Franz Liszt News

Greenwich House Music School (GHMS) is pleased to present a not to be missed all-Ligeti program by one of today's most respected young pianists, Jenny Lin, on Thursday, March 31 at 8 p.m.

Cellist Anne Fagerburg, violist Morris Jacob and violinist Erin Schreiber - all members of the St. Louis Symphony - will join pianist Martin Kennedy, assistant professor of music in Arts & Sciences, and mezzo-soprano Nöel Prince, instructor in voice, for a free performance at 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 28. Sponsored by the Department of Music and the St. Louis Symphony Community Partnership program, the concert will take place in Washington University's E. Desmond Lee Concert Hall, located in the 560 Music Center, 560 Trinity Ave., at the intersection with Delmar Boulevard.

The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) presents nearly 1,000 public events throughout the year and offers free admission to many of its performances.

Kate Royal's new album, A Lesson in Love, which will be released in the U.S. on March 8, raises the curtain on a busy spring season for the British soprano in North America, beginning in March when Royal appears with the Boston Symphony for an imaginatively-programmed concert of music inspired by Shakespeare's The Tempest. Soon after, Royal heads to New York to begin rehearsals for her Metropolitan Opera debut in April, and in May she gives a three-city recital tour that will feature the program from the new album.

Kate Royal's new album, A Lesson in Love, which will be released in the U.S. on March 8, raises the curtain on a busy spring season for the British soprano in North America, beginning in March when Royal appears with the Boston Symphony for an imaginatively-programmed concert of music inspired by Shakespeare's The Tempest. Soon after, Royal heads to New York to begin rehearsals for her Metropolitan Opera debut in April, and in May she gives a three-city recital tour that will feature the program from the new album.

Based in Toronto, the Canadian Opera Company is the largest producer of opera in Canada and one of the largest in North America.

Five students from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music will perform February 27 (Sunday), at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. The performance is part of the center's Conservatory Project, a weeklong concert series showcasing artists from America's leading music schools.

Award-winning pianist and Music Institute of Chicago faculty member Alexander Djordjevic performs a program of 19th and 20th century music Saturday, April 16 at 7:30 p.m. at Nichols Concert Hall, 1490 Chicago Avenue, Evanston.

The members of the world-renowned Takács Quartet are often described as four distinct musical personalities.

Five students from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music will perform February 27 (Sunday), at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. The performance is part of the center's Conservatory Project, a weeklong concert series showcasing artists from America's leading music schools.

2 Pianos 4 Hands is the riotous tale of two boys in Canada, Ted and Richard, sharing the same goal: concert pianist stardom.

Beginning Saturday, February 12, L.A. Theatre Works' Radio Theatre Series will air Odyssey of Love by Lucy Parham, featuring Martin Jarvis, Rosalind Ayres, and Lucy Parham on piano.

Though the music of Gustav Mahler is the cornerstone of Thomas Hampson's 2010-11 season, the baritone will take some time away from the Austrian composer this month to devote his energy to two other great passions: American song and teaching.

Though the music of Gustav Mahler is the cornerstone of Thomas Hampson's 2010-11 season, the baritone will take some time away from the Austrian composer this month to devote his energy to two other great passions: American song and teaching.

Beginning Saturday, February 12, L.A. Theatre Works' Radio Theatre Series will air Odyssey of Love by Lucy Parham, featuring Martin Jarvis, Rosalind Ayres, and Lucy Parham on piano.

The members of the world-renowned Takács Quartet are often described as four distinct musical personalities.

Polish Canadian pianist Daniel Wnukowski (vnoo-KOV-skee) is performing a homecoming recital on Friday, February 4 at Glenn Gould Studio, 8 PM. A highly gifted artist who left Ontario at age 15 to pursue studies in Europe and the US, Mr. Wnukowski will perform a concert entitled 'Heaven and Hell: A Year of Liszt'. The repertoire features demonic and blissful works of Franz Liszt as well as the lyrical and dramatic works of Polish composers Chopin and Szymanowski.

Northrop Dance at the University of Minnesota presents The Voronezh State Ballet Theatre of Russia, Thu, Feb 3 at 7:30 pm at Northrop at the University of Minnesota.

Actors Michael Cumpsty, Robert Stanton, and Wendy Rich Stetson will be performing a dramatic reading of letters, reviews, and writings by Liszt and his contemporaries as part of a Discovery Day dedicated to composer/pianist Franz Liszt.

Heralded as the "hottest artist on the classical music planet" by The New York Times, 28-year-old Lang Lang has played sold-out recitals and concerts in every major city in the world, and is the first Chinese pianist to be engaged by the Vienna Philharmonic, Berlin Philharmonic, and all the top American orchestras.