Concertmaster David Coucheron will take center stage to perform Sibelius's Violin Concerto with Music Director Robert Spano and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra May 31, June 1-2, 2012, at 8:00 p.m. Mr. Spano will also lead the Orchestra in Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5 and the Atlanta Symphony premiere of Magnus Lindberg's Arena. The performances will take place in Atlanta Symphony Hall at the Woodruff Arts Center.
The fifth release from the Alan Gilbert and the New York Philharmonic 2011-12 Season digital recording series is now available for download from iTunes and other major online music providers. This latest recording - led by Music Director Alan Gilbert - features Feria, a 17-minute orchestral essay completed in 1997 by The Marie-Josee Kravis Composer-in-Residence Magnus Lindberg, alongside Prokofiev's Symphony No. 5.
Anthony Freud, general director of Lyric Opera of Chicago, today announced details of its new world premiere. Bel Canto, by the gifted young Peruvian composer Jimmy Lopez, with a libretto by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Nilo Cruz, is based on the best-selling novel by Ann Patchett. To premiere in Lyric's 2015-16 season, the new opera, commissioned as part of Lyric's Renee Fleming Initiative, will be conducted by Lyric music director Sir Andrew Davis and directed by Stephen Wadsworth.
The New York Phiharmonic has just announced the 2012-13 season, which is set to include a staged production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Broadway hit Carousel, February 27-March 2, 2013, directed by James Brennan and conducted by Rob Fisher - the same team behind the Philharmonic's acclaimed 2007 production of My Fair Lady. Mr. Brennan, who is also an actor and choreographer, has directed performances on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and regional theater. Mr. Fisher is the founding director of New York City Center's Encores! series, and has been a part of numerous productions and projects.
Park Avenue Armory announced today its second full season of cultural programming, comprising productions of visual art, dance, and music that are conceived and performed "outside the box" of conventional theaters and museums.
In February 2012 The New York Philharmonic This Week - the weekly radio series of concerts by the New York Philharmonic, hosted by Alec Baldwin - begins with an encore performance of Mendelssohn's Elijah from November 2010 led by Music Director Alan Gilbert, The Yoko Nagae Ceschina Chair, with soprano Carolyn Sampson, mezzo-soprano Alice Coote, tenor Allan Clayton, bass-baritone Gerald Finley, and the New York Choral Artists, Joseph Flummerfelt, director. The second program - from the Orchestra's EUROPE / WINTER 2010 tour - is also led by Mr. Gilbert and includes EXPO by The Marie-Josee Kravis Composer-in-Residence Magnus Lindberg; Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 2, with Yefim Bronfman as soloist; and Sibelius's Symphony No. 2 and Valse triste as performed in Cologne, Germany.
Bay Area voice/electronics artist Neuburg performs with special guest Smythe on piano and electronics, in a concert of duets and solo works at Brooklyn's hottest new venue.
Bay Area voice/electronics artist Neuburg performs with special guest Smythe on piano and electronics, in a concert of duets and solo works at Brooklyn's hottest new venue.
THE MARIE-JOSÉE KRAVIS PRIZE FOR NEW MUSIC AT THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC NAMED HENRI DUTILLEUX INAUGURAL RECIPIENT. Honoree To Share Proceeds with Three Composers, Including Peter Eötvös, To Be Commissioned by the Philharmonic. Music Director Alan Gilbert To Conduct NY Philharmonic in Works by Dutilleux on June 26, 2012.
Heavenly melodies are at the heart of a romantic musical showcase when the North Carolina Symphony, led by Music Director Grant Llewellyn and featuring concertmaster Brian Reagin and soprano Christina Pier, presents 'Mahler's Fourth Symphony.'
Bay Area voice/electronics artist Neuburg performs with special guest Smythe on piano and electronics, in a concert of duets and solo works at Brooklyn's hottest new venue.
METROPOLITAN MUSEUM has announced CONCERTS for DECEMBER 2011 including Patti Smith and Friends , New York Philharmonic's CONTACT!, Homayun Sakhi, and Afghan Rubab Virtuoso. Metropolitan Museum Artists in Concert Begins Its Ninth Season. Judy Collins, Paul Winter, Anonymous 4, Vienna Boys Choir, Ebony Ecumenical Ensemble, and More Perform Christmas Concerts.
Heavenly melodies are at the heart of a romantic musical showcase when the North Carolina Symphony, led by Music Director Grant Llewellyn and featuring concertmaster Brian Reagin and soprano Christina Pier, presents 'Mahler's Fourth Symphony.'
Bay Area voice/electronics artist Neuburg performs with special guest Smythe on piano and electronics, in a concert of duets and solo works at Brooklyn's hottest new venue.
METROPOLITAN MUSEUM has announced CONCERTS for DECEMBER 2011 including Patti Smith and Friends , New York Philharmonic's CONTACT!, Homayun Sakhi, and Afghan Rubab Virtuoso. Metropolitan Museum Artists in Concert Begins Its Ninth Season. Judy Collins, Paul Winter, Anonymous 4, Vienna Boys Choir, Ebony Ecumenical Ensemble, and More Perform Christmas Concerts.
The 2011-2012 season of Metropolitan Museum Concerts combines the return of acclaimed ensemble series - Pacifica Quartet, New York Philharmonic CONTACT!, and Metropolitan Museum Artists in Concert - with unique programs conceived to complement the Met's collection and galleries by a distinguished roster of world-renowned artists.
Music Institute faculty member James Baur, praised by the Chicago Tribune for his "subtle, detailed precision," will perform a solo guitar recital featuring 20th century Spanish, French, Mexican, and American works Saturday, September 24, at 7:30 p.m. at Nichols Concert Hall, 1490 Chicago Avenue, Evanston.
Music Institute faculty member James Baur, praised by the Chicago Tribune for his "subtle, detailed precision," will perform a solo guitar recital featuring 20th century Spanish, French, Mexican, and American works Saturday, September 24, at 7:30 p.m. at Nichols Concert Hall, 1490 Chicago Avenue, Evanston.
Following five seasons of sold-out concerts, KEYS TO THE FUTURE-New York's only festival of contemporary solo piano music-is back with 10 'front-rank soloists' (The New Yorker) who will perform 27 classical and jazz-inspired works by an aesthetically diverse group of modern masters and emerging composers over the course of three evenings.
The 2011-2012 season of Metropolitan Museum Concerts combines the return of acclaimed ensemble series - Pacifica Quartet, New York Philharmonic CONTACT!, and Metropolitan Museum Artists in Concert - with unique programs conceived to complement the Met's collection and galleries by a distinguished roster of world-renowned artists.
