Alfred Schnittke News

Artist Series Concerts presents a unique live luncheon/virtual concert experience with classical accordionist Hanzhi Wang, the first accordionist to win a spot on the Young Concert Artists' roster in its entire 60-year history.

The Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival, which for 36 years has presented summer chamber music concerts on Long Island's East End, will this year present Summer Festival at Home: five hour-long programs premiering on consecutive Sundays at 6:30 pm beginning July 26 on the BCMF YouTube channel and remaining available for one week.

With the spirit of hope driving forward plans for the future, the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts has established Hope @ The Wallis, which includesthe announcement by Artistic Director Paul Crewes of the appointment of virtuoso violinist and consummate musician Daniel Hope as The Wallis' next Artist-In-Residence in collaboration with the New Century Chamber Orchestra. In addition, a major resiliency campaign and community match/challenge to support The Wallis' performing arts offerings was announced by Rachel Fine, Executive Director & Chief Executive Officer. 

Karen Kain, Artistic Director of The National Ballet of Canada, today unveiled the 2020/21 season which builds on the company's commitment to create new works, attract the best artists in the world and showcase the company on the international stage. The season features the world premiere of MADDADDAM, a new full-length ballet by the multi-award-winning choreographer Wayne McGregor in collaboration with internationally renowned writer Margaret Atwood. Additional highlights include the North American premiere of Victoria, created by acclaimed choreographer Cathy Marston, and a guest appearance by San Francisco Ballet in its Toronto debut. The National Ballet will tour to London and Ottawa. #2021SeasonNBC

Electric & Eclectic on Wednesday February 26, 2020 will include works by two renowned composers and an emerging Canadian composer, as well as solo performances. American composer John Adams' work Son of Chamber Symphony is a riveting score that changes meters rapidly and scurries all over the place. Also on the program is the World Premiere of James O'Callaghan's Not non-other, and Alfred Schnittke's Concerto Grosso No. 1 for two violins, harpsichord, prepared piano and string orchestra with Marie Bérard and Stephen Sitarski as violin soloists and Stephen Clarke on harpsichord and prepared piano.

The Montclair Orchestra presents its mid-winter concert on January 31st at 8:00 p.m., an exploration of the baroque style of 'concerto grosso', in which a small group of soloists plays with a larger ensemble. The exploration starts from the traditional baroque-classical music of J. S. Bach, but then jumps forward two centuries to rediscover the form as presented by Stravinsky and Schnittke in the 20th century.

PREformances with Allison Charney returns to New York City's Merkin Hall at Kaufman Music Center on Thursday, October 24th at 7:00pm.

CinemaLive, leading producers and distributors of event cinema, are once again partnering with the UK's Northern Ballet to broadcast their spectacular production of 'DRACULA' LIVE into cinemas across the UK and Ireland for one night only – fittingly on Halloween, 31st October.

CinemaLive, leading producers and distributors of event cinema, are once again partnering with the UK's Northern Ballet to broadcast their spectacular production of 'DRACULA' LIVE into cinemas across the UK and Ireland for one night only a?" fittingly on Halloween, 31st October.

Cellist Joshua Roman, who has earned an international reputation for his wide-ranging repertoire and commitment to communicating the essence of music in visionary ways, is joined by the a?oeeffortlessly eleganta?? (The New York Times) pianist Conor Hanick on Saturday, October 5, 2019, 7:30 pm, in the Bram Goldsmith Theater at The Wallis. The evening features two works by Arvo Pärt, Spiegel im Spiegel and Fratres; Bach's Sonata in G Major; Alfred Schnittke's Sonate für Violoncello und Klavier (1978); and Beethoven's Sonata No. 3 in A major.

Cellist Joshua Roman, who has earned an international reputation for his wide-ranging repertoire and commitment to communicating the essence of music in visionary ways, is joined by the a?oeeffortlessly eleganta?? (The New York Times) pianist Conor Hanick on Saturday, October 5, 2019, 7:30 pm, in the Bram Goldsmith Theater at The Wallis. The evening features two works by Arvo Pärt, Spiegel im Spiegel and Fratres; Bach's Sonata in G Major; Alfred Schnittke's Sonate für Violoncello und Klavier (1978); and Beethoven's Sonata No. 3 in A major.

CinemaLive, leading producers and distributors of event cinema, are once again partnering with the UK's Northern Ballet to broadcast their spectacular production of 'DRACULA' LIVE into cinemas across the UK and Ireland for one night only - fittingly on Halloween, 31st October.

Esprit Orchestra's thirty-seventh concert season begins with a dizzying hit to the head! Founding Music Director & Conductor, Alex Pauk has programmed a captivating subscription concert series to be performed in the acoustically renowned Koerner Hall.

On the eve of the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra's (MMFO) opening performances at the 2019 Mostly Mozart Festival, Ehrenkranz Artistic Director Jane Moss has announced that Lincoln Center has extended the contract of Renee and Robert Belfer Music Director Louis Langree through the summer of 2023. Langree has held the position since 2003, fostering the Festival Orchestra's profile as an established ensemble and steadfast presence on the Lincoln Center campus, furthering its scope of repertoire beyond music of the classical era, and heightening its reputation as one of America's premier chamber orchestras. Langree made his Mostly Mozart Festival debut in 1998 and began his tenure as music director in 2003. 2023 will be his twenty-first season in the role. American Express is the lead sponsor of the Mostly Mozart Festival.

La danza y la música en vivo comulgarán en una propuesta sui generis dentro del   espectáculo Nisi Dominus que presentará la Orquesta de Cámara de Bellas Artes (OCBA) y la compañía Aksenti Danza Contemporánea. Se trata de un montaje escénico que destaca la dualidad del ser a través de la belleza corporal y la música barroca, cuya única función se llevará a cabo en el Palacio de Bellas Artes el sábado 22 de junio a las 19:00 horas.   

During the press breakfast on June 13, the representatives of the Wroc?aw Opera gave details of the new artistic season 2019/2020. There are 8 premiers in upcoming season. For the first time in more than twenty years of Wroc?aw's Superproductions, an opera will not be heard. Next year, spectators will see a dance and multimedia spectacle: dance setting will be created by polish female choreographers of the young generation.

American pianist/composer Thomas Nickell, an artist with 'an ever increasing reputation as a player's player and composer' (Litchfield Live, July 23, 2017) will appear as soloist with the Oistrakh Symphony Orchestra of Chicago under the baton of Mina Zikri at Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall on Sunday afternoon, June 2, 2019, 3 p.m., presented by the Alexander & Buono Foundation.

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts today announced this summer's Mostly Mozart Festival, running from July 10 through August 10, 2019. Harnessing Mozart's innovative spirit as its inspiration, the 2019 festival builds upon the expanded scope established last summer with groundbreaking, international multidisciplinary productions, acclaimed artists of all genres, introductions to emerging creative voices, commissions and premieres, and the presentation of new work and ideas. American Express is the lead sponsor of the Mostly Mozart Festival.

Bajo la premisa de garantizar tanto al público como a los artistas el derecho y acceso a la cultura, la Orquesta de Cámara de Bellas Artes (OCBA) ofreció este jueves por la noche la primera sesión de su Programa 3 de la Temporada 2019, dedicado específicamente a destacados compositores rusos del siglo XX.

El joven pianista mexicano Sebastián Espinosa, egresado del Conservatorio Nacional de Música, hará su debut con la Orquesta de Cámara de Bellas Artes (OCBA) en el programa 3 de su Temporada 2019, el jueves 14 y domingo 17 de febrero, bajo la dirección de su titular José Luis Castillo.