The Chicago area's Bach Week Festival has announced its 46th annual concert programs, with performances in Evanston and Chicago April 26 to May 3, 2019, featuring several Johann Sebastian Bach works never before heard at the festival; the return of pianist Sergei Babayan, praised by The New York Times for his 'consummate technique and insight'; and a first-time collaboration with gifted pre-college musicians of the Academy of the Music Institute of Chicago.
The Oakland Symphony Orchestra will present its 22nd Annual David Daniels Young Artists Concert at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 10 in Varner Recital Hall on OU's campus.
The University Musical Society (UMS) is pleased to announce a visit to Michigan by cellist Yo-Yo Ma that will take place February 27-28, 2019 in Ann Arbor and Flint. This special visit builds on the performer's two-year journey to perform Johann Sebastian Bach's Six Suites for Solo Cello as a catalyst for social action, and it marks the first time Ma is extending the model beyond the Bach Project to engage a broader audience. The activities include a talk in the University of Michigan's Hill Auditorium on 'Culture, Understanding, and Survival' as well as a 'Day of Action' in Flint, MI, with the theme 'Flint Voices: Culture, Community, and Resilience.' This day-long set of activities will bring together 50 Flint-based community leaders for a working session on cultural collaboration for social change led by Yo-Yo Ma, as well as a Community Cultural Showcase celebrating Flint's past and future, which is open to the public.
Obras de algunos de los más grandes compositores italianos y rusos conforman el programa Del Veneto a Rusia, que el violinista Tomás Marín y el pianista José Alfonso Álvarez ofrecerán este jueves 31 de enero a las 17:00 en el Centro Cultural del México Contemporáneo.
Este miércoles 30 de enero, los espacios museísticos del Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (INBAL) marcarán nuevamente el ritmo de la tradicional Noche de Museos para mantener vigente una iniciativa que llega a su décimo aniversario en 2019.
For more than a century the world-renowned St. Olaf Choir has set a gold standard for choral singing, and the ensemble's 75 singers and conductor Anton Armstrong will travel to Tennessee, Georgia, South Carolina and Florida from Thursday, Jan. 31, through Monday, Feb. 11, 2019 during its 2019 National Winter Tour. (Tickets are available online at stolaf.edu/tickets.)
Este 27 de enero, último domingo del mes, algunos de los más destacados concertistas de Bellas Artes demostrarán su talento y virtuosismo con sus respectivos instrumentos en una serie de conciertos que se llevarán a cabo en diferentes recintos dependientes del Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (INBAL) y espacios de la Ciudad de México.
American Classical Orchestra's (ACO) 34th season continues on Thursday, March 7, 2019 at 8:00pm with Joyous Bach, a celebration of Johann Sebastian Bach, led by Artistic Director and Founder Thomas Crawford, at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center.
The groundbreaking Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater returns to the Kennedy Center for its annual engagement with seven performances on the Opera House stage from February 5 10. Celebrating its 60th Anniversary season, the company has had a long-standing impact on modern dance and uniqueness in promoting the African American cultural experience. Led by Artistic Director Robert Battle, the company's performances include Lazarus, the newest work by choreographer Rennie Harris co-commissioned by the Kennedy Center and premiered to acclaim during the company's recent New York season; three D.C. debuts; one new production; and a special Timeless Ailey classics program. Alvin Ailey's American masterpiece Revelations will be performed as the finale for all seven programs.
Organizado por la Coordinación Nacional de Música y Ópera del Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura, durante enero, el público tendrá la oportunidad de escuchar a la violonchelista Bozena Slawinska interpretar dos suites del compositor alemán Johann Sebastian Bach.
The Boston Philharmonic Orchestra (BPO), led by founder and conductor Benjamin Zander, presents an all-Beethoven program with three performances on Thursday, February 14, 2019 at 7:00pm and Sunday, February 17, 2019 at 3:00pm at Sanders Theatre at Harvard University, and on Saturday, February 16, 2019 at 8:00pm at Jordan Hall at New England Conservatory, as part of the orchestra's 40th anniversary season and in honor of Mr. Zander's 80th birthday year.
Festival General Director Nigel Redden announces the program for the 43rd annual Spoleto Festival USA, taking place May 24 through June 9, 2019. For 17 days and nights, a variety of artists converge in Charleston, South Carolina, filling the city's theaters, churches, and outdoor spaces with wide-ranging performances and concerts.
The Leonia Chamber Musicians Society, Inc., a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization based in Leonia, New Jersey, presents 'Our Hearts in Music', a benefit concert, on Sunday, February 10, 2019 at 4 p.m. at Leonia High School's Little Theater, located at 100 Christie Heights in Leonia, New Jersey.
Ronald K. Brown's joyous mix of modern and African dance-seen previously in Grace, Open Door, and other works-fits the Ailey dancers perfectly, and his themes of spiritual awakening and redemption never fail to inspire.
La violinista francesa Hélène Schmitt y el clavecinista mexicano Raúl Moncada ofrecerán un recital internacional de música antigua, organizado por la Coordinación Nacional de Música y Ópera del Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, en el Salón de Recepciones del Museo Nacional de Arte el sábado 15 de diciembre a las 11:30.
Para cerrar su temporada de conciertos 2018, la Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional (OSN) celebrará con el público mexicano las tradicionales fiestas de Navidad y Año Nuevo con un concierto que incluirá música de Johann Sebastian Bach, así como populares piezas de la tradición navideña nacional e internacional.
Una serie de obras navideñas de compositores de la época barroca al siglo XX conforma el programa 7 de la segunda temporada de conciertos 2018 de la Orquesta de Cámara de Bellas Artes (OCBA).
Last night, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's 60th Anniversary holiday season at New York City Center kicked off with a star-studded Opening Night Gala Benefit performance and party led by Artistic Director Robert Battle, with iconic film stars Angela Bassett and Cicely Tyson as honorary chairs. Prudential Financial received the Ailey Legacy Honor for their generous support and commitment to Ailey, especially its education and community programs. The award was presented by Battle and Christopher Taylor, an alumnus of the inaugural AileyCamp Newark (2011) and a current scholarship student at The Ailey School, and accepted by Lata Reddy, Senior Vice President of Diversity, Inclusion and Impact at Prudential Financial.
Four internationally renowned dancer/choreographers are joining student choreographers to create timely, often politically inspired dance pieces as part of the California State University, Fullerton, Fall Dance Theatre, running November 29-December 9, 2018 in the Little Theatre on campus.
