Yo-Yo Ma News

Raleigh, N.C. - The North Carolina Symphony's Raleigh and Chapel Hill Classical seasons continue tonight, Oct. 24, at 8 p.m., in Meymandi Concert Hall in downtown Raleigh, and in Memorial Hall on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Monday, Oct. 26, at 7:30 p.m., in 'An Evening with Jeffrey & Gabriel Kahane,' a program that features father and son, pianist and conductor Jeffrey Kahane, and songwriter/composer/vocalist Gabriel Kahane.

The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at the University of British Columbia (UBC) presents the world's leading flamenco guitarist Paco Peña, tonight, October 24 at 8pm in the Chan Shun Concert Hall.

The Chicago Humanities Festival (CHF) launches its 26th Fall Festival, featuring 130 events which will explore the theme of 'Citizens', today, Oct. 24, through Nov. 8, 2015 at venues across Chicago.

As part of its 2015-2016 season announcement, Carnegie Hall recently shared that singer-songwriter Rosanne Cash will curate a four-concert Perspectives series at the Hall beginning this month. 

'Ukulele hero' (Rolling Stone) Jake Shimabukuro is set to transport audiences with his blindingly fast and complex string skills during two, special performances at the Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts Sunday, November 15 at 2 pm and 7 pm. Multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter Caroline Jones will open each performance. 

Grammy Award-nominated concert pianist Lang Lang makes his first of three appearances at Carnegie Hall this season with a solo recital today, October 23 at 8:30 p.m. in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage. The concert features Bach's Italian Concerto, BWV 971-a complex and pioneering work inspired by Vivaldi-along with Tchaikovsky's The Seasons, Op. 37b and Chopin's four scherzos. By the time he was 22 years old, the acclaimed pianist had already performed twice at Carnegie Hall -with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra conducted by Yuri Temirkanov in 2001 and with the New York String Orchestra under Jaime Laredo in 2002-before making his sold-out solo recital debut in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage on November 7, 2003, which was recorded live by Deutsche Grammophon.

Tchaikovsky's soulful Symphony No. 4 portrays his battle against fate, the cold-hearted power he believed ruled his life. Guest pianist Haochen Zhang, co-winner of the Gold Medal at the 2009 Van Cliburn Competition, will expertly undertake the consummate challenges of the Prokofiev piano concerto, and Maestro Milanov will bring to vivid life the heartless seducer of Strauss' tone poem Don Juan.

Jake Shimabukuro will play The Paramount in Seattle tonight, October 23, 2015 at 8:00PM.

Mandolin virtuoso and vocalist Chris Thile, a member of Punch Brothers and Nickel Creek, performs at Mayo Performing Arts Center on Sunday, November 22, 2015 at 8 pm.

Annenberg Center Live opens its dance season with four performances from Urban Bush Women. This legendary all-female dance troupe performs this weekend, October 22-24 as part of Dance @ Annenberg Center Live and the Annenberg Center's African Roots, American Voices programming series. Tickets cost $20 - $50.  Tickets are available online at AnnenbergCenter.org or by phone at 215.898.3900. The Annenberg Center is located at 3680 Walnut Street.

Miller Theatre at Columbia University School of the Arts presents a special event series and artist residency: 'Matt Haimovitz Plays Bach In Concert at Miller Theatre' tonight, October 22, 2015, 8:00 p.m. and Saturday, October 24, 2015, 8:00 p.m., with spontaneous campus performances on Wednesday, October 21, 2015 and Friday, October 23, 2015.

ANNAPOLIS, MD – ASO Concertmaster, Netanel Draiblate will perform Antonín Dvo?ák's Concerto for Violin in the next set of Lexus Classic Series concerts with the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra at Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts on Friday, November 13 and Saturday, November 14, 2015 at 8pm.  Music Director José-Luis Novo will also conduct the orchestra in the Petite Suite originally composed by Claude Debussy and orchestrated by Henri Büsser, and Symphony No. 3 by Johannes Brahms.

Raleigh, N.C. - The North Carolina Symphony's Raleigh and Chapel Hill Classical seasons continue on Saturday, Oct. 24, at 8 p.m., in Meymandi Concert Hall in downtown Raleigh, and in Memorial Hall on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Monday, Oct. 26, at 7:30 p.m., in “An Evening with Jeffrey & Gabriel Kahane,” a program that features father and son, pianist and conductor Jeffrey Kahane, and songwriter/composer/vocalist Gabriel Kahane.

The Chamber Music Society of Detroit presents clarinetist Richard Stoltzman in his only Detroit area appearance performing a recital with pianist David Deveau Sunday, November 8, 3:00 PM. 

Described by The Boston Globe as a 'charismatic young violinist with a matinee idol profile, strong musical instincts, and first-rate chops,' violinist Tim Fain performs A HOUSE OF MANY ROOMS as part of the Composers Concordance Eclectic Virtuosi Series at Le Poisson Rouge on November 8th at 7:30PM.

With their trademark wit, virtuosity and irreverence for traditional genre demarcations, the members of the Turtle Island Quartet are the perfect candidates to put a thoroughly unique spin on the works of Jelly Roll Morton, Scott Joplin and Thelonious Monk, drawing out surprising connections along the way. On their brand new program, Jelly, Rags & Monk, the Turtle Island Quartet reunites for the third time with the extraordinary jazz pianist Cyrus Chestnut, after a series of special performances for TIQ's 25th anniversary season with mandolinist Mike Marshall that featured “astonishing versatility,” according to The Washington Post.

Taylor Hicks is on-deck to perform the National Anthem next week at the Major League Baseball Division Series Playoff Game Five at Kansas City Royals, which will be televised on Fox Sports 1 (FS1).

Celebrating 25 years since his Carnegie Hall debut, pianist Evgeny Kissin shares his extraordinary musicality with New York audiences over a series of six concerts as a 2015-2016 Perspectives artist.

On last night's LATE SHOW, as the first African American female principal dancer for the American Ballet Theatre, guest Misty Copeland talked about bringing diversity to classical ballet.