Peter Dugan News

The 92nd Street Y, New York (92NY) has announced its 2022/23 Tisch Music Season, one of 92NY's largest and most diverse seasons to date.

​​​​​​​New York Festival of Song (NYFOS), led by Artistic Director Steven Blier, announced its 2022-23 season of performances, including four Mainstage Series programs at Merkin Hall, co-presented by Kaufman Music Center, with subscriptions now on sale and single tickets going on sale August 15.

Rite of Summer Music Festival continues its eleventh stellar season with violinist Curtis Stewart performing two free shows on Saturday, July 16th at 1pm and 3pm.

PianoSonoma has announced the 2022 season of Vino & Vibrato, a 4-part concert series held at the Green Music Center at Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park, California with concerts on July 19, 21, 26, and 28.

Pam Goldberg and Blair McMillen will present the 11th Season of the Rite of Summer Music Festival, taking place Summer 2022 on Governors Island, New York City. Rite of Summer will present four free outdoor concerts from May through September.

The RCM has announced its lineup of concerts from May through August, including Live Life Now, Live Music Again @ Koerner Hall, two formidable cellists with two formidable pianists in one weekend Sheku Kanneh Mason with Isata Kanneh Mason Gautier Capuçon with Jean-Yves Thibaudet/ Other classical concerts include Joshua Bell with Peter Dugan Anne Sofie von Otter with Christoph Berner

The Cincinnati Arts Association has announced the winners of its Overture Awards Competition, held on Saturday, March 12, 2022 at the Aronoff Center’s Jarson-Kaplan Theater, and the winner of its Arts Educator Award for Excellence in Arts Instruction.

pianoSonoma, under the leadership of Co-Founders and Artistic Directors Jessica Chow Shinn & Michael Shinn, enthusiastically announces the launch of pianoSonoma Rosé, a 3-day program held at Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park, California from July 14-16, 2022.

March at Kaufman Music Center spotlights an exciting array of emerging artists. Two performers beyond category – vocalist/composer/performance artist Holland Andrews and composer/multi-instrumentalist/interdisciplinary artist Darian Donovan Thomas – collaborate for the first time thanks to Ecstatic Music (Thursday, March 31).

A top prizewinner at the “Premio Paganini” International Violin Competition, violinist Sean Lee embraces the legacy of his late mentor, violinist Ruggiero Ricci, as one of few violinists who dare to perform the complete 24 Caprices of Niccolò Paganini in recital.

The 21C Music Festival continues with the return of Canadian violinist Angèle Dubeau & La Pietà, the superb all-female string ensemble featuring some of Canada's best musicians, on February 25 with a program titled Elle – 25th Anniversary Concert.

In the exceptionally busy month of February, Kaufman Music Center spotlights two of this year's Artists-in-Residence on its new Bridges series, which features artists who reach across conventional barriers.

Mr. Kim was excited to make his North American debut at San Diego Opera and was impressed with the Company's safety protocols enacted to ensure the safety of the artists, staff, and audience, but needs to withdraw for personal reasons. The Company hopes to welcome him in the future. Mr. Brancy recently performed the role of Guglielmo in San Francisco Opera's production of Cosí fan tutte.

In January 2022, violinist Sean Lee and pianist Peter Dugan celebrate Paganini in the first ever performance of all 24 Caprices in the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center's 52-year history as well as the release of a new EP of nine Caprices with accompanying music videos.

Dr. Peter Simon, Michael and Sonja Koerner President & CEO of The Royal Conservatory of Music, Mervon Mehta, Executive Director of Performing Arts, and James Anagnoson, Dean of The Glenn Gould School, today revealed details of the diverse concerts that will make up the 13th concert season at The Royal Conservatory of Music.

2021-22 projects include the world premiere of Andy Akiho's Be-longing Project addressing today's immigration issues; the development of a new body of communal choral work that can be sung by people at all levels of musical skill culminating in group sings; and a no-holds-barred variety show featuring a cross-section of our education programs.

Kaufman Music Center's Artist-in-Residence initiative invites versatile artists into its wide range of programs, from concert presentations in Merkin to community music classes, as participants connect, create, and explore.

The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center has announced an exciting 2021-22 season of intimate concerts, live and with an in-person audience, in the Rose Studio: New Milestones, Rose Studio Concerts and The Art of the Recital, as well as a new season of its popular lecture series Inside Chamber Music and more.

pianoSonoma, under the leadership of Co-Founders and Artistic Directors Jessica & Michael Shinn, has announced its return to the concert hall with Vino & Vibrato, a 4-part concert series held at the Green Music Center at Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park, California with performances on July 20, 22, 27, and 29.

Rite of Summer Music Festival launches their 10th Anniversary season on Saturday, June 19th with  two free concerts at 1pm and 3pm featuring The Knights. Artistic Directors Pam Goldberg and Blair  McMillen are thrilled to present this very special season in Nolan Park on Governors Island, New  York City.