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Holocaust Museum LA Presents Acclaimed Classical Artists Cracow Duo


by A.A. Cristi - March 23, 2022

​​​​​​​Holocaust Museum LA, in partnership with USC Polish Music Center and supported by the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland, presents a live concert featuring renowned artists Cracow Duo on Sunday, March 27, at 2 p.m....

New York Composers Circle to Present A Concert Of New Music For Voice And Instruments


by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 23, 2022

New York Composers Circle will present A Concert of New Music for Voice and Instruments on Thursday, April 21 @ 7:00 PM at Manhattan's Church of the Transfiguration ('Little Church Around the Corner'), 1 East 29th Street in Manhattan....

The Dessoff Choirs to Present the New York Premieres of 'Cantatas' by Margaret Bonds


by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 23, 2022

The Dessoff Choirs continues its season celebrating African American composer Margaret Bonds (1913-1972), a significant figure in the fight for civil rights....

Oscar-Nominated Film Composer James Newton Howard to be Honored by LACO


by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 23, 2022

LACO will host its “2022 Gala Celebration: Simple Gifts” honoring esteemed nine-time Oscar-nominated film composer James Newton Howard and celebrating the musicians of LACO on Friday, April 29, 2022, 6:00 pm, at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills. Multi-platinum recording artist Josh...

The American Modern Opera Company Receives $750,000 Grant From The Mellon Foundation


by Stephi Wild - March 23, 2022

The American Modern Opera Company (AMOC), led by Artistic Director Zack Winokur, has received a $750,000 grant from the celebrated Andrew W. Mellon Foundation “to support visionary artists in collaborative processes that re-envision a long-enduring art form in an artist-centric and contempo...

New York Philharmonic Orchestra Named Ambassadors For Peace


by Stephi Wild - March 23, 2022

The New York Philharmonic Orchestra will make its guest appearance at Liberty Island Usedom on the Baltic Sea as 'Ambassadors for Peace.'...

Five Boroughs Music Festival And On Site Opera Present The Premiere Of FIVE BOROUGH SONGBOOK, VOLUME III


by A.A. Cristi - March 22, 2022

Five Boroughs Music Festival and On Site Opera present the premiere of the Five Borough Songbook, Volume III with two performances: on Thursday, April 21, 2022 at 7:30pm in a free concert at Brooklyn Public Library's Central Branch, co-presented by BPL Presents; and on Sunday, April 24 at 4:00pm at...

Orion Ensemble Welcomes Guests Stephen Boe and Roger Chase for Spring Concerts


by A.A. Cristi - March 22, 2022

​​​​​​​The Orion Ensemble concludes its 29th season with a concert program welcoming guest violinist Stephen Boe and guest violist Roger Chase and featuring works by Mozart and Borodin at three venues: New England Congregational Church in Aurora (May 8), PianoForte Studios in Chicago (...

Young Texas Artists Announces 2022 Winners


by A.A. Cristi - March 22, 2022

Young Texas Artists promised an unforgettable come back for 2022, and it delivered. After two years of COVID-19-related cancellations, the performing arts organization delighted audiences with a Finalists' Concert & Awards presentation packed with classical music talent; a sensational Bach, Beethov...

Devendra Banhart, ILe, Mon Laferte, Rodrigo Amarante And Silvana Estrada Confirmed For CANTO EN RESISTENCIA


by A.A. Cristi - March 22, 2022

Special guest singers join the orchestra to celebrate iconic protest music from Latin America and the U.S., ranging from the pro-democracy and workers' rights Nueva canción and tropicalismo, and tonada songs made famous by legendary artists like Mercedes Sosa, Violeta Parra, Caetano Veloso, Gilbe...

Teatro Nuovo Announces July 2022 Bel Canto Season


by A.A. Cristi - March 22, 2022

Teatro Nuovo, the innovative young company that brought New York its first opera performances since the pandemic shutdown, today announced its return to full indoor activity in July 2022 with Rossini's towering Maometto Secondo and Bellini's beloved La Sonnambula. The pair of operas will be perf...

International Contemporary Ensemble Premieres New Staging Of Du Yun's A COCKROACH'S TARANTELLA and ZOLLE


by A.A. Cristi - March 22, 2022

In continuing to shift and disrupt the operatic field, Pulitzer Prize-winner Du Yun has created two new staged versions of A Cockroach's Tarantella and Zolle with director Roscha A. Säidow and in collaboration with the International Contemporary Ensemble and Satomi Matsuzaki. ...

George London Foundation Presents Tenor Aaron Blake In Recital, April 24


by A.A. Cristi - March 22, 2022

The George London Foundation for Singers concludes its 2021-22 season of events with a recital by tenor Aaron Blake, a 2017 George London Award winner who has received acclaim in some of opera's most prominent recent productions, with pianist Ken Noda....

