Joyce DiDonato’s recitals-as-events--where she introduces her personal philosophies as well as her art into the evening--have their ups and downs. Sometimes they are marvelous. Saturday night at Carnegie Hall, the concert, directed by Marie Lambert-Le Bihan with lighting by John Torres, that also served as part of her publicity tour for her new recording, EDEN (Erato), seemed less than the sum of its parts.
National Philharmonic has announced its 2022-2023 season, which includes eight classical programs conducted by Music Director Piotr Gajewski and two by Chorale Artistic Director Stan Engebretson; two pops shows led by Principal Pops Conductor Luke Frazier; and a piano recital.
On Saturday, May 7 at 8pm and Sunday, May 8 at 4pm, the Princeton Symphony Orchestra (PSO) presents its Milanov & Jackiw concert featuring violin virtuoso Stefan Jackiw. Jackiw performs Erich Wolfgang Korngold’s lush Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35 on a program with Gabriela Lena Frank’s Elegía Andina and Felix Mendelssohn’s “Scottish” Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 56. Edward T. Cone Music Director Rossen Milanov conducts both concerts at Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall, on the campus of Princeton University.Milanov and Jackiw are no strangers, having performed with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra in 2015, the RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra in 2019, and, most recently, with the Columbus Symphony Orchestra this past October. Milanov invited the violinist to play with the PSO in March 2020, but that performance was pre-empted by the pandemic.
Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato brings her latest innovative project to Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage on Saturday, April 23 at 8:00 p.m. Titled EDEN, the program explores our individual connection to nature and its impact on our world and features Ms. DiDonato’s frequent collaborators Maxim Emelyanychev leading Italian chamber orchestra Il Pomo d’Oro. Fusing music, movement, and theater, the program includes works spanning from the 17th to the 21st century by Handel, Gluck, Wagner, Mahler, Ives, and Copland, as well as the New York premiere of Academy Award-winning composer Rachel Portman’s The First Morning of the World, commissioned specifically for this project.
Following its triumphant return to in-person performances in the 2021-22 season, California Symphony has lined up a season of innovative programming, featuring exciting guest artists and music by living composers, women, and people of color – including some of Cabrera's favorite works.
The Walter W. Naumburg presents ERIN WAGNER, mezzo-soprano, the winner of the 2021 Naumburg Vocal Award, on Tuesday, April 19 at 7:30pm in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall.
La importante labor de Mario Lavista (Ciudad de México, 3 de abril, 1943 - 4 de noviembre, 2021) como compositor, profesor y divulgador de la música será reconocida en el homenaje que la mezzosoprano Encarnación Vázquez y el pianista Alberto Cruzprieto le rendirán en el aniversario de su nacimiento, el domingo 3 de abril a las 18:00 horas en la Sala Manuel M. Ponce del Palacio de Bellas Artes, como parte del ciclo Los colores de la voz del Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (Inbal) y en el marco de la estrategia #VolverAVerte de la Secretaría de Cultura federal.
The American Youth Symphony, led by Music Director Carlos Izcaray, will celebrate its landmark 2021-22 season and the exceptional talent of its musicians at the 57th Annual Gala on Saturday, April 30th, 2022. The concert program begins at 5 p.m. and features John Adams' Short Ride on a Fast Machine, the world premiere of Alexander Mansour's Zephyr, and Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 5. Concert-only pay-what-you-can tickets are available here.
Audiences will experience classical music performances by immensely gifted young musicians Saturday, March 12, when the Young Texas Artists Music Competition culminates in the 2022 Finalists' Concert & Awards.
The CreArtBox Music Festival has solidified its presence as one of the most sought-after classical music platforms in Queens, offering regularly sold-out performances since its premiere in 2018.
The University of Chicago and Folks Operetta have announced the Korngold Festival, celebrating and exploring the life and music of one of the 20th century’s most successful yet underrecognized composers, Erich Wolfgang Korngold.
The internationally acclaimed Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra joins Bravo! Vail for its second year in residency at the Festival. World-renowned resident orchestras-the New York Philharmonic, The Philadelphia Orchestra, and the Dallas Symphony Orchestra-return with 17 inspiring programs led by seven prominent conductors, including Jaap van Zweden, Fabio Luisi, and Nathalie Stutzmann.
The National Symphony Orchestra will continue its Classical series this March with four subscription concert programs at the Kennedy Center Concert Hall, including a two-week residency with conductor, composer, and 2019 Kennedy Center Honoree Michael Tilson Thomas.
The National Symphony Orchestra will continues its Classical series this February with three subscription programs at the Kennedy Center Concert Hall, two of which are conducted by Music Director Gianandrea Noseda.
Following a year of work on a truly global scale, hundreds of international musicians will take part in a ground-breaking performance of Mahler's Symphony No. 8 on Saturday 22 January 2022, presented by Choir of the Earth.
Theatro Sao Pedro announces its 2022 season. The lyrical series will include eleven titles: La Serva Padrona; Livietta and Tracollo; The Capulets and the Montechios, by Bellini; West Side Story; Lecture on Waterbirds; Threepenny Opera, by Weill; Ariadne in Naxos, by Strauss; Viva La Mamma, by Donizetti and El Barberillo de Lavapies, among others.
Baritone David John Pike and celebrated organist David Briggs present music that looks back on our experience over the last twenty months and forward to Advent, on Sunday, December 12 at 4 pm at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, 1047 Amsterdam Avenue (at 112th Street).
On 11 January 2022, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg celebrates five years since its grand opening. The concert hall has demonstrated night after night that the live music experience in a spectacular architectural setting can inspire everyone, while also transforming the image of an entire city.