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On Saturday, February 23, 7 PM The Ware Center will host 'A Little Taste of Asia ll'.

The Rembrandt Chamber Players will present LYRICAL DVORAK, concert III of the Players' 23rd season.

On February 22, 23 and 24, the Houston Symphony invites audiences to Jones Hall for an evening of the music of Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel as performed by AJ Swearingen and Jonathan Beedle.

MYSO presents its Winter Concert at the Milwaukee Youth Arts Center on Friday, February 22, 7:00 PM in the Youth Arts Hall, Milwaukee Youth Arts Center, 325 W.

This spring, pianist Jonathan Biss embarks on a three-concert Zankel Hall series that focuses on the music of Schumann, Jana?ek, and Mozart, including a solo recital and two chamber music programs with the Elias String Quartet.

The Louisville Orchestra will bring a great piano concerto and symphony to The Kentucky Center's Whitney Hall on Thursday, February 21 at 10:30 a.

Today, February 9, at Amsterdam Bar & Hall in downtown Saint Paul, The SPCO's Liquid Music program will present composer, performer and producer Ben Frost in a rare US appearance previewing new material and a new ensemble prior to a highly anticipated 2013 album release.

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The Philadelphia Orchestra, with Musical Director Yannick Nezet-Seguin, Conductor Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos, and Soloist Andre Watts (Piano) will be at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall tonight, February 9, 2013.

The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra presents the classic film Casablanca with live orchestral accompaniment in the Orchestra's second NJSO POPS program of the season, tonight, February 9 in Newark and February 10 in New Brunswick.

On Wednesday March 13 at 8pm, the Warner Theatre welcomes The Irish Tenors featuring Ronan Tynan, Finbar Wright and Anthony Kearns to the main stage.

I have encountered a lot of anniversaries that end in zeros lately.

Season after season, the National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA), India's premier arts and culture institution, presents the Symphony Orchestra of India (SOI), performing magnificent orchestral works by different composers, as well as music rarely, or never before heard, in Mumbai.

One of the 20th century's most influential, innovative and provocative artists will be the subject of a special birthday tribute tonight, February 8-10, 2013, when the New World Symphony, America's Orchestral Academy (NWS), presents Making the Right Choices: A John Cage Centennial Celebration at the

Khatia Buniatishvili made her piano debut at the young age of six in Tbilisi, Georgia and was invited to play internationally as a guest performer in Switzerland, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Austria, Russia, Israel, and America.

The Smith Center for the Performing Arts will host singing sensation Jackie Evancho's first headlining show in Las Vegas, presented in association with Danny Zelisko, on Saturday, April 13 inside Reynolds Hall.

Yo-Yo Ma awarded $100,000 Vilcek Prize for career achievements

The Berliner Philharmoniker today announced the launch of a new Digital Concert Hall (DCH) app – a free app available for iPhone (from version 4), iPad and iPod touch users from the Apple App Store.

Violinist Itzhak Perlman returns to Houston for a recital concert tonight, Feb.

Renowned Pipa virtuoso Wu Man returns to Houston - this time for the debut of classical music ensemble The Knights - Wednesday, Feb.

The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra is one of 22 American orchestras to receive a first-year Getty Education and Community Investment Grant from the League of American Orchestras and the Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation.

Music Director Thierry Fischer, Principal Pops Conductor Jerry Steichen and Associate Conductor Vladimir Kulenovic today announced the Utah Symphony's complete 2013-2014 season, in which Fischer will again conduct 12 of the 18 Masterworks performances.

Utah Symphony artistic and administrative leadership will announce programming for the Utah Symphony's 2013-14 Season at a press conference.

Paul Lustig Dunkel presents his Soundscapes, a concert series featuring some of New York's finest classical and jazz musicians, in a concert on February 11 at 8pm .

The Vilcek Foundation has announced Yo-Yo Ma as the winner of the 2013 Vilcek Prize for Contemporary Music.