Park Avenue Armory will embark on the eighth year of its Recital Series, a series of intimate chamber music performances in the austerely elegant Board of Officers, intended to continue the salon tradition of chamber music performances. The 2020 Recital Series will open with two performances by young Italian soprano Rosa Feola, Monday evening, January 13, 2020 and Wednesday evening, January 15, 2020, both at 7:30pm.
State Theatre New Jersey presents London's Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) led by conductor Mark Wigglesworth with piano soloist Khatia Buniatishvili on Saturday, January 11, 2020 at 8pm. Program includes Walton's Portsmouth Point Overture; Liszt's Piano Concerto No. 2 in A Major with piano soloist Khatia Buniatishvili; and Sibelius' Symphony No. 2 in C Major, Op. 4. Tickets range from $17.50-$70.
Billboard charting, six-time Global Music Award Medalist and internationally acclaimed jazz and Americana singer/songwriter/pianist Katherine 'KOOL KAT' Farnham will perform with her longtime band at the Steinway Gallery in Nashville on Friday, January 24, 2020. The concert will feature originals from her new project as well as beloved favorites.
A Roma per le feste natalizie, in occasione dei Family Concert che l'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia propone ogni anno per i giovani e le famiglie, la prossima domenica 22 dicembre alle ore 12,00 si terrà lo spettacolo 'Croce e delizia signora mia' di Simona Marchini e Claudio Pallottini.
Renowned travel expert Samantha Brown, host of PBS's two-time Emmy winning (Outstanding Host and Outstanding Travel/Adventure Program) series, “Samantha Brown's Places to Love,” returns with her third season on Saturday, January 11 (check local schedule for exact date and times). This season, Samantha will take viewers to thirteen destinations, both in the U.S. and abroad, uncovering a deeper connection to travel by highlighting the people who are changing, challenging and strengthening the places they call home. Season 3 of “Samantha Brown's Places to Love” is sponsored by AmaWaterways, AAA Travel and Rocky Mountaineer.
In a working partnership approaching three decades, composer Stewart Copeland and librettist Jonathan Moore bring their latest opera 'Electric Saint' to Kunstfest Weimar in September of 2020. The project is a co-commission of the innovative Kunstfest alongside Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar (DNT). The world premiere performance will take place at Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar on September 6, 2020, with seven subsequent performances in Weimar.
Due to popular demand, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley will extend its upcoming run of internationally-acclaimed The Pianist of Willesden Lane through February 16, adding five performances. Starring celebrated pianist Mona Golabek, this triumphant tour de force recounts the inspiring true story of Golabek's mother, Lisa Jura, a young Jewish musician.
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley presents the internationally-acclaimed The Pianist of Willesden Lane. Starring celebrated pianist Mona Golabek, this triumphant tour de force recounts the inspiring true story of Golabek's mother, Lisa Jura, a young Jewish musician. Created and directed by TheatreWorks favorite Hershey Felder, this musical journey follows Jura's escape from Nazi-occupied Austria via the Kindertransport, and her life at a children's home on Willesden Lane in London, where she later survived the London Blitz. Combining vivid storytelling and masterful performances of classics by Bach, Beethoven, and Rachmaninoff, The Pianist of Willesden Lane is a one-woman show that illustrates how music can bring light and hope to even the darkest of times.
Roberto Villanueva founded BalaSole Dance Company nine years ago to combat the discrimination against 'atypical bodies' that one encounters in dance. Take Villanueva himself: a dazzling soloist with sparkling technique and facility that puts him in Sylvie Guillem's league, at 5 foot 2 inches, his atypical height all but barred him from working with major companies. His response to that exclusion was to create BalaSole, a showcase for talented, atypical dancers.
The American Liszt Society Chicago-Midwest Chapter will celebrate composer Franz Liszt's 208th birthday with a grand evening of piano music on Saturday, October 19th, 2019 at 7:30 pm at Nichols Concert Hall, 1490 Chicago Ave., Evanston, IL 60201.
