Maurice Ravel News

The Columbus Symphony and Music Director Rossen Milanov today announced the 2020-21 Masterworks season that focuses on the expressive power of the human voice. Subscriptions go on sale at 10am on Wednesday, May 13.

The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (CSO) and Cincinnati Pops today announced a new initiative, The Fanfare Project, borne of the Orchestra's heritage as a champion of the music of its time and of the role of music to unite us in uncertain times. The inspiration for the initiative is Aaron Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man, commissioned by CSO Music Director Eugene Goossens in 1942 in support of Allied efforts and as a testament to the American spirit during World War II. The Orchestra gave the world premiere on March 12, 1943. 

Opera Ballet Flanders has added two new titles to its free online streaming offers. From now, the audience can enjoy the opera Sadko by Rimski-Korsakov directed by Daniel Kramer and the dance performance Mea Culpa by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui in their home opera house.

San Francisco Opera musicians joined forces for a virtual rendition of Kaddish by Maurice Ravel.

The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra has announced its 2020-21 lineup!

In The Cleveland Orchestra's ongoing effort to serve and connect with its community, the Orchestra is reaching out with special new offerings during this difficult time period surrounding the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic.

The Colorado Music Festival (CMF) in Boulder, Colorado, isn't broadly known outside the state, but it should be. This summer, under the leadership of the recently arrived Music Director Peter Oundjian, the Festival will actually present more 21st-century pieces (16, including two world premieres) than works by Beethoven (13). That reflects Oundjian's commitment to presenting the work of living composers as well as music by masters of the canon. This is the first year of the Festival's five-year commitment to commissioning new works and presenting them in Boulder.

Bard SummerScape's 17th edition celebrates one of the most important female figures in classical music history, with seven weeks of music, opera, theater, dance, film and the SummerScape Spiegeltent, centered around the 31st Bard Music Festival, 'Nadia Boulanger and Her World.'

Ana María Tradatti y Fernando Saint Martin, dos de los más destacados pianistas en México, ofrecerán un concierto a cuatro manos este domingo 1 de marzo a las 17:00 horas en la Sala Manuel M. Ponce del Palacio de Bellas Artes.

El joven pianista Pablo Suaste Cherizola interpretará música de cinco compositores considerados los más importantes de la música clásica: Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Ravel y Liszt, en un recital que ofrecerá el sábado 29 de febrero a las 11:30 horas en el Salón de Recepciones del Museo Nacional de Arte (Munal), el cual estará abierto a todo público.

Piezas de Mozart, Schumann, Schubert y Ravel que han dejado una huella en la historia pianística serán interpretadas por Fernando García Torres, pianista invitado al ciclo El arte del piano, quien ofrecerá un recital este domingo 23 de febrero a las 17:00 horas en la Sala Manuel M. Ponce del Palacio de Bellas Artes.

Quartet 131 will be featured on the Arion Chamber Music Series on Friday February 21, 2020, from 8:00 - 9:30 PM. The concert will take place at Christ & St. Stephen's Church located at 120 W. 69th St., NYC. Tickets are $30. Students under 25 with ID are $15 at the door. Tickets may be purchased at arionchambermusic.org.

Nevada Ballet Theatre will present its midwinter program featuring two engaging ballets and an original piece for its world premiere. Bolero, The Four Temperaments, and The Current will be performed at The Smith Center Feb. 22-23.

Some of the greatest works of music ever composed, performed by many of the world's finest soloists, will be part of the Grand Rapids Symphony's 91st season.

Leading the nation in programming works by women and diverse, under-represented composers, Chicago Sinfonietta, the nation's most diverse orchestra, presents Sight + Sound, a sonic art exhibition meant to take audiences on an introspective journey through the world of visual art by way of music. Featuring world-renowned violinist Jennifer Koh as a guest artist for a World Premiere commissioned work by composer Courtney Bryan, the concert will meld symphonic color in a tribute to the world's most groundbreaking artists in a visceral celebration of the senses. Chicago Sinfonietta's performances will occur Saturday, March 7, 2020 at 8 p.m. at Wentz Concert Hall at North Central College, 171 E. Chicago Ave., Naperville, and on Monday, March 9, 2020 at 7:30 p.m. at Symphony Center, 220 S. Michigan Ave in Chicago.

Valley of the Moon Music Festival (VMMF) today announced the program for its sixth season, The Obsession: Beethoven's Influence 1770 - 2020. In celebration of the 250th anniversary of Beethoven's birth, VMMF returns to the Hanna Center in Sonoma for three consecutive weekends, July 18 a?" August 2, with eight concerts featuring world-class musicians performing on historic instruments. Audiences will experience Beethoven's chamber music alongside works that inspired him and works that grapple with his legacy a?" evincing a mix of awe, anxiety and aversion.

On February 2, 2020, Pacific Opera Project (POP) presented Giacomo Puccini and Giovacchino Forzano's 1918 Gianni Schicchi with Maurice Ravel and Colette's 1925 L'Enfant et les Sortilèges (The Child and the Magic Spells), a pair of lesser known operas, to a most receptive audience at Occidental

Scandinavia House announces its Spring 2020 music lineup! This season presents performances from a range of contemporary and classical artists from Denmark, Iceland, and Sweden, and returning favorite classical musicians Jeffrey Siegel and Per Tengstrand with Princeton chamber music group Opus 21.

The February lineup of acts performing at City Winery Chicago (1200 W. Randolph St) has been announced. See full details below!