Four alumni and one current member of LA Phil's YOLA (Youth Orchestra Los Angeles) program are traveling to Barcelona this week to join Gustavo Dudamel, the Gustavo Dudamel Foundation, the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, and 36 young musicians from around the world a?" named Dudamel Foundation Artists a?" for a special performance of Mahler's Symphony No. 1 at Festival Castell Peralada in The Castle Gardens Auditorium on Saturday, August 10, 2019.
The brand-new Rave Theater Festival has announced a reading series bringing an additional three shows to the inaugural festival's slate of twenty. Beginning tomorrow, August 9, through August 25, 2019 at Clemente Soto Veléz Cultural and Educational Center (107 Suffolk Street) on the Lower East Side, Rave Theater Festival has selected a diverse roster of plays, musicals, family-friendly shows, and cross-disciplinary projects. Several performances are already sold out.
Director of Design Stephen Brimson-Lewis has over twenty years of experience designing for the RSC. Stephen takes us through the collaborative process of designing Measure for Measure.
La Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional (OSN) continúa su temporada de conciertos 2019 con la participación de su concertino, la violinista Shari Mason, como solista invitada, para la interpretación de la obra cumbre de los conciertos para violín de todos los tiempos: el Concierto para violín en re mayor de Ludwig van Beethoven.
La Secretaría de Cultura, a través del Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura, ofrece una amplia gama de actividades para el público en general, a fin de garantizar el derecho a la cultura a todos los sectores sociales.
La Orquesta Sinfónica del Estado de México (OSEM) concluirá su temporada 140 el próximo sábado 8 de junio, a las 19:00, en la Sala Principal del Palacio de Bellas Artes. Interpretará Requiém de guerra op. 66 de Benjamin Britten, “una obra gigantesca porque así de enorme es su mensaje y su intención”, mencionó Rodrigo Macías, director de la agrupación.
Numi Opera began its inaugural season with Alexander Zemlinsky's almost forgotten Der Zwerg (The Dwarf), a piece once condemned by the Nazi Third Reich. In Los Angeles, the dark and cavernous ground floor of the Theatre at Ace Hotel was more than half full for the matinee performance on Sunday, June 2, 2019.
American pianist/composer Thomas Nickell, an artist with 'an ever increasing reputation as a player's player and composer' (Litchfield Live, July 23, 2017) will appear as soloist with the Oistrakh Symphony Orchestra of Chicago under the baton of Mina Zikri at Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall on Sunday afternoon, June 2, 2019, 3 p.m., presented by the Alexander & Buono Foundation.
Pacific Symphony ends its Classical Season with Mahler's monumental Symphony No. 1, originally titled "Titan" by the composer. Suggested by its title, Mahler expanded conventional symphonic form in this epic work, with which the orchestra inaugurated the Renee and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall in 2006.
The Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra and Dutch National Opera have appointed a new Chief Conductor: Lorenzo Viotti. The 29-year-old conductor with Swiss and French dual nationality will take over in the 2021-2022 season. 'He is an inspirational conductor, who has shown himself more than worthy of the most prominent concert podia and opera houses', says Rob Streevelaar, managing director of the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra. 'His deep understanding, passion and commitment for the stage coupled with his respect and love for the singers, provides a powerful combination of drama and music', adds Sophie de Lint, director of Dutch National Opera. Lorenzo Viotti will take over the baton from Marc Albrecht, who is stepping down at the end of next season.
The South Dakota Symphony Orchestra (SDSO) reaches a historical milestone with two performances of Mahler's 8th Symphony, the "Symphony of a Thousand," April 27-28 at the Washington Pavilion.
Grand Rapids Symphony will conclude its 2018-19 Great Eras Series on Friday, May 3, with a concert titled The 20th/21st Century Concert: Celebrating Women featuring music by women plus a woman as guest soloist.
Numi Opera and its inaugural production -- Alexander Von Zemlinsky's Der Zwerg based on a story by Oscar Wilde -- is announced. Directed by Numi Opera Executive Director Gail R. Gordon with musical direction by Christopher Luthi, the rarely performed opera will have two performances on Thursday, May 30 at 7:30pm and Sunday, June 2 at 2:00pm at The Theatre at Ace Hotel, located at 929 South Broadway in downtown Los Angeles.
Las diferentes tesituras de la voz humana en la música dan nombre al ciclo Los colores de la voz de la Coordinación Nacional de Música y Ópera del Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (INBAL).
One of the greatest conductors of his time, Mahler spent the fall, winter and spring on the podium. In the summer, he escaped to the Austrian countryside to compose. At the edge of a meadow, with a view of a lake and the Alpine mountains in the distance, Mahler had built a tiny hut with a desk, a piano and a book shelf where he would compose most of his greatest music including his Symphony No. 3 in D major.
Beethoven is one of the giants of musical history, what Newton is to Science or Shakespeare is to Literature. His output was the most played classical music in the world in 2018, 250 years after his birth.
On Tuesday, April 23 at 7:00 p.m., Nicola and Beatrice Bulgari and the Carnegie Hall Notables-a membership and ticket program for music enthusiasts in their 20s and 30s-will host the 15th Annual Notable Occasion. This private performance in Zankel Hall for Carnegie Hall Notables and special guests features Carnegie Hall Perspectives artist pianist Yuja Wang in recital with Andreas Ottensamer, principal clarinetist of the legendary Berliner Philharmoniker. After the exclusive concert, Notables gather at Brasserie 8 ½ for a cocktail reception. The 15th Annual Notable Occasion is generously underwritten by Nicola and Beatrice Bulgari.
Music Director Jaap van Zweden will conduct the New York Philharmonic in Mahler's Symphony No. 6, Thursday, April 11, 2019, at 7:30 p.m.; Friday, April 12 at 11:00 a.m.; and Saturday, April 13 at 8:00 p.m.
