William Kraft Headshot

William Kraft News

Get William Kraft Email Alerts

Be the first to get news, photos, videos & more.

DAVID FROOM, COMPOSER: ECHOES, RESONANCE, AND REMEMBRANCE Concert to Be Held This Afternoon
by Blair Ingenthron - Sep 10, 2023


On Sunday, September 10th at 4pm, notable musicians from New York's new music community will gather to honor the artistic legacy of late, beloved American composer David Froom. Get

Get Exclusive Presale Tickets For Chicago Symphony Orchestra's 2022/2023 Season
by Team BWW - Jul 27, 2022


Get exclusive presale access to Riccardo Muti’s culminating season as music director which revives signature pieces, showcases the Orchestra's principal players and features premieres of new compositions. Season highlights also include guest appearances from Yefim Bronfman, Hilary Hahn, Maurizio Pollini, Joshua Bell, Maria João Pires and returning holiday favorites: A Chanticleer Christmas and Merry, Merry Chicago!

Concertmaster Frank Huang To Lead New York Philharmonic
by Julie Musbach - Apr 19, 2018


Concertmaster Frank Huang will lead the New York Philharmonic from his chair as Concertmaster in a program spotlighting the Orchestra's string section. The concerts will feature Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 3, with Principal Associate Concertmaster Sheryl Staples as soloist; Mozart's Eine kleine Nachtmusik; and Tchaikovsky's Serenade for Strings, and take place on Thursday, May 31, 2018, at 7:30 p.m.; Friday, June 1 at 11:00 a.m.; Saturday, June 2 at 8:00 p.m.; Tuesday, June 5 at 7:30 p.m.; and Wednesday, June 6 at 7:30 p.m.

Camerata Pacifica to Open 28th Season with John Harbison's String Trio and More
by BWW News Desk - Aug 15, 2017


Critically acclaimed chamber music ensemble Camerata Pacifica will open its 28th season with a program that combines Pulitzer Prize-winning composer John Harbison's String Trio with a pair of mid-20th century Russian gems - Sergei Prokofiev's striking Sonata for Flute and Piano in D Major and Dmitri Shostakovich's elegiac Piano Trio No. 2 in E Minor. Performances will take place at 3 pm on September 10 (Ventura), 7:30 pm on September 12 (San Marino), 8 pm on September 14 (Los Angeles), and 7:30 pm on September 15 (Santa Barbara).

Camerata Pacifica Unveils New Season
by BWW News Desk - Jun 14, 2017


Acclaimed chamber music ensemble Camerata Pacifica will open its 28th season in September with a remarkable trio of works by Pulitzer Prize winner John Harbison and Russian composing titans Sergei Prokofiev and Dmitri Shostakovich.

Alan Gilbert Leads New York Philharmonic Europe Spring 2017 Tour
by Molly Tracy - Jan 28, 2017


Music Director Alan Gilbert will lead the New York Philharmonic on the EUROPE / SPRING 2017 tour, March 23-April 7, 2017. The two-week tour - Alan Gilbert's ninth and final international tour as Music Director, the seventh with him to Europe - will feature fourteen concerts in seven countries.

Jaap van Zweden Leads NY Philharmonic This Week
by BWW News Desk - Nov 26, 2014


This week, Mr. van Zweden will lead the Orchestra in Korngold's Violin Concerto, with Hilary Hahn as soloist; Beethoven's Symphony No. 7; and J. Wagenaar's Cyrano de Bergerac Overture, marking the Philharmonic's first time performing the work, tonight, November 26, 2014, at 7:30 p.m.; Friday, November 28 at 8:00 p.m.; and Saturday, November 29 at 8:00 p.m.

Jaap van Zweden Leads NY Philharmonic Tonight
by BWW News Desk - Nov 20, 2014


Jaap van Zweden - music director of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and Hong Kong Philharmonic as well as former concertmaster of Amsterdam's Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra - will return to the New York Philharmonic for the first time since his debut in April 2012 to conduct two weeks of concerts. In the first program, Mr. van Zweden will conduct Mozart's Sinfonia concertante for Violin and Viola, featuring Acting Concertmaster Sheryl Staples and Principal Viola Cynthia Phelps, and Shostakovich's Symphony No. 8, tonight, November 20, 2014, at 7:30 p.m.; Friday, November 21 at 2:00 p.m.; and Saturday, November 22 at 8:00 p.m.

Jaap van Zweden to Lead NY Philharmonic in Two Programs, 11/20-22 & 11/26-29
by BWW News Desk - Oct 14, 2014


Jaap van Zweden - music director of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and Hong Kong Philharmonic as well as former concertmaster of Amsterdam's Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra - will return to the New York Philharmonic for the first time since his debut in April 2012 to conduct two weeks of concerts. In the first program, Mr. van Zweden will conduct Mozart's Sinfonia concertante for Violin and Viola, featuring Acting Concertmaster Sheryl Staples and Principal Viola Cynthia Phelps, and Shostakovich's Symphony No. 8, Thursday, November 20, 2014, at 7:30 p.m.; Friday, November 21 at 2:00 p.m.; and Saturday, November 22 at 8:00 p.m.

Pacific Symphony Announces 2014-15 Season, Celebrating Carl St. Clair's 25 Years as Director
by BWW News Desk - Jan 17, 2014


Pacific Symphony announces what is perhaps its most significant season to date for the 36-year-old orchestra-the 2014-15 Hal and Jeanette Segerstrom Family Foundation Classical Series and special events, celebrating Music Director Carl St. Clair's 25 years at the helm. Filled with giant stars and giants of the repertoire that have moved listeners for centuries, the season is pure St. Clair-embracing and celebrating all that great music can mean to the human heart.

