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The latest news on performances of Classical Music in Classical Music.

Tickets For NOBA's Final Main Stage Production Available Tomorrow


by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 25, 2022

New Orleans Ballet Association will bring national treasure and international favorite American Ballet Theatre (ABT) to the Mahalia Jackson Theater on Saturday, May 14, 2022, at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, May 15, 2022, at 2 p.m....

The Adelphi Orchestra to Present CELEBRATION OF THE ROMANTICS


by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 25, 2022

The Adelphi Orchestra will continue its 68th Season of 'Music for All' with a 'Celebration of the Romantics' with two performances....

New England Conservatory Announces Winter-Spring 2022 Master Classes And Residencies


by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 25, 2022

New England Conservatory has announced the winter-spring 2022 series of master classes and residencies by world-class artists. ...

Grand Teton Music Festival Announces 2022 Season


by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 25, 2022

The Grand Teton Music Festival has announced its 61st season, led by Music Director Sir Donald Runnicles, July 3 to August 27, 2022. The 2022 Festival features an opera initiative, a new Sunday afternoon piano recital series showcasing virtuosic pianists, robust orchestral offerings, the continuatio...

Pianist Orion Weiss to Release ARC I: GRANADOS, JANACEK, SCRIABIN in March


by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 25, 2022

On Friday, March 18, 2022, acclaimed pianist Orion Weiss will release 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 pre...

MusicaNova Orchestra Performs NEW GROUND February 20 At Musical Instrument Museum


by A.A. Cristi - January 24, 2022

Led by Music Director Warren Cohen, woodwinds and brass take center stage in MusicaNova Orchestra's Feb. 20 concert, NEW GROUND, featuring ground-breaking innovations from the world's most fascinating composers. ...

The Claremont Trio Releases 'Queen Of Hearts'


by A.A. Cristi - January 24, 2022

The Claremont Trio (Emily Bruskin, violin; Julia Bruskin, cello; and Andrea Lam, piano) will release its next album, Queen of Hearts, on its Tria Records label on February 25, 2022 in celebration of its 20th anniversary. On the new album the Claremont presents music written especially for the group ...

Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra To Present Four Programs In Steinmetz Hall


by A.A. Cristi - January 24, 2022

The Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra will present four performances as part of their 2021-2022 series in the brand-new Steinmetz Hall at Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts in March and May....

WBTT Partners With Modern Marimba For A PLACE FOR YOU Concert


by A.A. Cristi - January 24, 2022

On February 14, Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe and Modern Marimba present “A Place for You,” an hour-long concert celebrating Black history. The program features Steph Davis – co-founder of Modern Marimba – on marimba and several collaborating artists....

Orion to Continue in March with Farrenc & More


by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 24, 2022

Music from the 19th and 20th centuries fills the program for the third concert of The Orion Ensemble’s 29th season, featuring works by Schoenfield, Still and Tchaikovsky at three venues: New England Congregational Church in Aurora (March 6), PianoForte Studios in Chicago (March 9) and Nichols Con...

The Arts at Ascension to Celebrate A Week of Love for Valentines Day


by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 24, 2022

The Arts at Ascension has announced a pair of concerts to celebrate “A Week of Love Music” for Valentine’s Day, featuring performances by the Women’s Orchestra of Arizona (WOA) and the Arizona Masterworks Chorale (AMC) at Ascension Lutheran Church, 7100 N. Mockingbird Lane in Paradise Val...

The Composers Concordance Set to Give BASS-ICS Concert


by Marissa Tomeo - January 23, 2022

The Composers Concordance will presents Bass-ics, a concert of music for three bass instruments in trio. Typically relegated to a supporting role in classical music, bass-register instruments from the string, brass, and woodwind families step into the spotlight to premiere an array of new works by r...

Gotham Early Music Scene Presents Open Gates Project Concert C3: COUNTERTENORS, A CONSORT, AND CONTINUO


by A.A. Cristi - January 21, 2022

Gotham Early Music Scene continues the inaugural season of its Open Gates Project with C3: Countertenors, a Consort, and Continuo, a program featuring a roster of countertenors of color alongside a consort of viols, on Friday, February 11, 2022 at 7:00pm at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church (3 W 65th St...

Grand Rapids Symphony Releases New CD With Marcelo Lehninger


by A.A. Cristi - January 21, 2022

The Grand Rapids Symphony has announced the release of a new CD of the orchestra’s performances. Featuring music by Richard Strauss and Villa-Lobos, all the music was performed and recorded with live audiences at DeVos Performance Hall featuring the Grand Rapids Symphony conducted by Music Dire...

