Olivier Award-winner and Tony nominee Andy Karl (Pretty Woman: The Musical, Groundhog Day, Rocky) joins Michael Feinstein and previously announced guest artists Liz Callaway (Merrily We Roll Along, CATS) and Lily Rasmussen (prizewinner from Feinstein's Great American Songbook Foundation) on Wednesday, October 23 at 7:30 p.m. in Celebrating Stephen Sondheim at 90: His World and Music. Michael Feinstein celebrates the legendary composer's birthday with some of Sondheim's finest songs.
Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin curates a nine-concert Perspectives series during the 2019a?"2020 season, including performances with three orchestras with whom he has built his remarkable careera?"The Philadelphia Orchestra, Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal, and The MET Orchestraa?"as well as a rare recital appearance with mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato.
In his second season as principal conductor, Bernard Labadie leads Orchestra of St. Luke's (OSL) in its 33rd concert series in Carnegie Hall's Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage. The series begins with Italian pianist Beatrice Rana joining OSL for two Bach keyboard concertos on Thursday, October 17 at 8:00 p.m. The program is bookended by two works by Mendelssohn: The Hebrides Overture and a?oeScottisha?? Symphony.
Celebrating its twenty-second year, the 2019 Beijing Music Festival (BMF) presents an art feast for audiences during Beijing's golden autumn. Over the past two decades, world-renowned conductor Long Yu established a rich artistic foundation for the Beijing Music Festival. And beginning in 2018, the new artistic director Shuang Zou, with the support of Maestro Long Yu, the BMF Artistic Committee, and supporting staff, has succeeded in incorporating more inclusive and avant-garde artistic elements to the festival, which are sure to surprise and impress audiences.
Jacob's Pillow presents the highly-anticipated world premiere of THE DAY, featuring world renowned cellist Maya Beiser and legendary dancer Wendy Whelan with choreography by the groundbreaking postmodern dance artist Lucinda Childs and music by Pulitzer Prize-winning David Lang in the Doris Duke Theatre, July 31-Aug 4. Co-commissioned by Jacob's Pillow, the multidisciplinary work explores memory, life's journey, resilience, and survival of the soul through the shared language of music and dance.
The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (CSO) announced a program change for the performances at Music Hall on Friday, May 10, at 11 AM and Saturday, May 11, at 8 PM. The program will now open with Music Director Louis Langree conducting Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 4 with Associate Concertmaster Stefani Matsuo as the soloist. The Mozart concerto takes the place of the previously announced Schubert Symphony No. 8. The second half of the program with Mahler's Symphony No. 5 is unchanged.
Stanislav Ioudenitch, Artistic Director at Park International Center for Music, announced Wednesday that Park ICM is offering not one, but two late March concerts to welcome spring. "If you are a classical music lover, we have two charming spring concerts to choose from during late March. Get out of the final snow storm of the season at the intimate 1900 Building on Saturday with piano sensation Dang Thai Son and then enjoy the magnificent artistry of violinist Irina Muresanu with our own Lolita Sayevich on piano," exclaimed Ioudenitch. "There's no better way to begin spring after the long winter in Kansas City."
Much sought after as a collaborative pianist and educator, pianist Vanessa May-lok Lee will present an interactive and unique performance today, March 1 at 7 p.m. at Anna-Maria Kellen Concert Hall, Third Street Music School Settlement, 235 East 11th Street, New York, NY 10003-7398. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Admission is free. General seating is available on a first-come basis.
The Celebrity Series of Boston presents the 5th annual Stave Sessions, the unique music series showcasing the innovative, the experimental, and the collaborative approaches of emerging artists. The 2019 Stave Sessions take place March 19-23, 2019 at 160 Mass. Ave. in Boston. Doors open at 7pm; concerts begin at 8pm. Each concert features 2 sets with one intermission. Tickets are $35 and may be purchased by calling 617.482.2595 or by visiting www.stavesessions.org.
Fourteen year old Ajibola Tajudeen, better known as Keeme, is the host of New Paradigm Theatre's web series now in it's third season here on BroadwayWorld. 'Konversations with Keeme' is show where Keeme interviews seasoned television and film professionals like Tamara Tunie of Law and Order: Special Victims Unit and Renee Lawless of Tyler Perry's The Have and the Have Nots, as well as Broadway veterans such as Emmy and Grammy winner, Paul Bogaev, and Broadway pros Christine Dwyer, Kelly Grant, Juwan Crawley and more.
Much sought after as a collaborative pianist and educator, pianist Vanessa May-lok Lee will present an interactive and unique performance on Friday, March 1 at 7 p.m. at Anna-Maria Kellen Concert Hall, Third Street Music School Settlement, 235 East 11th Street, New York, NY 10003-7398. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Admission is free. General seating is available on a first-come basis.
The Music Institute of Chicago hosts its 2019 Anniversary Gala on Monday, May 20 at the Four Seasons Hotel Chicago, 120 E. Delaware Street, celebrating its history as one of the largest and most respected community music schools in the nation with a festive evening highlighted by the presentation of the Dushkin Award to acclaimed jazz trumpet player, bandleader, composer, and educator Wynton Marsalis.
On Sunday, March 31 at 2 pm, composer Michael John Trotta will ascend the podium at New York's legendary Carnegie Hall to conduct his own music for the third time. As on the two previous occasions, the performance will be presented by MidAmerica Productions, as part of its 36th annual concert season, continuing its commitment to the music of living composers. This will be MidAmerica's 100th New York premiere.
MidAmerica Productions will welcome back its Principal Guest Conductor, Giuseppe Lanzetta, on Sunday, February 17th, on the occasion of the opening concert of MidAmerica's 36th concert season in New York. The performance will begin at 2 pm.
The ASPECT Foundation for Music & Arts continues its third New York City season of illuminating performances today, January 23, 2019 at 7:30pm with Classical Vienna at Bohemian National Hall. The program features the acclaimed Orion String Quartet in Haydn's String Quartet Op. 50 No. 2 and Mozart's Clarinet Quintet in A major, K.581 performed with clarinetist Alexander Bedenko.
