Manuel De Falla News

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO) rolls out the red carpet for Music Director Designate Jaime Martin, welcoming him to the LACO family prior to the launch of his tenure next fall, and honors Margaret Batjer on her 20th anniversary as LACO Concertmaster with its annual Concert Gala on Thursday, May 2, 2019, 6 pm, at the Intercontinental Hotel in downtown Los Angeles.

On Saturday, March 30, 2019 at 7:30pm, Billboard top-selling violinist Anne Akiko Meyers and Grammy-winning classical guitarist Jason Vieaux join forces for a performance in Weill Hall (1801 E Cotati Ave) at Sonoma State University, presented by the Green Music Center.

​​​​​​​ American Classical Orchestra (ACO) announces that David Belkovski, current Masters of Music in Historical Performance student at The Juilliard School, has been named winner of the first annual Sfzp International Fortepiano Competition co-sponsored by American Classical Orchestra and the Academy of Fortepiano Performance in Hunter, New York. Second prize has been awarded to University of Michigan student Gabriel Merrill-Steskal and an Honorable Mention to Cornell University student Shin Hwang.

Following the enthusiastically received 2018 May Festival, the first with Principal Conductor Juanjo Mena, the Cincinnati May Festival announced a three-year contract extension for Mr. Mena. He will now serve as Principal Conductor into the May Festival's 150th anniversary in 2023.

In a concert inspired by adventure and Spanish exoticism, the Columbus Symphony will perform the Spanish Flamenco Festival at the newly renovated Palace Theatre on March 1 and 2. The auditorium of the 1926 historic venue received a six-month, $2.5 million facelift, and was reopened to the public in November 2018. Guest conducted by John Axelrod, musical director of the Royal Seville Symphony Orchestra, the program will feature local flamenco star Griset Damas and the Flamenco Company of Columbus. The full program includes Turina's Danzas fantasticas, Falla's La Vida Breve: Danse Espagnole No. 1, and concludes with the enchanting, rhythmic vitality of Dvo?ak's richly melodic New World Symphony (Symphony No. 9).

Sydney-based duo Andrew Blanch and Ariel Nurhadi have fast made a reputation for themselves with exciting work and innovative directions. Now they make their much anticipated return to North Sydney's elegant Independent Theatre on 27 January to open the 2019 Prelude in Tea series.

It's wintertime West Michigan, but things are about to heat up downtown in DeVos Performance Hall. The Grand Rapids Symphony presents the rich and fiery flavor of Latinx music and dance in Rhythm of the Dance.

Una fotografía de gran formato de Fernando del Paso (1935-2018), tomada por Rogelio Cuéllar en 2011, fue testigo del homenaje que se rindió al escritor por parte de familiares, amigos y público en general, quienes se reunieron en el vestíbulo del Palacio de Bellas Artes para despedir al escritor.

The Verdi Chorus 35th anniversary season culminates with its Fall 2018 concert Passione! Opera! for two performances only at the First United Methodist Church in Santa Monica on November 10 and 11 led by Founding Artistic Director Anne Marie Ketchum. As the only choral group in Southern California that focuses primarily on the dramatic and diverse music for opera chorus, this program, which marks the end of a landmark year for the company, will feature selections from three Verdi operas - Aida, Don Carlo, and the famed chorus "Va, pensiero," from Nabucco, as well as operatic sequences from Boito's Mefistofele, Saint-Saens' Samson and Delilah, Catalani's La Wally and Offenbach's The Tales of Hoffmann.

Songs by Wagner, Schumann, Ravel, and Falla   Carnegie Hall today announced that pianist Kevin Murphy will replace Malcolm Martineau performing in recital with mezzo-soprano El?na Garan?a in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage next Tuesday, October 23 at 8:00 p.m. Mr. Martineau has withdrawn from this performance due to a death in his family. The evening's program, which features songs by Wagner, Schumann, Ravel, and Falla, remains the same. Full program information is listed below.

