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On July 19 and 20, for the first time ever, the Houston Symphony will present Pixar in Concert, a performance of music and movie clips from Pixar's award winning animated films.

As part of its 'SUMMERTIME CLASSICS' series, the New York Philharmonic presented Holst's 'THE PLANETS - AN HD ODYSSEY' at Avery Fisher Hall

The Minnesota Orchestral Association announced today that it has cancelled six scheduled summer performances, slated for July 20 through August 3, since a new contract agreement has not been reached with its musicians.

Concertmaster Jonathan Carney will lead the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in an evening of music by Baroque Masters tonight, July 11 at 8 p.

Get ready to groove as Pacific Symphony and Music Director Carl St.

This summer, Orchestra of St.

Johannes Brahms is the focus of the 2013-14 season opener of The Orion Ensemble, winner of the prestigious Chamber Music America/ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming.

On July 16, Sony Classical will release Leon Fleisher: The Complete Album Collection—a 23-CD deluxe box set spanning the legendary pianist's fifty-five years recording for the Columbia/Epic and Sony Classical labels from 1954-2009, yielding some of classical music's definitive recordings.

The 2013 Mostly Mozart Festival comes to a close in its fourth week, with more than 10 events taking place between August 19 and August 24.

The Los Angeles Philharmonic's classical season at the Hollywood Bowl opens with celebrated conductor Michael Tilson Thomas leading the orchestra in Mahler's Second Symphony ('Resurrection') with the Los Angeles Master Chorale and soprano Kiera Duffy and mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke, tonight, July 9, a

The Cooperstown Summer Music Festival will offer free Pro Am performances today, July 9 in Edmeston, July 10 in Cherry Valley, and July 11 in Cooperstown.

America's oldest continuing summer chamber music festival, Music Mountain continues their 84th season with a weekend of dancing and classical music.

According to published reports, Martynas Levickis has become the first concert accordionist to reach the top of the classical charts for his Martynas album, which was released on July 1.

Whidbey Island Center for the Arts is excited to present Sheila Weidendorf in Concert, on Saturday, July 13, 2013, at 7:30 PM.

Icicle Creek Center for the Arts presents its treasured festival - the International Chamber Music Festival, July 7 -27, 2013.

Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops return to the Koussevitzky Music Shed for a program featuring American country superstar Vince Gill.

Birds of Paradise, Greek mythology, and a piece Mozart called 'the best work I have ever written,' all are featured in Opening Night of the Cooperstown Summer Music Festival on July 7 at 7:30 pm at the Otesaga Hotel, 60 Lake Street in Cooperstown, NY.

New London Maritime Society is pleased to present virtuoso pianist Martin Berkofsky in concert at the Custom House Maritime Museum at 7 PM tonight, July 6, 2013.

A variety of musical traditions will be on display when America's oldest continuing summer chamber music festival Music Mountain welcomes celebrated pianist Evans Haile hosting a musical cocktail party, filled with devilish wit, humor, glittering piano virtuosity today, July 6 (6:30PM) followed by a

Superb classical music is alive and well in Fort Worth, where talented musical artists perform in beautiful settings, beneath the twinkling stars, and patrons show up by the thousands to enjoy them.

The Los Angeles Philharmonic's classical season at the Hollywood Bowl opens with celebrated conductor Michael Tilson Thomas leading the orchestra in Mahler's Second Symphony ('Resurrection') with the Los Angeles Master Chorale and soprano Kiera Duffy and mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke,Tuesday, July 9, at

On July 13, the Houston Symphony will present a free 12-hour Day of Music at Jones Hall.

The eighth release from the Alan Gilbert and the New York Philharmonic 2012-13 Season digital recording series is now available for download from iTunes and other major online music providers.

Each summer the Muir String Quartet collaborates with Joan Tower to offer two emerging, semi-professional string quartets and two promising composers an opportunity for extended professional development during the Deer Valley Music Festival.

Tonight, the Houston Symphony will present Video Games Live, an interactive multimedia concert experience featuring music from the most popular video games of all time.