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ViVoce, Portland Revels' inspiring a capella women's choir, is proud to announce its seventh annual winter concerts on Saturday January 19 and Sunday January 20, 2013 at St.

Classical pianist virtuoso, Lola Astanova, will bring her unique style, emotional depth and dramatic stage presence back to the Big Apple for a night of symphonic enchantment presented by event partner, luxury Swiss watch manufacturer, Ulysse Nardin, on Wednesday, January 23 at 7:30pm.

An exciting lineup of award winning pianists will present a classical 'musical feast' of concerts and master classes during Icicle Creek's 7th Annual Piano Festival, January 16-20, 2013.

Focus on Peter Eötvös, a mini-residency in which the Hungarian composer is participating, features two LA Phil-hosted programs at Walt Disney Concert Hall - a Green Umbrella series concert, tonight, January 15, at 8 pm, and an LA Phil concert featuring renowned violinist Midori, Friday, January 18

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The Skirball Cultural Center presents the Los Angeles premiere of South Indian violinist, composer, and conductor Dr.

The BSO's second concert in its 40th Anniversary Season features works by Smetana, Respighi, Tchaikovsky, and Beethoven.

The Cleveland Orchestra's 2012-13 Severance Hall season ticket sales revenue is on track to set a new all-time record, driven by the best-ever ticket sales in November and December.

The Pipes and Drums of The Black Watch 3rd Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland, and The Band of Scots Guards bring their legendary pipes, drums and highland dancers to the State Theatre today, January 13th, 3 PM.

As information new to the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra emerged about Richard Dare's background, Mr.

Adam Schoenberg will present his World Premiere 'Picture Studies' for orchestra with the Kansas City Symphony at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts' Helzberg Hall on February 1, 2013, featuring Michael Stern, conductor.

On Saturday, February 9 at 5pm, River Oaks Chamber Orchestra ("ROCO") will perform "A Timeless Feast with Brandenburg No.

The concert hall is transformed into the movie theater when the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO), lead by Music Director Marin Alsop, with soprano Irina Tchistjakova and the Baltimore Choral Arts Society perform Sergei Prokofiev's music score from Sergei Eisenstein's classic 1938 motion picture Al

The Orchestre symphonique de Montréal announces a change of soloist for the Budapest Festival Orchestra concert taking place on Tuesday, January 22 at 8 p.

Americans for the Arts, the nation's leading non-profit for advancing the arts, has recognized Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) Vice President of Education and Community Engagement Carol Bogash's achievement as a leader in the field of arts education and appointed her to Americans for the Arts Adv

It was reported that Simon Rattle will step down as chief conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic when his contract expires in 2018.

Internationally-acclaimed conductor Vassily Sinaisky returns to Walt Disney Concert Hall to lead the Los Angeles Philharmonic in three evening performances, tonight through Saturday, January 10 - 12, at 8 pm.

Skyscraping grandeur, sheer beauty and energy to match the excitement of the New Year-Pacific Symphony rings in 2013 with a concert featuring two timeless masterpieces: Beethoven's Violin Concerto and Rimsky-Korsakov's astonishing 'Scheherazade.

Led by Associate Conductor Robert Franz, the Houston Symphony invites families to a mystical musical experience on Saturday, January 19.

Soprano Renee Fleming and Mezzo-Soprano Susan Graham, two of the world's foremost stars of opera, join together for a rare recital of duets at The McCallum Theatre on January 22 at 8:00 pm.

The Los Angeles Master Chorale captures the shared human experience with a pairing of Brahms' sublime Ein Deutsches Requiem and the West Coast premiere of The World in Flower, Peter Lieberson's lyrical and moving message of tolerance written in memory of his wife and muse, famed mezzo-soprano Lorrai

Featuring four world-class vocalists, soprano-Sharla Nafziger, mezzo-soprano Susanne Mentzer, tenor Brian Stucki, bass-baritone Derrick Parker-and the angelic voices of the Pacific Chorale, the program also includes Mozart's Masonic Funeral Music, Fantasia in F Minor for solo organ, featuring organi

North America's leading classical music distributor, Naxos of America, starts 2013 by commencing relationships with four labels: Centaur Records and Supraphon for distribution in Canada and Mark and GPR Records in North America.

'A Cappella Masterworks: Bach, Mendelssohn, Pizzetti', a program of sacred choral music by the Choral Arts Society, will be conducted by James Rightmyer on Sunday, January 20, 2013 at the St.

The Los Angeles Philharmonic has announced its calendar of performances for the 2013 season at Walt Disney Concert Hall.