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.
Maurice Ravel News
by Debbie Hall -
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.
by Stephi Wild -
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.
by A.A. Cristi -
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.
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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.
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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
by A.A. Cristi -
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.
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The February lineup of acts performing at City Winery Chicago (1200 W. Randolph St) has been announced. See full details below!
by Chloe Rabinowitz -
City Winery Chicago, 1200 W. Randolph Street, Grammy-nominated Americana artist Shawn Mullins, Queen of Percussion Sheila E., Mexican American rock musician Alejandro Escovedo and more. The following shows go on sale to the public on Friday, January 17 at noon. Tickets will be available at citywinery.com/chicago.
by Stephi Wild -
With a mix of exhilarating premieres, new productions, and retuning favorites, the renowned Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (AAADT) marks its annual Kennedy Center engagement with seven performances on the Opera House stage from February 4a?"9. Led by Artistic Director Robert Battle, the company has had a long-standing impact on the world of modern dance and a unique role in celebrating the African American cultural experience. The company's performances include premieres from esteemed choreographer Donald Byrd and Ailey dancer and first-ever resident choreographer Jamar Roberts that shine a spotlight on social issues. The engagement will see three D.C. debuts; two new productions; and two company premieres, along with Alvin Ailey's American masterpiece Revelations, which will be performed as the finale for all seven programs.
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Now in its 37th year, the Schwabacher Recital Series returns on Wednesday, January 29, with performances at San Francisco's Dianne and Tad Taube Atrium Theater that feature emerging artists from around the globe.
by A.A. Cristi -
On Tuesday, February 11 at 8:00 p.m., violinist Maxim Vengerov returns to Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage in recital with pianist Polina Osetinskaya. For the program, the pair plays Mozart's Violin Sonata in B-flat Major, K. 454; Schubert's Fantasy in C Major, D. 934; R. Strauss's Violin Sonata in E-flat Major, Op. 18; and Ravel's Tzigane.
by Stephi Wild -
South Africa native and internationally known choreographer Gregory Maqoma and his company Vuyani Dance Theatre make their Kennedy Center debut with the visually striking evening-length work Cion: Requiem of Ravel's Boléro, January 24a?"25.
by Stephi Wild -
NYTB/Chamber Works (Diana Byer, Founder and Artistic Director) announces its return to Danspace Project with their REP program (February 13 - 15), this year featuring two world premieres: Robert La Fosse's A Soldier's Tale and Antonia Franceschi's untitled new work. The program also features Sir Richard Alston's company premiere of Shimmer and Pam Tanowitz's Double Andante.
by A.A. Cristi -
One Found Sound, a conductorless chamber orchestra founded by graduates of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, is pleased to announce the final events of its 2019 a?" 2020 Season. The group's opening concert of the new year will take place at Heron Arts in San Francisco, Friday, February 21 at 8 p.m. with guest soprano Julie Adams. Tickets are now on sale at onefoundsound.org/concerts.
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DACAMERA's 2019a?"20 season continues with Mozart and Aucoin at Zilkha Hall, Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, on Friday, Dec. 6 at 7:30 p.m. The world-renowned Brentano Quartet returns to DACAMERA's stage for the premiere of a new work by composer Matthew Aucoin, for DACAMERA and Carnegie Hall. The ensemble will also perform Maurice Ravel's String Quartet in F Major and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's String Quintet No. 2 in C Minor, K. 406/516.
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El Cuarteto Brodsky, uno de los ensambles británicos de música de concierto más importantes de fines del siglo pasado y principios del presente, volverá al Palacio de Bellas Artes para ofrecer un concierto único en experiencias y sonoridades, el domingo 24 de noviembre a las 17:00 horas en la Sala Principal del recinto de mármol.
by Stephi Wild -
The 2019 gold medallist of the National Youth Music Competition (NYMC), Jordan Brooks, 16, visits Hermanus on Sunday 24 November 2019, giving a recital at the Civic Centre as the guest of Overstrand Arts Kunste (OAK). It starts at 15:30.
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The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center (CMS), the largest producer/presenter of chamber music in America, is pleased to return to the Miami community with the launch of a new, annual CMS Miami Residency to begin in January, 2020. CMS Miami, in conjunction with the Miami Host Committee, will present two public concerts on January 9 and 10 at the historic Colony Theatre in Miami Beach, as well as educational opportunities for talented area high school students. Recalling CMS's robust presence in Miami in the last two decades of the 20th century, the Chamber Music Society is thrilled to return to the cultural life of the city as part of the ongoing celebrations of its 50th Anniversary.
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