New World Symphony Presents Highlights of 2013-14 Season
by Christina Mancuso - Aug 5, 2013


The New World Symphony, America's Orchestral Academy (NWS), is pleased to share details of our 2013-2014 season. As a research-and-development arm for classical music, the coming season includes a series of commissions, partnerships and events that showcase NWS as a laboratory for generating new ideas about the way music is taught, presented and experienced. Highlights include the commissioning and presentation of new works by emerging and established artists, the development of multi-media collaborative projects, and the continuation of innovative concert formats. These initiatives exist with the goal of developing New World Symphony Fellows, who will advance the field of classical music and become ambassadors for the art forms in their communities and beyond.

New World Symphony's 2013-14 Season to Feature HUXLEY VARIATIONS & More
by Devin MacDonald - Aug 5, 2013


The New World Symphony, America's Orchestral Academy (NWS), is pleased to share details of our 2013-2014 season. As a research-and-development arm for classical music, the coming season includes a series of commissions, partnerships and events that showcase NWS as a laboratory for generating new ideas about the way music is taught, presented and experienced. Highlights include the commissioning and presentation of new works by emerging and established artists, the development of multi-media collaborative projects, and the continuation of innovative concert formats. These initiatives exist with the goal of developing New World Symphony Fellows, who will advance the field of classical music and become ambassadors for the art forms in their communities and beyond.

Jeffrey Milarsky Leads the LA Phil New Music Group in a Green Umbrella Concert, 4/10
by Kelsey Denette - Apr 5, 2012


Conductor Jeffrey Milarsky returns to Walt Disney Concert Hall to lead the LA Phil New Music Group in a Green Umbrella concert, Tuesday, April 10, at 8 pm. The concert features the world premiere of Oscar Bettison's LA Phil-commissioned Livre des Sauvages, the U.S. premiere of Karlheinz Stockhausen's Five Star Signs, and John Cage's Concerto for Prepared Piano, performed by Gloria Cheng. Milarsky replaces John Adams, who had to withdraw as conductor due to scheduling demands.

Jeffrey Milarsky Leads the LA Phil New Music Group in Green Umbrella Concert
by Harmony Wheeler - Apr 4, 2012


Conductor Jeffrey Milarsky returns to Walt Disney Concert Hall to lead the LA Phil New Music Group in a Green Umbrella concert, Tuesday, April 10, at 8 pm. The concert features the world premiere of Oscar Bettison's LA Phil-commissioned Livre des Sauvages, the U.S. premiere of Karlheinz Stockhausen's Five Star Signs, and John Cage's Concerto for Prepared Piano, performed by Gloria Cheng. Milarsky replaces John Adams, who had to withdraw as conductor due to scheduling demands.

LA Phil New Music Group Opens the 2011/12 Green Umbrella Series
by BWW News Desk - Oct 4, 2011


The first concert of the Los Angeles Philharmonic's Green Umbrella 2011/12 season features the LA Phil New Music Group under the baton of exciting young Dutch conductor Otto Tausk, in his Walt Disney Concert Hall and LA Phil debuts tonight at 8 p.m.

LA Phil New Music Group Opens the 2011/12 Green Umbrella Series
by Gabrielle Sierra - Sep 28, 2011


The first concert of the Los Angeles Philharmonic's Green Umbrella 2011/12 season features the LA Phil New Music Group under the baton of exciting young Dutch conductor Otto Tausk, in his Walt Disney Concert Hall and LA Phil debuts, Tuesday, October 4, at 8 p.m.

Green Umbrella Series Features Music from BANG ON A CAN, 10/19
by BWW News Desk - Oct 19, 2010


The LA Phil New Music Group begins the Green Umbrella 2010/11 season with a program featuring music from Bang on a Can composers Michael Gordon, Julia Wolfe and David Lang, Tuesday, October 19, at 8 p.m. The program includes Gordon's Weather One, Wolfe's Dark Full Ride and Early That Summer and Lang's 'Heroin' from Songs for Lou Reed (accompanied by video by Doug Aitken) as well as the West Coast premiere of Lang's Pierced. The performance is led by conductor Jeffrey Milarsky and features Grammy award nominee vocalist Theo Bleckmann and LA Phil cellist Gloria Lum performing 'Heroin.'

Green Umbrella Series Features Music from BANG ON A CAN, 10/19
by Nicole Rosky - Oct 15, 2010


The LA Phil New Music Group begins the Green Umbrella 2010/11 season with a program featuring music from Bang on a Can composers Michael Gordon, Julia Wolfe and David Lang, Tuesday, October 19, at 8 p.m. The program includes Gordon's Weather One, Wolfe's Dark Full Ride and Early That Summer and Lang's 'Heroin' from Songs for Lou Reed (accompanied by video by Doug Aitken) as well as the West Coast premiere of Lang's Pierced. The performance is led by conductor Jeffrey Milarsky and features Grammy award nominee vocalist Theo Bleckmann and LA Phil cellist Gloria Lum performing 'Heroin.'

LA Phil Live Recording on Deutsche Grammophon Available on iTunes 6/15
by BWW News Desk - Jun 15, 2010


As part of the DG Concerts series, Deutsche Grammophon will release a live recording of the Los Angeles Philharmonic led by John Adams in William Kraft's Timpani Concerto No. 1 featuring Joseph Pereira, Leonard Rosenman's Suite from Rebel Without a Cause, and Adams' The Dharma at Big Sur featuring Leila Josefowicz on Tuesday, June 15, 2010.

 1     

Get William Kraft Email Alerts

Be the first to get news, photos, videos & more.

Videos