Isaac Stern News

Christoph Eschenbach will conduct the New York Philharmonic in a program of music by German and Austrian composers from three centuries: the U.S. Premiere of Matthias Pintscher's towards Osiris, Berg's Violin Concerto with Pinchas Zukerman as soloist, and Brahms's Piano Quartet No. 1, arranged by Schoenberg, Thursday, March 18, 2010, at 7:30 p.m., Friday, March 19, at 2:00 p.m., and Saturday, March 20, at 8:00 p.m.

Erich Steinbock (Managing Director) is pleased to welcome Tony Award-winner Lea Salonga (Miss Saigon) to the Café Carlyle to make her New York cabaret debut in an exclusive three-week engagement.

Alto Polis Music Management & Positive Motions Foundation in association with the Glendale Philharmonic Association and "Positive Motions" Concert Series, Ruslan Biryukov, Producer and Artistic Director will present "Limor Toren & Friends," A Chamber Concert Celebrating the Romantic Period With The Music of Antonin Dvo?ak, Johannes Brahms and Felix Mendelssohn featuring members of the Glendale Philharmonic Orchestra, including: Violinists Limor Toren, Hovhannes Meghrikyan, Shushan Akopyan and Levon Mkrtchyan; Violists Laura Pearson and Brianna Bandy; and Cellists Maksim Velichkin and August Lee accompanied by Guest Artist Pianist Leonid Levitsky.

Erich Steinbock (Managing Director) is pleased to welcome Tony Award-winner Lea Salonga (Miss Saigon) to the Café Carlyle to make her New York cabaret debut in an exclusive three-week engagement.

Alto Polis Music Management & Positive Motions Foundation in association with the Glendale Philharmonic Association and "Positive Motions" Concert Series, Ruslan Biryukov, Producer and Artistic Director will present "Limor Toren & Friends," A Chamber Concert Celebrating the Romantic Period With The Music of Antonin Dvo?ak, Johannes Brahms and Felix Mendelssohn featuring members of the Glendale Philharmonic Orchestra, including: Violinists Limor Toren, Hovhannes Meghrikyan, Shushan Akopyan and Levon Mkrtchyan; Violists Laura Pearson and Brianna Bandy; and Cellists Maksim Velichkin and August Lee accompanied by Guest Artist Pianist Leonid Levitsky.

Christoph Eschenbach will conduct the New York Philharmonic in a program of music by German and Austrian composers from three centuries: the U.S. Premiere of Matthias Pintscher's towards Osiris, Berg's Violin Concerto with Pinchas Zukerman as soloist, and Brahms's Piano Quartet No. 1, arranged by Schoenberg, Thursday, March 18, 2010, at 7:30 p.m., Friday, March 19, at 2:00 p.m., and Saturday, March 20, at 8:00 p.m.

David Finckel, cello, and Wu Han, piano, will perform the third concert of The Richard P. Garmany Chamber Music Series on Thursday, February 11, at 7:30 PM in Millard Auditorium, on the University of Hartford campus.

Kathleen Battle, one of the greatest coloratura sopranos of our time, will perform in recital at Carnegie Hall (Stern Auditorium, Perelman Stage) on Monday, February 8, 2010 at 8 p.m. Presented by Columbia Artists Management, Ms. Battle will be joined by Olga Kern, Van Cliburn International Piano Competition Gold Medalist.

David Finckel, cello, and Wu Han, piano, will perform the third concert of The Richard P. Garmany Chamber Music Series on Thursday, February 11, at 7:30 PM in Millard Auditorium, on the University of Hartford campus.

At the time of her acclaimed Carnegie Hall debut, the New York Times hailed Velia's 'impressive precision' and 'vibrant, spotlessly clean performances.' She has appeared often as a soloist with the Orquesta Sinfonica de Venezuela, Orquesta Sinfonica Sociedad Filarmonica de Mexico, Florida Philharmonic, Sinfonica de Maracaibo, Symphony of the Americas, Festival Miami, Amigos Canarios de la Musica, and Orquesta Sinfonica del Peru, among others. She is a graduate of The Manhattan School of Music and also holds a Doctor's degree from the University of Miami. An active proponent of Ibero American music, Velia has premiered major works by classical composers of the Americas and Spain. She recently released a landmark recording of the complete volume of Cuban Dances by Ignacio Cervantes -Adios a Cuba

Lars Hansen died Sunday night, January 31, of complications from liver cancer. He was 60. Hansen had a distinguished career in cultural arts management.

The Philadelphia Orchestra today announced that Sting will appear as its special guest for the Academy of Music 153rd Anniversary Concert on Saturday, January 30, 2010. Sting, world-renowned singer/composer, will perform some of his best-known works with the Orchestra, continuing the Academy's long history of presenting popular music.

Kathleen Battle, one of the greatest coloratura sopranos of our time, will perform in recital at Carnegie Hall (Stern Auditorium, Perelman Stage) on Monday, February 8, 2010 at 8 p.m. Presented by Columbia Artists Management, Ms. Battle will be joined by Olga Kern, Van Cliburn International Piano Competition Gold Medalist.

On January 1, 1985 the city of Saint Paul, Minn. joyously celebrated the grand opening of its newest treasure, the originally named Ordway Music Theatre.

This weekend, 100 Camp Broadway Kids, ages 10 through 17, will begin rehearsals at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy (AMDA) in New York City.

The Bruckner Orchestra of Linz Brings Bernstein to Jorgensen Dennis Russell Davies, Conductor Renaud Capuçon, Violin

The Bruckner Orchestra of Linz Brings Bernstein to Jorgensen Dennis Russell Davies, Conductor Renaud Capuçon, Violin

The Philadelphia Orchestra today announced that Sting will appear as its special guest for the Academy of Music 153rd Anniversary Concert on Saturday, January 30, 2010. Sting, world-renowned singer/composer, will perform some of his best-known works with the Orchestra, continuing the Academy's long history of presenting popular music.

The Orion String Quartet, the resident quartet at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, will premiere a new work by Jacobs Professor and Composition Department Chair David Dzubay in a free concert on Monday, April 13, at 8 p.m. in Auer Hall.

The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey will present a special piano concert event featuring the internationally known, exciting, young pianist Xiayin Wang on Friday, May 8 at 8 p.m. at the Dorothy Young Center for the Arts, 36 Madison Avenue, Madison (on the campus of Drew University).