Frost Music Live Signature Series Kicks Off 2022 Season On Valentine's Day!


by A.A. Cristi - January 21, 2022

The Frost School of Music at the University of Miami has announced the line-up for the Frost Music Live critically acclaimed Signature Series.  Beginning on Valentine's Day the 2022 line-up offers music for everyone in the family from classical to jazz, from multi GRAMMY Award winners, NEA Jazz Mas...

New York Philharmonic Announces Lunar New Year Concert And Gala


by A.A. Cristi - January 21, 2022

The New York Philharmonic will celebrate the Lunar New Year, welcoming the Year of the Tiger with a Concert and Gala on Tuesday, February 8, 2022, at Alice Tully Hall. Earl Lee (in his New York Philharmonic debut) leads a program that includes Li Huanzhi's Spring Festival Overture; Bizet's Carm...

92Y Announces Updated Programming: Gabriel Martins, Cello, Plays Bach


by A.A. Cristi - January 21, 2022

The 92nd Street Y, one of New York's leading cultural venues, announces that due to visa and travel difficulties, Steven Isserlis and Connie Shih are not able to come to New York for their concert on Thursday, January 27, 2022 at 7:30pm ET. ...

The Phoenix Boys Choir to Perform GLORIOUS REVERBERATION


by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 21, 2022

Accompanied by the majestic sounds of the grand pipe organ, The Phoenix Boys Choir will perform GLORIOUS REVERBERATION on Saturday March 19 at 7 pm at First United Methodist Church of Mesa, and Sunday March 20 at 3 pm at First United Methodist Church of Phoenix....

Klaus Mäkelä to Release Debut Album THE COMPLETE SIBELIUS SYMPHONIES WITH THE OSLO PHILHARMONIC


by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 21, 2022

On March 25, 2022, Decca Classics will release Finnish conductor Klaus Mäkelä's debut album Sibelius, a complete cycle of Jean Sibelius' symphonies, plus the tone poem Tapiola and 3 Late Fragments....

Gemma New & Gianandrea Noseda to Lead the NSO in February Programs


by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 21, 2022

The National Symphony Orchestra will continues its Classical series this February with three subscription programs at the Kennedy Center Concert Hall, two of which are conducted by Music Director Gianandrea Noseda. ...

Unsuk Chin Violin Concerto Debuts In Boston And New York


by Stephi Wild - January 21, 2022

On March 3-5, 2022, Unsuk Chin's Violin Concerto No. 2: 'Shards of Silence' receives its US premiere with soloist Leonidas Kavakos, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and conductor Andris Nelsons, following the January world premiere with Kavakos, the London Symphony Orchestra, and conductor Simon Rattl...

The 50th George London Foundation Competition For Opera Singers Final Round Livestream Announced February 25


by A.A. Cristi - January 20, 2022

After a pandemic-induced postponement of one year, one of the opera world's oldest and most prestigious competitions is back on and will mark a milestone in 2022: the George London Foundation Competition will hold its 50th anniversary event in February....

The Orchestra Now Presents STRAVINSKY, PICASSO & CUBISM At Met Museum


by A.A. Cristi - January 20, 2022

The Orchestra Now presents the second program of the 2021-22 season in its popular Sight & Sound series at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on Sunday, February 20. ...

Boston Symphony Announces 2022 Tanglewood Season


by A.A. Cristi - January 20, 2022

The 2022 Tanglewood season, June 17-September 4, will present a wide range of programs that spotlight favorite returning artists and repertoire, while also introducing dynamic new artists and eclectic programming, with eight world and American premieres and 28 works by living composers, as well as 2...

Kaufman Music Center Announces BRIDGES Series


by A.A. Cristi - January 20, 2022

In the exceptionally busy month of February, Kaufman Music Center spotlights two of this year's Artists-in-Residence on its new Bridges series, which features artists who reach across conventional barriers....

Early Music New York to Present BACH COUSINS: LUMINOUS DYNASTY


by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 20, 2022

Early Music New York will continue its 'Great Names' 47th anniversary season with 'Bach Cousins: Luminous Dynasty,' a program of baroque works by several outstanding predecessors and contemporaries of the family's most famous scion, Johann Sebastian, who also will be represented....

