eighth blackbird, Chicago's fierce and vibrant contemporary classical sextet, has won a 2016 GRAMMY Award for Best Small Ensemble/Chamber Music Performance for 'Filament' (September 2015; Cedille Records), featuring music by Bryce Dessner, Philip Glass, Nico Muhly, and Son Lux.
The Utah Symphony and music director Thierry Fischer perform at Carnegie Hall in April 2016-in a concert celebrating the orchestra's 75th anniversary.
The North Carolina Symphony, led by conductor Marcelo Lehninger, will perform Beethoven's "Emperor" Concerto Thursday, Jan. 14, at 7:30 p.m. in Memorial Hall on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 15-16, at 8 p.m., in Meymandi Concert Hall in the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Raleigh. In addition to the "Emperor" concerto, which features pianist Inon Barnatan, the program will include Brahms "Tragic Overture" and "Suspend," by Andrew Norman.
On Monday, January 18 at 7:30 p.m. in Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall presents three-time Grammy Award-winning instrumental sextet eighth blackbird performing the New York premiere of Hand Eye by the composers' collective Sleeping Giant. Celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2016, eighth blackbird was recently nominated for its fourth Grammy Award for the ensemble's latest recording Filament. The group's new project, Hand Eye, was co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall for its 125 Commissions Project, in which at least 125 new works will be commissioned over the next five seasons in celebration of the Hall's 125th anniversary.
Tonight, December 15 at 7:30 p.m., the Carnegie Hall Notables-a membership and ticket program for music enthusiasts in their 20s and 30s-presents yMusic in an exclusive concert in Zankel Hall for Notables members only featuring the acclaimed multi-instrumentalists (string trio, flute, clarinet, and trumpet) with special guest The Tallest Man on Earth.
Violinist Jennifer Koh was announced as the recipient of Musical America's Instrumentalist of the Year award.
Maestro Thierry Fischer leads the Utah Symphony and the Utah Symphony Chorus during the 'Ode to Joy' concert this weekend, December 4-5 at 7:30 PM at Abravanel Hall. Utah Symphony will also perform the world premiere of American composer Nico Muhly's commission, 'Control (Five Landscapes for Orchestra),' and live record the performances for later commercial release in Spring 2016.
Maestro Thierry Fischer leads the Utah Symphony and the Utah Symphony Chorus during the "Ode to Joy" concert on December 4-5 at 7:30 PM at Abravanel Hall. Utah Symphony will also perform the world premiere of American composer Nico Muhly's commission, "Control (Five Landscapes for Orchestra)," and live record the performances for later commercial release in Spring 2016.
New York Festival of Song opens a new season of NYFOS Mainstage with 'From Russia to Riverside Drive: Rachmaninoff & Friends,' featuring Rachmaninoff's ravishing romanticism and his American contemporaries - songs by Rachmaninoff, Ellington, Gershwin, Schillinger.
On Tuesday, December 15 at 7:30 p.m., theCarnegie Hall Notables-a membership and ticket program for music enthusiasts in their 20s and 30s-presents yMusic in an exclusive concert in Zankel Hall for Notables members only featuring the acclaimed multi-instrumentalists (string trio, flute, clarinet, and trumpet) with special guest The Tallest Man on Earth. Following the concert, the Notables will gather in Carnegie Hall's Weill Terrace Room and Weill Music Room in the Resnick Education Wing for an after-party immediately following the performance with beer provided by Brooklyn Brewery, cocktails provided by The Balvenie, Hendrick's Gin, Milagro Tequila, Monkey Shoulder Whiskey, and Sailor Jerry Spiced Rum.
James Gaffigan will make his New York Philharmonic subscription debut conducting the World Premiere of Andrew Norman's Split, for piano and orchestra, composed for Jeffrey Kahane, who will be the soloist. The program also includes Beethoven's Symphony No. 4 and Richard Strauss's tone poem Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks. The concerts take place Thursday, December 10, 2015, at 7:30 p.m.; Friday, December 11 at 8:00 p.m.; and Saturday, December 12 at 8:00 p.m.
The Young Musicians Foundation (YMF) Debut Orchestra performs in its annual appearance on Sundays Live chamber music series at the Los Angeles Country Museum of Art (LACMA). The program will feature a recent work, titled Try, by eminent Los Angeles-based composer Andrew Norman, and conclude with Schumann's triumphant Symphony No. 2. Recently appointed YMF Music Director Yuga Cohler will conduct the program, and notes:
Violinist Jennifer Koh was announced as the recipient of Musical America's Instrumentalist of the Year award.
The 50th season of Lincoln Center's Great Performers series and the sixth season of its White Light Festival commence on October 14 with tenor Mark Padmore and pianist Paul Lewis in the first of three highly-anticipated Schubert song recitals.
The 50th season of Lincoln Center's Great Performers series runs from tonight, October 14, 2015 through June 4, 2016.
One of the best bargains in the city available to college students ages 17 to 30 is Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra's (LACO) 'Campus to Concert Hall All Access Pass,' which provides admission to eleven concerts during LACO's 2015-16 season for just $30.
Honoring the orchestra's 75th-anniversary season, Music Director Thierry Fischer and the Utah Symphony release their first recording together today, September 11, 2015, featuring a performance of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 1 'Titan,' recorded live in Maurice Abravanel Hall on September 12 and 13, 2014.
Music Director Thierry Fischer and President & CEO Melia Tourangeau today announced the Utah Symphony's 2015-16 classical season programs and events celebrating the Orchestra's 75th anniversary.
Music Director Thierry Fischer and the Utah Symphony celebrate the launch of their 75th anniversary season with a two-week, four-concert Beethoven Festival comprising the composer's first eight symphonies. Tickets, priced from $18 to $69 ($10 for students), are available for purchase through www.utahsymphony.org or by calling (801) 355-2787.
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