The Greenwich Village Orchestra (GVO), led by Music Director Barbara Yahr, opens its 2019-2020 season on Sunday, October 6, 2019 at 3:00pm at All Saints Church by taking part in the worldwide Pastoral Project, joining artists from around the world in performances of Beethoven's 6th Symphony, a?oePastorala??, to demonstrate commitment to environmental protection and sustainability. The program also features world-renowned German cellist Wolfgang Schmidt as soloist in Dvorak's beloved cello concerto.
KIN Experience Musical Adventure Series is pleased to present its inaugural concert, Music of Hungary. Under Artistic Director and lyric tenor Sebastian Haboczki, gifted musicians soprano Melissa McCann, István Lakatos (violin) and Paul Digout (piano) celebrate the brilliant folk songs from Zoltán Kodály (pronounced Ko-dye), along with the music of Ferenc (Franz) Liszt and others. This outstanding musical showcase brings a retrospective of Hungarian composers to a contemporary audience for an informative and engaging concert for both Hungarians and non-Hungarians alike. One night only, Saturday, October 5, at the acoustically stunning St. James United Church. Proceeds from the evening benefit numerous Montreal youth and non-profit communities.
The Greenwich Village Orchestra (GVO), led by Music Director Barbara Yahr, opens its 2019-2020 season on Sunday, April 7, 2019 at 3:00pm at All Saints Church by taking part in the worldwide Pastoral Project, joining artists from around the world in performances of Beethoven's 6th Symphony, a?oePastorala??, to demonstrate commitment to environmental protection and sustainability. The program also features world-renowned German cellist Wolfgang Schmidt as soloist in Dvorak's beloved cello concerto.
After four days of rounds in front of a distinguished panel of jurors and Wigmore Hall audiences, 25-year-old Russian bass-baritone Mikhail Timoshenko tonight [Wednesday 11 September] won the £10,000 First Prize at Wigmore Hall's International Song Competition, sponsored for the first time by Independent Opera.
Since their serendipitous start in a Southern Utah piano shop, THE PIANO GUYS have proven to be a powerhouse group without limits. Arriving as a musical phenomenon seemingly overnight, the duo of Jon Schmidt [pianist, songwriter] and Steven Sharp Nelson [cellist, songwriter] have delivered bold compositions that transcend boundaries of style and genre, a boundlessness that has since translated into a massively-successful career.
The Segal Centre is proud to present the stirring and inspiring Hershey Felder Presents production of The Pianist of Willesden Lane in the Sylvan Adams Theatre from September 8 to 29, 2019. The show stars internationally-acclaimed storyteller and concert pianist Mona Gol
Richard Byrne's latest effort, An Evening With Lola Montez, is as intricately-constructed a play and persona as you can possibly imagine, and actor Mary Murphy personifies to perfection the low-born Irish divorcée who became a sensation through little more than grit, and a determination to rise above her wretched circumstances.
Si algo caracteriza al trío integrado por el violinista Manuel Ramos, el violonchelista Adolfo Ramos y el pianista Rodolfo Ritter es enfrentarse a nuevos retos musicales. Ejemplo de ello son los conciertos que ofrecerán los días 26, 27, 28 y 31 de julio en el Patio de eventos del Alcázar del Museo Nacional de Historia Castillo de Chapultepec, en la Sala Manuel M. Ponce del Palacio de Bellas Artes y el Salón de Recepciones del Museo Nacional de Arte.
World-renowned pianist Ching-Yun Hu, the founder and director of the Philadelphia Young Pianists' Academy (PYPA), will have her solo debut performance in the Perelman Theater in the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, 300 S. Broad Street in Philadelphia on August 2 at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, July 6, 2019
The tortuous true story of Mayerling was first set to music composed by Franz Liszt, by Kenneth MacMillan, in 1978; a giant Choreographer and Innovator in the world of Ballet. MacMillan's Mayerling is the forboding story of the 1889 Murder/Suicide of Emperor Franz Joseph and Empress Elisabeth's Syphilitic and addicted son, Prince Rudolf, and his teenage lover, Mary Vetsera.
The Royal Ballet, which has not performed in Los Angeles in 24 years, has stepped out on a limb to present this. This is not your usual Ballet Company fare. Contrary to the usual fluffy story about love conquers all, this is not that in the least. We find flawed and even demented characters pouring their hearts out, in the name of love and adoration.