The US-China Music Institute Presents THE SOUND OF SPRING: A Chinese New Year Concert with The Orchestra Now


by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 20, 2022

The US-China Music Institute of the Bard College Conservatory of Music will present The Sound of Spring: A Chinese New Year Concert conducted by Director of the US-China Music Institute Jindong Cai with The Orchestra Now (TŌN) performing....

Composers Concordance to Present BASS-ICS


by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 20, 2022

Composers Concordance will present Bass-ics, a concert of music for three bass instruments in trio. Typically relegated to a supporting role in classical music, bass-register instruments from the string, brass, and woodwind families step into the spotlight to premiere an array of new works by reno...

February 4 Performance by The New York Pops Rescheduled for Wednesday, March 16


by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 20, 2022

Carnegie Hall announced today that its upcoming performance by Steven Reineke and The New York Pops on Friday, February 4 has been rescheduled for Wednesday, March 16 at 8:00PM due to COVID-related challenges for this specific event....

GET HAPPY With Tony DeSare & Capathia Jenkins Rescheduled at Carnegie Hall


by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 20, 2022

 The New York Pops is rescheduling its concert, Get Happy: That Nelson Riddle Sound to Wednesday, March 16, 2022 at 8:00pm in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall. Originally scheduled for Friday, February 4, 2022 at 8pm, the concert is being postponed to the following month due ...

VIDEO: Michael Fabiano in Royal Opera's FAUSE


by Alan Henry - January 20, 2022

Watch Michael Fabiano as Faust perform the Act I aria, Vains échos de la joie humaine from The Royal Opera's Faust. David McVicar's spectacular production of Gounod's masterpiece is available to stream until 13 February 2022. ...

BWW Review: Symphonic Return To Bid Farewell to John Varineau at An American in Paris!


by Brian Hilbrand - January 20, 2022

I was fortunate enough to get to head down to DeVos Hall for the first live event I have been to there in over two years, the last being to see Charlie and the Chocolate Factory the week the tour was put on pause due to Covid.   I was very excited to come back for a very special event, to not onl...

Young People's Chorus of New York City Extends Immersive, Mixed-Media Art Exhibition, ALONETOGETHER


by A.A. Cristi - January 19, 2022

-The Young People's Chorus of New York City has extended its mixed-media art installation, AloneTogether, a compelling, in-depth exploration of the impact of Covid-19-related global turmoil on the hearts and minds of children and young adults. ...

The Chicago Ensemble's 45th Anniversary Begins With Two February Concerts


by A.A. Cristi - January 19, 2022

The Chicago Ensemble's 45th Anniversary season and return to live performances begins in February, featuring the works of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022 at 7:30 p.m. at the Fourth Presbyterian Church, 126 E. Chestnut St. and Sunday, Feb. 20, 2022 at 3 p.m. at International House...

The Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra to Present the RESONATE FESTIVAL


by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 19, 2022

The Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra will present its all-new Resonate Festival at The Plaza Live for three nights on Thursday, February 3, Saturday, February 5, and Monday, February 7, with performances at 7 and 9 p.m. each evening....

Jonathon Heyward Makes North American Debuts With Baltimore Symphony Orchestra & More


by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 19, 2022

Classical music performers and promoters, argues Jonathon Heyward, should bring palpable change to the communities they serve. The American conductor spent much time during successive lockdowns contemplating the artform's past, present and future....

Sun Valley Music Festival Announces 38th Summer Season


by Stephi Wild - January 19, 2022

The largest privately funded, admission-free classical music festival in the United States presents over three weeks of world-class performances this summer in an outdoor alpine setting, led by Music Director Alasdair Neale....

Pacific Symphony Announces Concert Postponements and Artist Changes


by Stephi Wild - January 19, 2022

Pacific Symphony announced today that Pacific Chorale and the American Feel Young Chorus will not be appearing on the Lunar New Year concert (Feb. 5). The orchestra also announced the postponement of “Cinderella—Opera for Kids” on Farmers & Merchants Family Musical Morning series and “Cathe...

Sir Simon Rattle & London Symphony Orchestra Perform Three Programs In Santa Barbara


by A.A. Cristi - January 18, 2022

The London Symphony Orchestra will be in residence this March at Santa Barbara's Music Academy of the West to perform three programs under the leadership of its Music Director, Sir Simon Rattle (March 24-27). ...

International Musicians to Present Landmark Performance Of Mahler's 'Symphony Of A Thousand'


by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 18, 2022

Following a year of work on a truly global scale, hundreds of international musicians will take part in a ground-breaking performance of Mahler's Symphony No. 8 on Saturday 22 January 2022, presented by Choir of the Earth....




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