At a press conference in Tokyo today, New York Philharmonic Music Director Designate Alan Gilbert and President and Executive Director Zarin Mehta announced the details of Asian Horizons: Alan Gilbert and the New York Philharmonic, October 8?24, 2009. This will be the Orchestra?s inaugural international concert tour under the leadership of Alan Gilbert, who will begin his tenure as Music Director in September 2009. Asian Horizons will consist of eleven concerts, spanning five Asian countries, with performances in Tokyo, Japan (a destination of special significance in light of Mr. Gilbert?s Japanese heritage); Seoul, Korea; Singapore; and the Philharmonic?s debut performances in Hanoi, Vietnam, and Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Pianist Emanuel Ax and violinists Frank Peter Zimmermann and Ye-Eun Choi (Philharmonic debut) are the featured soloists on the tour. Asian Horizons marks the fourth New York Philharmonic concert tour under the aegis of Credit Suisse, the Orchestra?s Global Sponsor, and the second in Asia.
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The New York Philharmonic has added three concerts to its schedule, conducted by Music Director Alan Gilbert, with pianist Emanuel Ax as soloist, Friday and Saturday, October 30-31, 2009, at 8:00 p.m., and Saturday, October 31 at 2:00 p.m.
The Joyce Theater welcomes back onto its stage the internationally renowned Lucinda Childs' Dance from October 6 - 11, presenting the highly acclaimed, rarely performed signature work DANCE, featuring original music by Philip Glass and film by Sol LeWitt.
The Joyce Theater welcomes back onto its stage the internationally renowned Lucinda Childs' Dance from October 6 - 11, presenting the highly acclaimed, rarely performed signature work DANCE, featuring original music by Philip Glass and film by Sol LeWitt.
The Brooklyn Youth Chorus Academy (BYCA) board of directors is pleased to announce the appointment of its new Executive Director, Valerie G. Lewis. Ms. Lewis brings extensive and multi-faceted experience in leadership and marketing to BYCA, which provides performance-based music education to a diverse student body of 285 students and which supports the celebrated Brooklyn Youth Chorus (BYC), one of the foremost children's choruses in America.
American Public Media will broadcast the performance being hailed as the 'Classical Event of the Season' as conductor Gustavo Dudamel takes the stage to lead the Los Angeles Philharmonic for the first time as its music director.
'The President's Own' U.S. Marine Band, America's oldest professional musical organization, brings a FREE performance filled with tradition and fanfare to Mesa Arts Center, Saturday, October 31, at 7:30 p.m.
The George Foster Peabody Awards' 69th annual search for excellence in electronic media has begun.
The Music Center celebrates Gustavo Dudamel, Music Director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, with a live simulcast of his Inaugural Concert, on the Music Center Plaza on Thursday, October 8 at 7:00 pm. Program includes World Premiere of John Adams? City Noir and Mahler?s Symphony No. 1
The Music Center celebrates the arrival of Gustavo Dudamel, incoming Music Director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, with a live simulcast on the Music Center Plaza of his Inaugural Concert, the opening of the 2009-2010 LA Phil Season.
The Joyce Theater welcomes back onto its stage the internationally renowned Lucinda Childs' Dance from October 6 - 11, presenting the highly acclaimed, rarely performed signature work DANCE, featuring original music by Philip Glass and film by Sol LeWitt.
Bill Condon, writer and director of the blockbuster movie musicals 'Dreamgirls' and 'Chicago,' adapted from the hit Broadway shows, is confirmed to direct 'The C Word,' Showtime's new pilot starring Laura Linney.
The New York Philharmonic and Chicago?s WFMT Radio Network will launch the sixth season of the concert broadcast series, The New York Philharmonic This Week, beginning the week of September 28, 2009. Emmy Award-winning actor Alec Baldwin is the new host of the two-hour radio program, which is broadcast and syndicated nationally 52 weeks a year by the WFMT Radio Network.
REDCAT (the Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater) welcomes back to its theater The California E.A.R. Unit performing a one-night engagement of world premieres entitled The Lindas on Saturday, October 10, 2009.
Yale Repertory Theatre (James Bundy, Artistic Director; Victoria Nolan, Managing Director) opens its 2009-2010 season with THE MASTER BUILDER by Henrik Ibsen, translated by Paul Walsh, directed by Evan Yionoulis at the University Theatre (222 York Street), September 18-October 10. Opening night is Thursday, September 24.
Yale Repertory Theatre (James Bundy, Artistic Director; Victoria Nolan, Managing Director) opens its 2009-2010 season with THE MASTER BUILDER by Henrik Ibsen, translated by Paul Walsh, directed by Evan Yionoulis at the University Theatre (222 York Street), September 18-October 10. Opening night is Thursday, September 24. Tickets go on sale today, August 31.
Yale Repertory Theatre (James Bundy, Artistic Director; Victoria Nolan, Managing Director) opens its 2009-2010 season with THE MASTER BUILDER by Henrik Ibsen, translated by Paul Walsh, directed by Evan Yionoulis at the University Theatre (222 York Street), September 18-October 10. Opening night is Thursday, September 24.
Alan Gilbert will launch the New York Philharmonic's 168th season's subscription concerts in his new role as Music Director, conducting works that reflect his interest in creating programs that feature established repertoire and new and lesser-known music in innovative contexts.
Prominent conductor Edwin Outwater is joining the 'Sgt. Pepper Live' project once again to lead the full symphony orchestra for 'Sgt. Pepper Live' featuring Cheap Trick at the Las Vegas Hilton. He was the guest conductor at both 'Sgt. Pepper Live' shows at the Hollywood Bowl and will be guest conducting the Las Vegas Hilton shows, Sept. 13-15, 17-19 and 21-23.
The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Executive Director Andrew D. Hamingson) will begin previews Saturday, September 12 for the first production of the 2009-2010 Season, OTHELLO, directed by Peter Sellars.
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