On Tuesday, October 13, at 8pm EDT, NYCB will release the fourth program consisting of George Balanchinea??s Duo Concertant, a duet accompanied by an onstage violinist and pianist, along with excerpts from Jerome Robbinsa?? Dances at a Gathering and Balanchinea??s Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet and Symphony in C.
The Taiwan Philharmonic, together with the National Theater & Concert Hall, Taiwan Public Television Service, and TSMC Education and Culture Foundation (TSMC Foundation), invites world-renowned violinist Ray Chen to give the first livestreamed violin masterclass during the pandemic for global music fans on Sunday, September 13, 2020 at 7:00 PM.
Stanislav Ioudentich, Founder and Artistic Director of Park International Center for Music, announced today that the organization's opening concert would indeed take place, albeit revamped. Stanislav & Friends will now take place at the Boulevard Drive-In (1051 Merriam Lane, Kansas City, KS). Gate opens at 6:00 p.m. Tickets start at $50 for two patrons in one car and can be purchased at Park ICM 2020 Gala Drive In.
The Minnesota Orchestra announced today the cancellation of all full-Orchestra concerts scheduled to take place inside Orchestra Hall in August and early September 2020, as they are not in compliance with the 'Stay Safe MN' current guidelines for large events in the effort to limit the spread of COVID-19.
Tulsa Ballet is offering a free live stream viewing of the 2013 recording of Rite of Spring by Adam Hougland for two showtimes: Friday, July 10th at 7:00 pm CDT and Saturday, July 11th at 12:00 pm CDT. This performance is 45 minutes long and can only be viewed on Tulsa Ballet's YouTube channel during its live stream time slots.
On Monday, June 22, Michael Tilson Thomas (MTT)a?"Music Director of the San Francisco Symphony, Co-Founder and Artistic Director of the New World Symphony, and Conductor Laureate of the London Symphony Orchestraa?"was named an Officer in the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Order of Arts and Letters), the second of three grades recognized in the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, awarded to distinguished artists who have made significant contributions to furthering the arts in France and throughout the world.
The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (CSO) and Cincinnati Pops today announced a new initiative, The Fanfare Project, borne of the Orchestra's heritage as a champion of the music of its time and of the role of music to unite us in uncertain times. The inspiration for the initiative is Aaron Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man, commissioned by CSO Music Director Eugene Goossens in 1942 in support of Allied efforts and as a testament to the American spirit during World War II. The Orchestra gave the world premiere on March 12, 1943.
Audiences nationwide will have the chance to explore a masterwork of classical music as The Discovery Orchestra brings its latest special celebrating the genre to public television.
Park International Center for Music announced today that their 2020-2021 Season would once again kick off their season in September at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts with Stanislav & Friends.
New York City Ballet (NYCB) returns to the Kennedy Center for its annual engagement with two stellar repertory programs, March 31-April 5, in the Opera House.
Bard SummerScape's 17th edition celebrates one of the most important female figures in classical music history, with seven weeks of music, opera, theater, dance, film and the SummerScape Spiegeltent, centered around the 31st Bard Music Festival, 'Nadia Boulanger and Her World.'
Award-winning choreographer and performer SEETA PATEL has superbly re-imagined Stravinsky's iconic ballet, THE RITE OF SPRING, in the powerful classical Indian dance style, Bharatanatyam.
Boston Ballet's rEVOLUTION: Dance on the Edge features three works by pivotal choreographers which stretch the label 'contemporary' to its breaking point. The three pieces, which all premiered between 1957-1987 may trace through the timeline of progress for commercial ballet in America, but I question if anything a ballet company can do could live up to the streamlined, techno aesthetic toted by their marketing team. The title, with its radical use of capitalization, cuts through the smooth blackness on the cover of the program above a photograph of two dancers in an acrobatic pose in green leotards. Inside the booklet, a geometrically conceived sketch of a dancer invites us to an event called 'Turning Pointe' where we can engage with a?oeleading innovators in the arts, sciences, and industry who are building the future in Boston.a?? Another page announces Boston Ballet's upcoming collaboration with Stephen Galloway, the creative movement director for the Rolling Stones, promising to a?oeshatter expectations of what ballet can bea??.
Hangmen is officially in previews on Broadway!
Martin McDonagh's Hangmen marks McDonagh's seventh play to be produced on Broadway and his return to the stage following his BAFTA and Golden Globe Award-winning and Oscar-nominated film Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri. Hangmen will officially open on Thursday, March 19, 2020, at Broadway's Golden Theatre (252 West 45th Street).
Dutch National Ballet presents its new season, which includes many new ballets, some exciting collaborations and a grand tribute to one of the most important ballet composers of the 20th century: Igor Stravinsky.
Sydney Coliseum Theatre, West HQ last night welcomed over 1200 music lovers through its doors to celebrate the inaugural showcase acoustic performance of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra playing The Rite of Spring by Russian composer Igor Stravinsky, led by acclaimed conductor Pietari Inkinen,