BLACK VIOLIN Announced at MPAC, April 14


by A.A. Cristi - March 22, 2022

Black Violin, the genre-bending group that merges hip hop with classical, returns to MPAC as part of its 2022 Impossible Tour. ...

BWW Review: Plunge Into An ART BATH at The Blue Building


by Marakay Rogers - March 22, 2022

Violin, dance, opera singers and the sounds of Nina Simone are just a few possible experiences you can have at one time at The Blue Building....

Interlochen To Collaborate With New York Philharmonic In 2023


by A.A. Cristi - March 22, 2022

The New York Philharmonic's 2022-23 season will feature a collaboration with Interlochen Center for the Arts. Interlochen Arts Academy Orchestra conductor Leslie B. Dunner will lead the Philharmonic on March 2 and 4, and as part of a weeklong residency in New York City, nearly 150 Interlochen Arts A...

Palm Beach Symphony Announces Winner Of Lisa Bruna B-Major Award


by A.A. Cristi - March 22, 2022

Palm Beach Symphony recognized Santaluces High School senior Dion Sellitti with the 2021-22 Lisa B-Major Award. The Boynton Beach resident will receive a Selmer Paris Series II Jubilee model baritone saxophone as part of the program that awards an advanced level instrument that can be used for col...

Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota to Present Kendra Colton


by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 22, 2022

Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota will present soprano Kendra Colton in performance with pianist Kayo Iwama on Wednesday, April 20 at Plantation Golf and Country Club, 500 Rockley Blvd., Venice, FL 34293....

Composer Kim Sherman Announces EP And Video Release Of 'Quiet Poems'


by A.A. Cristi - March 22, 2022

In conjunction with World Poetry Day, composer Kim D. Sherman and pianist Donna Weng Friedman announces the release of 'Quiet Poems' the EP on SoundCloud....

Carnegie Hall Announces Teen Musicians Selected for NYO2 in Summer 2022


by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 22, 2022

Carnegie Hall today announced the names of the 81 young musicians selected from across the country for NYO2, an intensive summer orchestral training program for outstanding American instrumentalists, ages 14–17....

Nia Imani Franklin to Perform Concert of Works From Debut EP, EXTENDED


by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 22, 2022

Chris Grymes and Open G Series will present composer, performer and 2019 Miss America Nia Imani Franklin in a concert featuring works from her debut EP, Extended, along with new and recent music by her fellow contemporary women composers....

Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra's Christina Salerno Named Executive Director of the Year by Illinois Council of Orchestras


by A.A. Cristi - March 21, 2022

The Illinois Council of Orchestras (ICO) has bestowed a major award upon Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO) naming IPO's Christina Salerno as the 2022 Executive Director of the Year. ...

Charlotte Symphony Announces The 2022-23 Season


by A.A. Cristi - March 21, 2022

The Charlotte Symphony welcomes a talented and  diverse array of guest conductors and artists in 2022–23, a season that celebrates the  Symphony’s greatest strengths and reaffirms its core commitments: serving the community with  increased access to live symphonic music and educational opport...

Palm Beach Symphony Season Culminates with Kennedy Center Honoree Midori and Three Additions to the Repertoire


by A.A. Cristi - March 21, 2022

Recent Kennedy Center Honor Awardee for Lifetime Artistic Achievement Midori joins Palm Beach Symphony in a spectacular season finale with Music Director Gerard Schwarz at the podium on Sunday, April 10 at 3 p.m. at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts....

The Cultural Association ex-Artis Presents FAIRY TALES & FOLK TUNES Piano Concert


by A.A. Cristi - March 21, 2022

The Cultural Association ex-Artis presents the Classical Music Concert “Fairy Tales & Folk Tunes” with the pianists Ivelina Ruseva, Marianna Georgiou and Maria Avraam. ...

Symphony Of The Americas & South Florida Vocalists Perform Broadway Favorites


by A.A. Cristi - March 21, 2022

Symphony of the Americas presents American Classics - Gershwin and Bernstein's Broadway, conducted by Artistic Director Pablo Mielgo, Tuesday, April 12 at 7:45pm in the Amaturo Theater at Broward Center for the Performing Arts.  ...

Yarn/Wire to Perform Composer Portrait Of Thomas Meadowcroft


by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 21, 2022

On Thursday, April 21, 2022 at 8:00pm, experimental percussion and piano quartet Yarn/Wire will perform two world premieres by Australian-born, Berlin-based composer Thomas Meadowcroft at Columbia University's Miller Theatre....

