Isaac Stern News

Musical America, now in its third century as the indispensable resource for the performing arts, today announced the winners of the annual Musical America Awards, recognizing artistic excellence and achievement in the arts.

For six extraordinary days, internationally acclaimed composer John Corigliano will join fellow international classical music superstars, cellist Matt Haimovitz, violist Kim Kashkashian, violinists Anastasia Khitruk and Lara St, John in the inaugural SoBe Arts American Masterworks String Festival to be presented, Monday, December 5 through Saturday, December 10 at the SoBe Institute of the Arts, it was announced by Executive Artistic Director Dr. Carson Kievman.

Musical America, now in its third century as the indispensable resource for the performing arts, today announced the winners of the annual Musical America Awards, recognizing artistic excellence and achievement in the arts.

Cellist Inbal Segev, known for her 'warm, pure and beautiful' tone (Strings Magazine) will perform at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall (881 Seventh Avenue) on Wednesday, October 12, 2011 at 7:30pm for the Opening Night Gala of Bulgarian Concert Evenings in New York (BCENY).

The Juilliard String Quartet, one of the most prominent and revered ensembles of our time, make a rare public interview appearance in conversation with Nancy Shear on Music For All Seasons' acclaimed 'Conversations' series, Tuesday, tonight, 6 to 7:30 p.m., at Steinway Hall, 109 West 57th Street (between Sixth and Seventh Avenues), the magnificent and historic flagship showroom of Steinway & Sons.

Cellist Inbal Segev, known for her 'warm, pure and beautiful' tone (Strings Magazine) will perform at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall (881 Seventh Avenue) on Wednesday, October 12, 2011 at 7:30pm for the Opening Night Gala of Bulgarian Concert Evenings in New York (BCENY).

Former Principal Guest Conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl Leonard Slatkin returns for a pair of programs, Tuesday, August 23, at 8 pm, and Thursday, August 25, at 8 pm.

Former Principal Guest Conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl Leonard Slatkin returns for a pair of programs, Tuesday, August 23, at 8 pm, and Thursday, August 25, at 8 pm.

The Juilliard String Quartet, one of the most prominent and revered ensembles of our time, will make a rare public interview appearance in conversation with Nancy Shear on Music For All Seasons' acclaimed 'Conversations' series, Tuesday, September 27, 6 to 7:30 p.m., at Steinway Hall, 109 West 57th Street (between Sixth and Seventh Avenues), the magnificent and historic flagship showroom of Steinway & Sons.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Monday Nights with Oscar series will celebrate summer's proliferation of cultural festivals around the world with a screening of the 1967 Academy Award-nominated documentary 'Festival,' on Monday, July 18, at 7 p.m. at the Academy Theater at Lighthouse International in New York City.

The Carlyle Hotel will welcome Tony Award-winner Lea Salonga (Miss Saigon) back to the Café Carlyle in an exclusive three-week return engagement.

The Carlyle Hotel will welcome Tony Award-winner Lea Salonga (Miss Saigon) back to the Café Carlyle in an exclusive three-week return engagement.

The Music Institute of Chicago (MIC), now in its 81st year, hosts its annual gala Wednesday, May 4 at the Four Seasons Hotel Chicago, 120 East Delaware Place.

Pianist Emanuel Ax was named an Honorary Member of the Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York last night, following his 100th performance with the Orchestra. The honor, created in 1843, is the highest given by the New York Philharmonic, and in the course of its 169-year history, 65 people have been recipients. Among the 46 honorees in the 19th century were composers Felix Mendelssohn, Louis Moreau Gottschalk, Franz Liszt, Richard Wagner, Anton Rubinstein, and Antonín Dvo?ák. Since 1900 only 19 people have been so honored, including Presidents Calvin Coolidge and Harry S. Truman; composers Igor Stravinsky, Paul Hindemith, and Aaron Copland; philanthropists Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller; conductors Leonard Bernstein, Zubin Mehta, Pierre Boulez, Erich Leinsdorf, and Lorin Maazel; soloists Rudolf Serkin and Isaac Stern; and former Philharmonic Principal Clarinet Stanley Drucker. Mr. Ax becomes the 66th Honorary Member.

Russian pianist Olga Kern, the striking young Gold Medal winner of the 2001 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition-the first woman to achieve this distinction in over 30 years-travels to Central Florida to give a solo recital with the Bach Festival Society of Winter Park. Ms. Kern performs a program of works by Robert and Clara Schumann, Rachmaninoff, Scriabin, and Balakirev.

Russian pianist Olga Kern, the striking young Gold Medal winner of the 2001 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition-the first woman to achieve this distinction in over 30 years-travels to Central Florida to give a solo recital with the Bach Festival Society of Winter Park. Ms. Kern performs a program of works by Robert and Clara Schumann, Rachmaninoff, Scriabin, and Balakirev.

The Music Institute of Chicago (MIC), now in its 81st year, hosts its annual gala Wednesday, May 4 at the Four Seasons Hotel Chicago, 120 East Delaware Place.

The Harris Theater is pleased to announce its 2011-2012 Hear the Music season to include the first performances of a three-year annual concert series and residency presented in collaboration with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center (CMS), the nation's premier ensemble for chamber music, and the triumphant return of the extraordinary Vienna Symphony Orchestra (VSO), joined by the Grammy-nominated Eroica Trio.

Emanuel Ax plays The Lyric March 6 at 7:00pm