Alisa Weilerstein News

Kravis Center to Offer a Nonstop Series of Dazzling Performers & Productions During March & April 2011 Highlights Include the Beach Boys, Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra, Natalie Cole, Kathy Griffin, Jackie Mason, Itzhak Perlman, Smokey Robinson, St. Petersburg Philharmonic, Yanni, Spring Awakening, West Side Story & 18th Annual Reach for the Stars

The Los Angeles Philharmonic Association's 2010/11 Toyota Symphonies for Youth (TSFY) concert series at Walt Disney Concert Hall continues on Saturday, February 19, at 11 a.m., with an original concert production designed to educate young audiences about the differences and similarities of jazz for the orchestra and for a quintet. Young audiences will learn about listening and teamwork, how to 'speak jazz,' and be introduced to improvisation and scatting through participation and musical demonstrations featuring excerpts from Dvork's Symphony No. 9, Mingus' Better Git It In Your Soul, Bernstein's Times Square 1944, Ellington's It Don't Mean A Thing and two special arrangements of Itsy Bitsy Spider and Arachnology, arranged especially for this production. This concert repeats on Saturday, February 26 at 11 a.m.

Beginning with the Los Angeles Philharmonic's 2010/11 season, four conductors will participate in the Dudamel Fellowship Program. Music Director Gustavo Dudamel, together with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, created the Dudamel Fellowship Program (in 2009)to provide a unique opportunity for promising young conductors from around the world to develop their craft and enrich their musical experience through personal mentorship and participation in the LA Phil's orchestral, education and community programs.

The Los Angeles Philharmonic Association's 2010/11 Toyota Symphonies for Youth (TSFY) concert series at Walt Disney Concert Hall continues on Saturday, February 19, at 11 a.m., with an original concert production designed to educate young audiences about the differences and similarities of jazz for the orchestra and for a quintet. Young audiences will learn about listening and teamwork, how to 'speak jazz,' and be introduced to improvisation and scatting through participation and musical demonstrations featuring excerpts from Dvork's Symphony No. 9, Mingus' Better Git It In Your Soul, Bernstein's Times Square 1944, Ellington's It Don't Mean A Thing and two special arrangements of Itsy Bitsy Spider and Arachnology, arranged especially for this production. This concert repeats on Saturday, February 26 at 11 a.m.

Michael Barrett, CEO and General Director of Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, today announced the lineup for the 2011 Caramoor International Music Festival, which opens on June 25 and offers enormous appeal to all audiences with a rich array of artists and repertoire from the worlds of classical, jazz, Latin, pop and American Roots music. The 66th season of this iconic summer festival - which is held annually at the Center's distinguished 90-acre garden estate in Katonah, New York - will run from June 25 to August 10.

Pianist Inon Barnatan will give three performances in New York City over the course of a week, playing programs which include solo, duo, and chamber works. Following a series of orchestral engagements across the U.S., including a highly praised appearance with the Houston Symphony in January, Mr. Barnatan will return to his hometown of New York City for performances which range in repertoire from Schubert to MacMillan, demonstrating his artistic versatility.

The 2011 Spoleto Festival USA has announced the line-up for this year. The event will be held in Charlestown, South Caroline from May 27 through June 12. The Festival will include a total of 152 performances by artists from around the world.

The Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts has announced that the 2010/2011 Regional Arts MUSIC 'At Eight' and MUSIC 'At Two' Concert Series, will open on November 16-17 with the Moscow State Symphony Orchestra.

Beginning with the Los Angeles Philharmonic's 2010/11 season, four conductors will participate in the Dudamel Fellowship Program. Music Director Gustavo Dudamel, together with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, created the Dudamel Fellowship Program (in 2009)to provide a unique opportunity for promising young conductors from around the world to develop their craft and enrich their musical experience through personal mentorship and participation in the LA Phil's orchestral, education and community programs.