Shriver Hall Concert Series to Present Sheku And Isata Kanneh-Mason In Recital


by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 21, 2022

Shriver Hall Concert Series will present sibling duo Sheku and Isata Kanneh-Mason on Sunday, May 1, 2022 at 5:30pm. Sheku and Isata are featured in a recital of timeless sonatas including Beethoven's Cello Sonata in C Major, Op. 102, No. 1; Shostakovich's Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 40; Britten's...

Massapequa Philharmonic features Tchaikovsky Competition Winner Zlatomir Fung at Adelphi


by Marissa Tomeo - March 20, 2022

The Massapequa Philharmonic, Long Island’s Premiere Symphony Orchestra, will make its first appearance at the Adelphi Performing Arts Center on April 3rd at 3pm with a program entitled “Slavonic Serenade”. Music Director David Bernard will lead the orchestra in Brahms Variations on a Theme by ...

BWW Review: THE LA JOLLA MUSIC SOCIETY PRESENTS JOSHUA BELL AND THE ACADEMY OF SAINT MARTIN IN THE FIELDS at San Diego Civic Center


by Ron Bierman - March 18, 2022

When he was four-years old Joshua Bell's parents found him making music by plucking rubber bands stretched to different lengths on dresser drawers. Clearly, he needed a real instrument. Fortunately, they bought a violin rather than a guitar. Ten years later he was the youngest ever to solo with the ...

LACO Presents US Debut Of Franco-Serbian Violin Sensation Nemanja Radulović, April 23 & 24


by A.A. Cristi - March 18, 2022

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, led by Music Director Jaime Martín, presents the highly anticipated U.S. debut of Franco-Serbian violin sensation Nemanja Radulović performing Tchaikovsky's incomparable Violin Concerto in back-to-back concerts on Saturday, April 23, 8:00 pm, at Glendale's Alex Th...

Pregones/PRTT's MARCH IS MUSIC Series Returns This Weekend


by A.A. Cristi - March 18, 2022

Pregones/PRTT's March Is Music series returns with a lineup of nine classical, jazz, folk, and fusion concerts featuring locally and internationally acclaimed artists all of March in the Bronx a.k.a. “El condado de la música” (The Borough of Music”). ...

Santa Barbara Symphony Welcomes Back Silver-Garburg Piano Duo This April


by A.A. Cristi - March 18, 2022

The Santa Barbara Symphony presents “Romance in a New Key” on Saturday, April 23 at 7:30 pm and Sunday, April 24 at 3:00 pm at the Granada Theatre. ...

Chicago Area's 49th Annual Bach Week Festival To Bring Baroque Masterworks To Chicago And Evanston


by A.A. Cristi - March 18, 2022

The Chicago area's 49th annual Bach Week Festival will present concerts in Chicago and Evanston, Illinois, from April 24 to May 12, 2022....

Pianist Orion Weiss Releases ARC 1: GRANADOS, JANACEK, SCRIABIN


by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 18, 2022

Acclaimed pianist Orion Weiss today released his new album, Arc I: Granados, Janáček, Scriabin, on First Hand Records. Arc I is the inaugural album of an ambitious three-part series and features important works for solo piano from the frantic years of 1911-1913 – the precipice before Worl...

Pianist Josean Jacobo's HERENCIA CRIOLLA Is Out Today


by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 18, 2022

Continuing his exploration of the intersection of Afro-Dominican music and jazz, Jacobo presents his expansive new release, Herencia Criolla....

New Programming Added to Carnegie Hall+


by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 18, 2022

Carnegie Hall today announced new programming that has been added this month to Carnegie Hall+, a new premium subscription video on-demand channel, curated by Carnegie Hall, that offers instant access to unforgettable performances by celebrated artists from renowned stages all around the world....

Jazz at Lincoln Center Announces New Dates for 2022 Jack Rudin Jazz Championship


by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 18, 2022

Following the competition’s postponement due to the Omicron surge in January, Jazz at Lincoln Center has announced the rescheduled dates for the second annual Jack Rudin Jazz Championship, a two-day invitational competition featuring ensembles from ten of the most well-regarded university jazz ...

Toronto Symphony Orchestra 100th Anniversary Celebrations Begin in April 2022


by A.A. Cristi - March 17, 2022

April also offers the best of the classical repertoire played by old (and world famous) friends, conductor Sir Andrew Davis, violinist James Ehnes, and pianist Jan Lisiecki, and no less than four World Premières. If rocking out to totally 'rad' pop tunes is more your beat, join us for Totally 80s....

Rinaldo Alessandrini's VIVALDI/BACH: L'estro Armonico Out March 25 On Naïve


by A.A. Cristi - March 17, 2022

On March 25, Naïve Classiques will release VIVALDI/BACH, the latest from Rinaldo Alessandrini and his Concerto Italiano....




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