Harpist Cristina Montes Mateo and flutist Susan Greenberg come to Pepperdine University's Raitt Recital Hall at 2 p.m. on Sunday, October 28, 2018 at the Lisa Smith Wengler Center for the Arts as part of the Recital Series. 

The Verdi Chorus 35th anniversary season culminates with its Fall 2018 concert Passione! Opera! for two performances only at the First United Methodist Church in Santa Monica on November 10 and 11 led by Founding Artistic Director Anne Marie Ketchum.   As the only choral group in Southern California that focuses primarily on the dramatic and diverse music for opera chorus, this program, which marks the end of a landmark year for the company, will feature selections from three Verdi operas - Aida, Don Carlo, and the famed chorus 'Va, pensiero,' from Nabucco, as well as operatic sequences from Boito's Mefistofele, Saint-Saens' Samson and Delilah, Catalani's La Wally and Offenbach's The Tales of Hoffmann.

After a summer of unprecedented popularity, Side by Side with the Chicago Philharmonic returns for the Columbus Day long weekend at Piotrowski Park, presented as a part of the Chicago Park District's Night Out in the Parks series. Chi Phil is proud to bring this unique music opportunity to students and community musicians of all ages across the city of Chicago once again through this signature outreach program, in which community musicians rehearse and perform free concerts alongside Chi Phil's world-class musicians in Chicago's beautiful parks. In summer 2018, over 400 community musicians registered to rehearse and perform in parks in Chicago's west and south side neighborhoods, reaching over 1200 audience members.

En el marco del ciclo Bellas Artes a todas partes, la Coordinación Nacional de Música y Ópera del Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes (INBA) organiza diversos conciertos y clases magistrales al interior de la República Mexicana. En esta ocasión llegará al Estado de México, Guanajuato, Sinaloa y Veracruz.

The Guitar Festival Symphony Gala 2018 was a packed programme of music.

The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia announces the Chamber Orchestra's 54th season: Migrations. Migrations spotlights instruments and music from a wide and varied spectrum of cultures and traditions representing distinct regions of the world and diverse communities that immigrated to and reside in the city of Philadelphia.

There's a lot of rock'n'rollin' on the Jersey Shore every summer, but for classical music lovers the best place to go is The Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association (OGCMA). And OGCMA's always-crowd-pleasing 'Summer Stars Classical Series' will continue with a bright new sound and blend when the dynamic young classical guitarists Alex & Wesley Park strum into The Great Auditorium on Thursday, July 26, at 7:30 pm

Chi Phil is thrilled to present Side by Side with the Chicago Philharmonic at Columbus Park Refectory on Sunday, August 5, in Chicago's west side for the fourth year straight. This signature outreach program, presented as part of the Chicago Park District's Night Out in the Parks series, invites diverse musicians of all ages and backgrounds to rehearse and perform alongside Chi Phil musicians in Chicago's beautiful parks. This concert is the third of six Side by Side concerts in 2018, with the first two successful concerts of the year reaching over 130 community musicians and nearly 1000 audience members.

There's a lot of rock'n'rollin' on the Jersey Shore every summer, but for classical music lovers the best place to go is The Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association (OGCMA). And OGCMA's always-crowd-pleasing 'Summer Stars Classical Series' will continue with a bright new sound and blend when the dynamic young classical guitarists Alex & Wesley Park strum into The Great Auditorium on Thursday, July 26, at 7:30 pm.

Chi Phil is thrilled to present Side by Side with the Chicago Philharmonic in Ping Tom Memorial Park in Chicago's vibrant Chinatown neighborhood for the third year straight. This signature outreach program, presented as part of the Chicago Park District's Night Out in the Parks series, invites diverse musicians of all ages and backgrounds to rehearse and perform alongside Chi Phil musicians in Chicago's beautiful parks. This concert follows the Side by Side season premiere at Humboldt Park Fieldhouse on June 21, in which Chi Phil welcomed over 50 community musicians performing with Chi Phil's world-class artists on Make Music Chicago Day, despite inclement weather forcing a late change of venue.