Young Southland Voices Showcased At Walt Disney Concert Hall Friday, 5/18
by A.A. Cristi
- Apr 30, 2018
The combined vocal force of over 900 high school students from 29 Southland schools can be heard at Walt Disney Concert Hall on Friday, May 18 when the Los Angeles Master Chorale presents the 29th Annual High School Choir Festival. The Festival choir concert at 1 PM will be conducted by Grant Gershon, the Master Chorale's Kiki & David Gindler Artistic Director, and guest artist Dr. Edith A. Copley. The program for the concert includes works by Joseph Haydn, Astor Piazzolla, Paul Simon, and more. Eighty-five students have been selected by their choir directors for a prestigious Honor Choir that performs on stage during the concert.
ECHO Chamber Orchestra Presents NOSTALGIA
by A.A. Cristi
- Apr 27, 2018
On Sunday, June 17th, ECHO Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Daniel Canosa, will present its final concert of the 2017/2018 season, 'Nostalgia.' The pieces presented in this concert not only embrace ECHO's ability to collaborate, but transcend the composers' origins of influence and inspiration as ECHO presents them in an intimate chamber setting. The audience will be transported to the Czech Republic with Antonin Dvorak's Czech Suite in D Major, a five-movement work based on Czech folk dances. America is next with The Long Way, by Kevin Gordon, a San Francisco-based composer and bassist. His work is an energetic piece based on an improvisatory melody and has been developed and expanded for ECHO.
3rd Annual YoungArts Foundation Gala Raises More Than 700k For Emerging Artists
by A.A. Cristi
- Apr 24, 2018
On Wednesday, April 18, 2018, the National YoungArts Foundation (YoungArts), along with honorary co-chairs Agnes Gund, Naeem Khan and Anna Deavere Smith, and gala co-chairs Sarah Arison, Diana DiMenna and Sandra Tamer, welcomed more than 220 of New York's top cultural and community leaders, philanthropists, celebrities and art aficionados to the third annual YoungArts New York Gala.
Quintet Of The Americas Presents Americans In Paris And Back Again Concert
by Julie Musbach
- Apr 6, 2018
Quintet of the Americas, Queens' renowned woodwind quintet, will present Americans in Paris and Back Again, a program that explores the influence on American composers of Nadia Boulanger, the famous 20th century composition teacher, on Friday, April 20 @ 7:30 PM at Marc A. Scorca Hall of the National Opera Center, 330 Seventh Ave., 7th Floor in Manhattan.
Pablo Ziegler Trio Appearing at the Blue Note Jazz Festival
by Tori Hartshorn
- Apr 5, 2018
The Pablo Ziegler Trio won the 2018 Grammy® Award for 'Best Latin Jazz Album' with their exciting release Jazz Tango (ZOHO). Ziegler, who honed his piano and composing skills working with legendary fellow Argentinian Astor Piazzolla, continues developing the style of Nuevo Tango. As a celebration of their Grammy-award-winning album, Ziegler's Jazz Tango Trio will be playing a shared program with the Chano Domínguez Trio at the Highline Ballroom, as part of the Blue Note Jazz Festival on June 26 in New York City.
BWW Interview: Diego Funes On INTERIOR DIALOGUES At Gelsey Kirkland Arts Center 4/7
by Alan Henry
- Mar 28, 2018
De Funes Dance is thrilled to share its newest full-length program, INTERIOR DIALOGUES. This trio of works includes two world premieres, 'Fragments,' and 'V.,' and an encore presentation of 'Crisalida'. The writings of Friedrich Nietzsche in 'Fragments,' and Virginia Woolf in 'V,' and the music of Argentinian composer Astor Piazzolla in 'Crisalida,' combine with the literature of our own personal histories to reveal the interior language of our minds. INTERIOR DIALOGUES is conceived and choreographed by Diego Funes in collaboration with the dancers.
De Funes Dance To Present INTERIOR DIALOGUES At Gelsey Kirkland Arts Center 4/7
by Alan Henry
- Mar 27, 2018
De Funes Dance is thrilled to share its newest full-length program, INTERIOR DIALOGUES. This trio of works includes two world premieres, 'Fragments,' and 'V.,' and an encore presentation of 'Crisalida'. The writings of Friedrich Nietzsche in 'Fragments,' and Virginia Woolf in 'V,' and the music of Argentinian composer Astor Piazzolla in 'Crisalida,' combine with the literature of our own personal histories to reveal the interior language of our minds. INTERIOR DIALOGUES is conceived and choreographed by Diego Funes in collaboration with the dancers.
