Yo-Yo Ma News

Asia Society continues its fall series "New Sounds from Iran" with a performance by Kayhan Kalhor, a master of classical Kurdish and Persian music, three time Grammy-Award nominated, and an original member of the Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Ensemble. The internationally acclaimed virtuoso performs his own compositions on kamancheh (Persian spiked fiddle), including material from his latest CD, I Will Not Stand Alone. Accompanying on the rarely heard santour (hammered dulcimer) is Ali Bahrami Fard, a student of the legendary Ostad Faramarz Payvar and one of his generation's most gifted and masterful santour players. Listen

The Houston Symphony's December calendar features a special one-night-only performance as John Williams Joins Yo-Yo Ma on December 5 at Jones Hall. The Symphony will also celebrate the holidays with concerts for the entire family. On December 13, 14 and 15, the Symphony and Chorus will perform Very Merry Pops, which celebrates the season with holiday hits including a special piece, Glad Tidings, which features spiritual leaders from the Houston community as guest narrators.

Natya Dance Theatre, Chicago's critically-acclaimed and longest running Dance Company rooted in the Indian dance-theater technique of Bharata Natyam, returns to the Harris Theater with the World Premiere of The Seventh Love, an exploration of love in eastern teachings based on the life of the god Krishna. The Seventh Love is conceived by Natya Associate Artistic Director Krithika Rajagopalan in collaboration with David Kersnar, a founding member of Chicago's Tony Award-winning Lookingglass Theatre, and is written and directed by Kersnar and choreographed by Natya Founder and Artistic Director Hema Rajagopalan. Natya presents The Seventh Love in one performance only at the Harris Theater, 205 E. Randolph Street, tonight, November 2 at 7:30 pm.

A year after his death at age 103, the American Symphony Orchestra pays tribute to Elliott Carter, a life-long New Yorker, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, and one of the greatest composers of the second half of the 20th century. This mini-retrospective including six of the finest orchestral works by the prolific American composer, who published more than 50 of his works after the age of 90, reveals the range and extent of Carter's inventive genius and provides a rare chance to hear an all-Elliott Carter program, in the presence of members of the Carter family.

Frequent LA Phil guest artist, Itzhak Perlman returns to Walt Disney Concert Hall in the dual role of conductor/violinist, today, November 1, at 11 am, Saturday, November 2, at 8 pm, and Sunday, November 3, at 2 pm. The program features 'Summer' and 'Winter' from Vivaldi's popular Four Seasons, Weber's Overture to his English-language opera Oberon and Berlioz' Symphonie fantastique, written when the composer was just 26.

On rare occasions, a musician will perform with such force and spirit that you sit up straighter, lean a little closer and in an instant realize that something extraordinary is happening. Moldovan violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja is that kind of grab-your-soul performer. She makes her major US debut with conductor Benjamin Zander leading the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra (www.bostonphil.org) on November 21.

On Monday, December 16 at 7:00 p.m. in Zankel Hall, the Carnegie Hall Notables-a membership and ticket program for music enthusiasts in their 20s and 30s-hosts Chris Thile and Friends, a special Notables-only performance featuring mandolin virtuoso, composer, and vocalist Chris Thile alongside frequent collaborators Michael Daves and Edgar Meyer and additional artists to be announced.

On Tuesday, November 19, Brazilian samba-jazz master Nilson Matta will host an annual tradition at Jazz at Kitano: the Open House for Samba Meets Jazz Workshops, featuring an all-star faculty concert, followed by an open jam session for past and prospective workshop attendees, musicians of all levels, and fans of Brazilian jazz.

Now in its 16th season, Lincoln Center's acclaimed series American Songbook will continue to expand its scope celebrating the best in American singing and songwriting. New this year, the opening night concert will befree, in the David Rubenstein Atrium, on Wednesday, January 22, 2014. 'Live From Lincoln Center,' the Emmy Award-winning program broadcast nationally on PBS stations, will shoot four of the first week's American Songbook concerts in The Allen Room: by James Naughton, Lawrence Brownlee, Jason Isbell, and Patina Miller. These performances will be broadcast nationally beginning in Spring 2014. In addition, American Songbook concerts taking place in the Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse at Lincoln Center will be live-streamed via http://watch.lincolncenter.org.

The American Symphony Orchestra begins its Classics Declassified Series with Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 5, 'Reformation', at Symphony Space today, October 27, 2013.

Frequent LA Phil guest artist, Itzhak Perlman returns to Walt Disney Concert Hall in the dual role of conductor/violinist, Friday, November 1, at 11 am, Saturday, November 2, at 8 pm, and Sunday, November 3, at 2 pm. The program features "Summer" and "Winter" from Vivaldi's popular Four Seasons, Weber's Overture to his English-language opera Oberon and Berlioz' Symphonie fantastique, written when the composer was just 26.

In the best thing your ears will hear all day! PENTATONIX has released a full length 6 minute Beyonce compilation and it is beautiful.

Actors' Shakespeare Project is thrilled to announce the 10 Luminaries to be honored at the "Gala ASP X" on Monday December 2, 2013 at Royal Sonesta, 40 Edwin H Land Blvd , overlooking the Charles River in Cambridge. Gala Chair is Denise Jillson, Executive Director of the Harvard Square Business Association.

CHICAGO—The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association (CSOA) released its fiscal year 2013 results at its Annual Meeting today at Symphony Center. The 2012/13 season marked the CSOA's third consecutive year of record-breaking fundraising, with ticket sales at an all-time high, according to Jay Henderson, chairman, and Deborah F. Rutter, president of the CSOA, who also presented the artistic and financial highlights of the season.

Under the artistic direction of Philip Glass, In the Spirit features an extraordinary array of acclaimed musicians to celebrate the great spiritual and cultural traditions stretching from Tibet and China to Africa, the Middle East, and the West.

Carnegie Hall returns to 'Botsteinburg' with ASO's anniversary tribute to Elliott Carter -- 'Elliott Carter: An American Original' -- on November 17, 2013 at 8pm at Carnegie Hall (Stern Auditorium, Perelman Stage), 57th Street and 7th Avenue.

Garth Fagan's love of strong women is front and center in "No Evidence of Failure," which receives its world premiere when Garth Fagan Dance returns to The Joyce Theater, November 12-17. The two-program season also features the world premiere of "Gin," marking Norwood Pennewell's third work for the company. The season's revivals include Fagan's 1983 classic "Easter Freeway Processional" and "Senku," whose music will be played live by concert pianist William Chapman Nyaho. Also slated for Fagan's New York season are sections from last year's hit "Lighthouse/Lightning Rod," as well as Fagan's perennial opener "Prelude: Discipline is Freedom"

Kimmel Center hosts a Master Class with mandolin virtuoso Chris Thile of The Punch Brothers. The workshop provides 25+ students of Philadelphia area schools the opportunity to learn alongside 2012 MacArthur Fellowship 'Genius' award winner Chris Thile. The master class is set for tomorrow, Wednesday, October 23, 5pm-6pm in the Innovation Studio at Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Broad and Spruce Streets, Philadelphia, Pa.

Under the artistic direction of Philip Glass, In the Spirit features an extraordinary array of acclaimed musicians to celebrate the great spiritual and cultural traditions stretching from Tibet and China to Africa, the Middle East, and the West.

Celebrity Series of Boston will present mandolinist Chris Thile in concert tonight, October 20, 2013, at 7pm at Sanders Theatre, Memorial Hall, Harvard University, 45 Quincy Street, Cambridge. Media partner is 99.5 Classical New England.