music and the untold story behind Antonio Vivaldi's Gloria this spring in Gloria: Lifting the Veil on Vivaldi's Masterpiece. Audiences will have the chance to hear the voices of three 18th-century Venetian characters inspired by the real women and girls of the Ospedale della Pietà music conservatory and hear Vivaldi's work performed by an all-female choir and chamber ensemble as it was likely originally composed for the figlie di coro female musicians of the Ospedale della Pietà in 1715.
Brandenburg Quartet To Hit The Road For National Tour by BWW News Desk
- March 19, 2019 The Brandenburg Quartet, formed in 2016, is about to hit the road for its third and biggest national tour in April taking in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide, and this time adding a Queensland leg with a concert at The Old Museum in Brisbane.
Lincoln Theater Announces New Board Of Directors Leadership by BWW News Desk
- March 19, 2019 Napa Valley Performing Arts Center at Lincoln Theater announces the appointment of Bob Hurley and Michael Madden as co-chairs of the Theater's Board of Directors.
Violinist Eldbjorg Hemsing and Pianist Nargiz Aliyarova Come to Bruno Walter Auditorium by BWW News Desk
- March 19, 2019 The National Music & Global Culture Society will present the rising Norwegian star, violinist Eldbørg Hemsing and internationally noted Azerbaijani pianist Nargiz Aliyarova in recital at the Bruno Walter Auditorium at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center (111 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10023) on Wednesday evening, April 24, 2019 at 7 pm. The program-entitled 'From East to West'-will focus on solo and chamber works from both Norway and Azerbaijan.
Royal Scottish National Orchestra Presents LA Premiere Of Danny Elfman Concerto At The Soraya by BWW News Desk
- March 18, 2019 Danny Elfman's new violin concerto, Eleven Eleven, will be performed by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, conducted by its music director Thomas S nderg rd. Violinist Sandy Cameron performs the solo, as she did for the world premiere and for its first recording with this orchestra.
Spectrum Presents Soprano Ah Young Hong, April 7 by BWW News Desk
- March 18, 2019 The soprano Ah Young Hong, praised for her 'fearlessness and consummate artistry' by Opera News and called 'the opera's blazing lone star' by The New York Times, will appear in recital with pianist Jacob Rhodebeck Sunday, April 7, 2019, 7 pm, presented by Spectrum, Brooklyn's concert venue for new music, located at 70 Flushing Avenue, Garage A, (entrance between Cumberland and Carlton,) Brooklyn, NY 11205. Composers Michael Hersch and Georg Friedrich Haas will be in attendance. The full program follows:
Paul Huang Joins Pacific Symphony To Perform Bruch's Violin Concerto, March 21-23 by BWW News Desk
- March 13, 2019 Acclaimed violinist Paul Huang joins Pacific Symphony conducted by Music Director Carl St.Clair for three nights of performances ending with Mendelssohn's lively “Italian” Symphony, in a program that opens with Beethoven's serene “Lento assai, cantante e tranquillo” from String Quartet No. 16, and continues with Bruch's virtuosic Violin Concerto No. 1, Thurs., Mar. 21 through Sat., Mar. 23. The Friday night performance will be the third installment of our more casual “Classical KUSC at Pacific Symphony” series, with an abridged program featuring the Bruch Violin Concerto and Mendelssohn's “Italian” Symphony.
Semyon Bychkov To Return To The NY Philharmonic For Two Weeks This Spring by BWW News Desk
- March 13, 2019 Semyon Bychkov will return to the New York Philharmonic to conduct two weeks of programs, including a US Premiere and a double piano concerto, written seven decades apart but both reacting to unrest in Europe; two symphonic works in the conductor's core repertoire; and a Very Young Composers presentation featuring works by students living in high-risk areas.
Amy Owens Returns With Music Video 'Centauri' Featuring Violinist Charles Yang by BWW News Desk
- March 13, 2019 Amy Owens has an extensive career in the Classical World. Having performed on various stages across the country, such as Wolf Trap to Carnegie Hall, Owens has dazzled time and time again. In February, she released her jazz-pop single 'Discreet' and now returns with a new collaborative piece featuring renown violinist and recipient of the 2018 Leonard Bernstein Award, Charles Yang.
Inga Fiolia Makes U.S. Debut at Lincoln Center Recital by Sarah Hookey
- March 13, 2019 German-Georgian pianist Inga Fiolia will make her U.S. debut in a recital at the Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse at Lincoln Center on Monday, April 29, 2019, at 7 p.m. She will perform works by Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy, Glinka, Rachmaninov and Tsintsadse.
Chamber Music Society Of Lincoln Center Announces April Events by BWW News Desk
- March 13, 2019 The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center will greet spring with a special 90th Birthday Salute to George Crumb featuring two programs of nine different works on April 14 and 16. American Icon: George Crumb at 90 will include theworld premiere of the iconic composer's KRONOS-KRYPTOS for Percussion Quintet (a CMS co-commission), the first commission he accepted in more than 15 years.