Beginning with the Los Angeles Philharmonic's 2010/11 season, four conductors will participate in the Dudamel Fellowship Program. Music Director Gustavo Dudamel, together with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, created the Dudamel Fellowship Program (in 2009)to provide a unique opportunity for promising young conductors from around the world to develop their craft and enrich their musical experience through personal mentorship and participation in the LA Phil's orchestral, education and community programs.

The Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall's 2010-2011 season features some of the most exciting and talented performers in the entertainment world from such greats as Mandy Patinkin, Michael Bolton, Dionne Warwick and Shirley MacLaine to hot favorites like Diana Krall, Clay Aiken and so many more!

Beginning with the Los Angeles Philharmonic's 2010/11 season, four conductors will participate in the Dudamel Fellowship Program. Music Director Gustavo Dudamel, together with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, created the Dudamel Fellowship Program (in 2009) to provide a unique opportunity for promising young conductors from around the world to develop their craft and enrich their musical experience through personal mentorship and participation in the LA Phil's orchestral, education and community programs.

Los Angeles Philharmonic Music Director, Gustavo Dudamel leads the orchestra in three performances of two Romantic-era masterpieces - Dvo?ák's Cello Concerto and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6, 'Pathétique' - at Walt Disney Concert Hall, Thursday, May 6, at 8 p.m., Friday, May 7, at 11 a.m., and Saturday, May 8, at 8 p.m.

Los Angeles Philharmonic Music Director, Gustavo Dudamel leads the orchestra in three performances of two Romantic-era masterpieces - Dvo?ák's Cello Concerto and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6, 'Pathétique' - at Walt Disney Concert Hall, Thursday, May 6, at 8 p.m., Friday, May 7, at 11 a.m., and Saturday, May 8, at 8 p.m.

Cellist Alisa Weilerstein's debut with the Berliner Philharmoniker and conductor Daniel Barenboim on Tuesday, April 27 will be webcast live through the Orchestra's Digital Concert Hall enabling audiences worldwide to watch her debut performance.

Los Angeles Philharmonic Music Director, Gustavo Dudamel leads the orchestra in three performances of two Romantic-era masterpieces - Dvo?ák's Cello Concerto and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6, 'Pathétique' - at Walt Disney Concert Hall, Thursday, May 6, at 8 p.m., Friday, May 7, at 11 a.m., and Saturday, May 8, at 8 p.m.

Cellist Alisa Weilerstein's debut with the Berliner Philharmoniker and conductor Daniel Barenboim on Tuesday, April 27 will be webcast live through the Orchestra's Digital Concert Hall enabling audiences worldwide to watch her debut performance.

Miller Theatre continues the third year of its exceptional Lunchtime Concerts series: 18 informal, one-hour concerts featuring performances by world-class musicians throughout the season-in an unusually intimate setting, and for free. These are unique opportunities to relax and listen to the greatest of Johann Sebastian Bach's solo compositions performed by the brilliant young artists Jennifer Koh, Benjamin Hochman, and Alisa Weilerstein (Columbia College class of 2004).

Armed with astounding technical virtuosity and a rare gift for composition, singer, pianist and composer Gabriel Kahane is at the forefront of a generation of musicians who find their voices, outlets and audiences in unexpected and exciting places. On the heels of his Lincoln Center American Songbook debut, Kahane brings his 'music for the ears, the intellect and the soul' (Prefix Magazine) to the Southern Theater by way of For the Union Dead, a song cycle on poems by Robert Lowell, written specifically for yMusic

Armed with astounding technical virtuosity and a rare gift for composition, singer, pianist and composer Gabriel Kahane is at the forefront of a generation of musicians who find their voices, outlets and audiences in unexpected and exciting places. On the heels of his Lincoln Center American Songbook debut, Kahane brings his 'music for the ears, the intellect and the soul' (Prefix Magazine) to the Southern Theater by way of For the Union Dead, a song cycle on poems by Robert Lowell, written specifically for yMusic