Today the New York Philharmonic has added a newly recorded concert to its streaming platform NYPhil+ that marks the first time Music Director Jaap van Zweden has conducted the Orchestra since March 2020.
The Boston Symphony is returning to Tanglewood, its summer home in the beautiful Berkshires since 1937, and welcoming back audiences, July 9–August 16, for the first time since March 2020. The BSO is reopening and reimagining Tanglewood this summer—presenting a shorter, six-week season designed to capture the essential Tanglewood experience.
The Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts has announced the 2021/2022 Regional Arts MUSIC “At Eight” and MUSIC “At Two” Classical Concert Series, now in its 47th season. Leonard and Sophie Davis sponsor the popular series.
Celebrating 90 years of innovation, access, and excellence in music education, the Music Institute of Chicago hosts its 90th Anniversary Virtual Gala on Monday, May 10 at 6 p.m. CDT.
From April 16-30, 2021, Carnegie Hall will present Voices of Hope, an online festival that examines the resilience of artists, exploring works that they felt compelled to create despite—and often because of—appalling circumstances and human tragedy.
On Monday, March 15—what would have been Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s 88th birthday—Washington Performing Arts premieres The Muse and the Musicale: A Tribute to Ruth Bader Ginsburg from Friends in the Arts, a compilation of video tributes to the late Justice.
Pulitzer-winning composer, trumpet virtuoso, band leader, and educator Wynton Marsalis teams up with Washington Performing Arts in The Arts, Undistanced: Online Artist Conversations Beyond Boundaries, a series of video interviews to be offered free of charge. The online series launches today, March 12, on the Washington Performing Arts website.
The largest admission-free classical music festival in the United States presents its 37th Summer Season with live concerts featuring classical mainstays and a special celebration honoring frontline heroes.
Today, Oregon Symphony has announced its 2021-2022 season beginning October 2, with the debut of new Music Director David Danzmayr. It is a season of celebration, bringing the joy and healing power of music back to stages in Portland, Salem, and the greater Oregon community.
The program features a recital of Bach, Schubert, and Weiniawski, in an hour-long program featuring Creative Director David Katzive's customized LED Wall imagery and an interview with the artists where they share their experiences during the COVID pandemic.
Today (February 18) in live streaming: Anna Deavere Smith visits Backstage Live, Orfeh and Andy Karl visit My Broadway Memory, and more!
The Violin Channel, a leading classical music news source for more than a decade, announces the launch of Vanguard Concerts, a free original digital concert series co-produced with the Alphadyne Foundation by VC Founder Geoffrey John Davies and veteran performing arts executive Charles Letourneau, featuring a lineup of today's top string players.
Chamber Music Northwest (CMNW) presents Catalyst Quartet: Uncovered for the next concert in the 2020-21 Season. Recorded at the Cleveland Institute of Music's Mixon Hall, the concert premieres Saturday, February 13 at 7 pm PT on CMNW.org, and can be streamed through Saturday, February 20.
The 'Festival @ Home' series resumes Feb. 9 with an online conversation featuring insight by Music Director Alasdair Neale, with musical examples and Q & A. Does art imitate life, or does life imitate art? Thinkers since Aristotle have passionately debated these questions, and it's clear that art and the human condition are deeply intertwined.
The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) announces the appointment of Maestro Andreas Delfs as its thirteenth music director in the organization's 98-year history. Delfs follows in the footsteps of a long line of distinguished music directors including Erich Leinsdorf, David Zinman, Mark Elder, Christopher Seaman, and Ward Stare.
The National Repertory Orchestra announces the appointment of Maestro Michael Stern as its third music director in the organization's 61-year history. The National Repertory Orchestra is an intensive performance and education summer festival for young professional musicians, ages 18-29. Its reputation in the classical music world is unmatched.
The first of a multi-volume set, Volume 1 features the works of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor including his Quintet in G minor for Piano and Strings with pianist Stewart Goodyear, Fantasiestück, and Quintet in F sharp minor with clarinetist Anthony McGill.
Alex Brightman's performance as part of The Seth Concert Series premiered this weekend. Check out a clip featuring Alex singing You'll Be Back from Hamilton! Plus watch a video from the PBS special, United in Song: Celebrating the Resilience of America, featuring Audra McDonald, Josh Groban, and more!
On New Year's Eve, JoAnn Falletta conducted the National Symphony Orchestra in the PBS Special, United in Song: Celebrating the Resilience of America. The star-studded performance-filmed at George Washington's Mount Vernon and The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts-encourages our nation to come together and celebrate our irrepressible strength as we welcome the New Year.
On New Year's Eve, PBS will air the musical special 'United in Song: Celebrating the Resilience of America.' BroadwayWorld had the pleasure of speaking with Broadway's own Brian Stokes Mitchell, who performs 'Make Them Hear You' and 'Wheels of a Dream' from 'Ragtime' as part of the special. He told us about recording in a pandemic, recovering from COVID-19, and his work as chairman of The Actors Fund.
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