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On Saturday, April 20, and Sunday, April 21, River Oaks Chamber Orchestra ('ROCO') will present 'Big Bang!' with dynamic guest conductor Andre Raphel and the 40-piece River Oaks Chamber Orchestra.

2013 marks the 30th anniversary of The Shanghai Quartet.

Music Director Jacques Lacombe and the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra present an all-Tchaikovsky program featuring Variations on a Rococo Theme, performed by NJSO Principal Cello Jonathan Spitz, tonight, April 12-14 in Trenton, Red Bank and Englewood.

Music Director Jacques Lacombe and the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra present Tchaikovsky's mighty Fifth Symphony on a concert program that features the East Coast premiere of Steven Mackey's Stumble to Grace Concerto for Piano and Orchestra with pianist Orli Shaham.

The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, Conductor Laureate Ignat Solzhenitsyn, the Mendelssohn Club, and the Center for Emerging Visual Art paid tribute to one of the great events of modern history during the PIFA celebrations in a well-received performance of musical, vocal, and visual art

Approaching his final month as Music Director of the Houston Symphony, Hans Graf will conduct a concert featuring several of Debussy and Mendelssohn's must popular works.

Led by Associate Conductor Robert Franz, the Houston Symphony invites families to a concert on Saturday, April 20 that will take audience members back to pre-historic times.

Art of Time Ensemble is the creation of renowned classical pianist and Artistic Director Andrew Burashko.

Described as having the dazzling technique and 'wild passion' of Vladimir Horowitz, the footwork of Fred Astaire and the glam sensibility of David Bowie, renegade organist Cameron Carpenter will make his Houston debut tonight, April 10, at 8 p.

On Friday, April 19, at 6:45, the popular chamber orchestra 'Allegro' presents a brand new, very different way to enjoy classical music: 'Music in the Round - Lancaster's Music Hour', aptly named the 'Appetizer Series.

The fiftieth anniversary of the College of Arts and Architecture was celebrated in style with a major production of the celebrated (and sometimes excoriated) 'theatre piece'

The Ebène Quartet, young, confident and technically magnificent string players from Paris, are on a par with the hip Kronos and Turtle Island quartets, as comfortable with jazz and rock as with classical.

Handel and Haydn Society Presents Handel Jephtha, conducted by Artistic Director Harry Christophers, in celebration of the 2015 Bicentennial.

Felix Mendelssohn completed his Symphony Number 4 ('The Italian') in Berlin, in 1833, at the conclusion of a three year vacation/tour of Europe.

Washington National Opera presents German soprano Diana Damrau in recital as part of its Celebrity Concert Series tonight, April 8 at 8 p.

The Los Angeles Philharmonic and Classical KUSC continue their annual radio broadcast partnership, reaching over half a million listeners in Southern and Central California.

A Concert for Peace and Reconciliation commemorating the 70th Anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, featuring both Jewish and Polish Music, will take place today, April 6, at KAM Isaiah Israel Congregation at 1100 East Hyde Park Boulevard on the south side of Chicago.

The mighty forces of the William J.

The Atlantic Classical Orchestra (ACO) today announced its 24th season in Florida's Treasure Coast, presenting orchestral and chamber music performances at venues in the beautiful coastal cities of Vero Beach and Stuart.

Following recent articles in the press on the departure of Maestro Kent Nagano at the end of the 2015-2016 season, the Orchestre symphonique de Montreal's management team wishes to formally deny any rumours in regards to the end of the contract or the replacement of him as music director of the OSM.

The Atlantic Classical Orchestra (ACO) today announced its 24th season in Florida's Treasure Coast, presenting orchestral and chamber music performances at venues in the beautiful coastal cities of Vero Beach and Stuart.

The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra presents Friday Night Out-an LGBT event-tonight, April 5, at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) in Newark.

Handel and Haydn Society presents Vivaldi Virtuosi, led by Ian Watson tonight, April 5, 2013 at 8pm and Sunday, April 7, 2013 at 3pm at NEC's Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston, Mass.

Art of Time Ensemble's popular Source & Inspiration series, a season highlight, returns this April to showcase the connection between classical and pop music.

Centenary Stage Company's Music for a Sunday Afternoon series is coming to a close for the season and will be featuring The Baroque Orchestra of New Jersey for the series' grand finale.