GlamourTango Comes to Aaron Davis Hall
by Julie Musbach
- Mar 8, 2018
The passion and elegance of tango will take center stage at Aaron Davis Hall as City College Center for the Arts (CCCA) presents Polly Ferman's GlamourTango - A Celebration of Women in Tango on Thursday, March 29. Created and produced by Ferman, GlamourTango features an all-female cast of dancers, musicians and singers who come together to entertain audiences and bring to light the overlooked role of women in helping to shape this beloved musical and dance genre. The group will give two special Women's History Month performances at noon and 7 p.m.
Kaufman Music Center Goes DANCING WITH THE STARS
by A.A. Cristi
- Mar 1, 2018
Put on your dancing shoes and fire up your best Latin American flare on Saturday night, March 10, because that is when Kaufman Music Center's Merkin Concert Hall is doing the Tango - and it is doing it in a way that would receive perfect 10s from 'Dancing with the Stars' judges Len Goodman, Carrie Ann Inaba and Bruno Tognoli.
Photo Flash: Ute Lemper Returns to Cafe Carlyle
by Stephi Wild
- Feb 28, 2018
Ute Lemper returns to Cafe Carlyle with an all-new show, Rendezvous With Marlene, February 27 - March 3. Rendezvous With Marlene is based on a 3-hour phone call and exchange between Marlene Dietrich and Ute in 1988. After receiving the French Moliere Award for her performance in Cabaret in Paris, Ute had sent a postcard to Marlene, who had lived at 12 Avenue de Montaigne since 1979, essentially apologizing for all the media attention comparing her to Marlene Dietrich. Ute was just at the beginning of her career in theatre and music, whereas Marlene looked back on a long, fulfilled life of movies, music, incredible collaborations, love stories and stardom. Ute considers it a secret gift to have heard Marlene talk about her life, her work and style, her love for the poet Rilke, her complicated relationship with Germany, her sorrow and her fascinations.
Emelin Theatre Announces April 2018 Events
by Stephi Wild
- Feb 27, 2018
Celebrating its 45th Anniversary, The Emelin Theatre, in Mamaroneck NY, brings the best in live performing arts to Westchester and other nearby communities and promotes a cultural life that entertains, educates and invigorates. Well-known for its high-quality and affordable programs, the Emelin presents a broad mix of entertainment appealing to all ages and tastes and attracts diverse audiences throughout Westchester County and beyond.
Atlanta Opera Announces New Season
by Stephi Wild
- Feb 2, 2018
The Atlanta Opera presents its most exciting season to date in 2018-19. The mainstage season will be bookended by two of the greatest blockbusters in the repertoire, as well as the most performed American opera of the 21st century, and Tchaikovsky's timeless masterpiece. The Discoveries series features two distinct styles in a jazz-infused 'Be-Bopera' and a tango opera presented at beloved local venue, the red velvet cabaret Le Maison Rouge.
BWW Review: MARIA DE BUENOS AIRES at The Lyceum Theater
by Ron Bierman
- Feb 1, 2018
Maria de Buenos Aires, a 90-minute opera by Astor Piazzolla and librettist Horacio Ferrar, is the latest in the San Diego Opera's innovative Detour Series. According to the company's website, the series name indicates its productions are stops on 'a route that is different from the ordinary.' Piazzolla's opera is decidedly such a stop. Unlike probably any other operatic work, far more of the libretto is spoken than sung, dance scenes feature tango rather than ballet, and the surrealistic libretto intensifies mood and emotion, much as music does, without adding much clarity to the plot line. That leaves a lot of space for production crew creativity. Director John de los Santos took advantage. He kept the cast in eye-catching motion and tailored scenes to make major plot lines clearer. Still, Piazzolla and Ferrar weren't after realism. Without a complete rewrite of the libretto, the opera, or tango operetta as Piazzolla called it, will have as much in common with the paintings of surrealist painter Salvador Dali as Puccini's verismo.
Savion Glover and Leonardo Suarez Paz Join For TANGO, TAP and FIRE at Feinstein's/54 Below
by Stephi Wild
- Jan 18, 2018
FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents Tony Award winning dancer, choreographer and director Savion Glover (Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk, Shuffle Along) and Grammy Award nominated, multi-talented tanguero Leonardo Suarez Paz (Forever Tango, Tango Argentino) bring years of friendship and collaboration to the stage of Feinstein's/54 Below with the best in Tango and Tap from Broadway and beyond. Savion's young and funk style and Suarez Paz's daring and new sound is a tour de force when combined with Latin Grammy Award nominated Cuartetango string quartet, bandoneon, tango dance and song that is sure to inspire passion and fire.
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