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Clarinetist Charles Neidich to Return to the WA Concert Series at Tenri Cultural Institute
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 21, 2024


Renowned clarinetist Charles Neidich will return to the WA Concert Series at Tenri Cultural Institute on March 1, 2024. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Renowned Pianist Michael Stephen Brown to Perform Duo Recital with Violinist Arnaud Sussmann at Howland Chamber Music Circle
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 18, 2023


Join renowned pianist Michael Stephen Brown and distinguished violinist Arnaud Sussmann in a captivating duo recital at the Howland Chamber Music Circle in Beacon, NY. Experience an unforgettable performance featuring works by Jewish composers impacted by World War II.

E4TT Reveals Season Opener, TRANSFORMATIONS
by Stephi Wild - Sep 19, 2023


Ensemble for These Times announces its season opener, 'Transformations,' featuring music by Schoenberg, Bielawa, figgis-vizueta, Schreker, and Thomas. The concert will be performed in-person and live-streamed from Old First Concerts in San Francisco on September 22, 2023, at 8:00 p.m.

Verbier Festival Celebrates 30th Anniversary With Momentous Season And Deutsche Grammophon Imprint, July 14-30
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 22, 2023


Founded 30 years ago by Martin Engstroem, at the end of a dead-end road in the mountains of Switzerland, Verbier Festival is a classical music festival committed to excellence in music performance and education through its highly respected artistic programme, its Academy and Orchestra programs, and UNLTD, its cultural engagement laboratory.

Renée Fleming, Yo-Yo Ma & Wynton Marsalis to be Featured in Verbier Festival 30th Anniversary
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 22, 2023


Verbier Festival has revealed its 30th anniversary season. Learn how to purchase tickets!

Charleston Symphony Announces 2023-2024 Season Featuring Michelle Cann, Pinchas Zukerman & More
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 9, 2023


The Charleston Symphony has announced their complete 2023-24 season, featuring eight Masterworks Series and four Pops concerts.

Review: REVIEW: DISNEY'S NEWSIES at Southern Theatre
by Paul Batterson - Sep 26, 2022


What did our critic think of REVIEW: DISNEY’S NEWSIES at Southern Theatre? Aristotle is credited with coming up with the phrase, 'the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.' Had he witnessed the Columbus Children Theatre's production of DISNEY'S NEWSIES, the philosopher may have reversed the quotation to 'the parts are greater than the sum of the whole.' An energetic cast, sharp management by director Joe Deer and choreographer Vincent Sylvester, and tight orchestration by musical director Lara Brooks lifted a cheesy musical to stellar heights.

Smuin Announces 22/23 Season Featuring World Premieres & More
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 14, 2022


From premieres by international choreographers to new surprises in its fiercely festive holiday program, Smuin Contemporary Ballet promises a stellar lineup for its 22/23 season. The company’s 29th season features a World Premiere by acclaimed Cuban choreographer Osnel Delgado, a jazzy Take Five by Rex Wheeler, and more.

Pittsburgh Playhouse Announces 2022-23 Season
by A.A. Cristi - May 20, 2022


The award-winning Pittsburgh Playhouse at Point Park University, a multidisciplinary arts and entertainment center located in Downtown Pittsburgh, announced the lineup for their Inside/Outside Summer Series as well as over 30 performances across a multitude of arts disciplines for the 2022-2023 season.

'Jewish Voices' Concert Comes to the Norton Museum of Art Tonight
by Stephi Wild - Mar 29, 2022


Chamber Music Society of Palm Beach Artistic Director and renowned violinist Arnaud Sussmann is joined by pianist Michael Brown for a concert entitled “Jewish Voices” on Tuesday, March 29 at 7 p.m. at the Norton Museum of Art.

Composer Lisa Bielawa To Have Major Premieres In DC, New York and Cambridge This March And April
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 7, 2022


Composer, producer, vocalist and Rome Prize-winner Lisa Bielawa will have three major new works  premiered in Washington, DC (Washington National Cathedral, March 13), New York (Carnegie Hall, March 25), and the Boston area (First Cambridge Church, April 2), performed by the Cathedral Choral Society and Orchestra, American Composers Orchestra (ACO), and the Radcliffe Choral Society with the Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP), respectively. 

National Young Artist Competition Winners To Be Featured in VSO USA January Concert
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 17, 2021


The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra USA will present the three gold medal winners from 2021’s National Young Artist Competition as they make their VSO debut on January 22-23, 2022 at Skyview Concert Hall and via live stream.

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Announces Return to Alice Tully Hall for 2021-22 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 4, 2021


The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center has announced its long-awaited return to live concerts in Alice Tully Hall for the 2021-2022 Season with 30 concerts, comprising more than 94 unique works, 14 of which have never before been presented by CMS on the Alice Tully Hall stage.

BWW Review: An intoxicating VOYEUR: THE WINDOWS OF TOULOUSE-LATREC by Bated Breath Theatre Company
by Joe Lombardi - Oct 10, 2020


An audience of eight checks in outside The Duplex in Greenwich Village.  On a gorgeous Friday evening, there were people all around drinking outside bars at tables and dancing to disco tunes in Christopher Park.  Waiting for the show to begin, turn in any direction and there are visuals and sounds setting the mood.  Voyeur: The Windows of Toulouse-Latrec conjures up Paris circa 1899 in the bohemian nightclub vista of Montmartre.

The Orchestra Now OUT OF THE SILENCE: A CELEBRATION OF MUSIC Series Streams September 5-26
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 8, 2020


 The Orchestra Now (TŌN), Bard Music Festival, and Bard College Conservatory of Music will present Out of the Silence: A Celebration of Music. The video series of four free live-streamed concerts for string orchestra, piano, and percussion is coming to UPSTREAMING, the Fisher Centera??s virtual stage, from September 5 - 26. 

Aaron Grant Theatrical Will Present PETER GALPERIN - CONCERT IN QUARANTINE
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 21, 2020


Aaron Grant Theatrical Will Present PETER GALPERIN - CONCERT IN QUARANTINE, a free livestream concert performance of music from Galperin's musical oeuvre.

April Schedule Announced At Chamber Music Society
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 5, 2020


CMS'sa??50th anniversarya??seasona??will welcome spring with programs that look back and look forward.  On April 3, Mozart's groundbreakinga??Piano Quartet in G minor, composed by the genius who invented the piano-violin-viola-cello quartet, shows how this new combination of instruments gave an opportunity for expressiveness that would become more pronounced in the Romantic age.  The piece is combined with a piano quartet and a quintet that follow in the next hundred years a?" one by Mendelssohn and one by Strauss. 

BWW Review: 'FRENCH IMPRESSIONS' WITH THE CALIDORE STRING QUARTET and the ASPECT CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES at Bohemian National Hall
by Joanna Barouch - Feb 28, 2020


The ASPECT Chamber Music Series presents concerts in an unusual format, one which transforms (according to their literature) “the traditional recital into an intimate, engaging and thought-provoking blend of performance, speech and image.” 

BWW Review: LA JOLLA SUMMERFEST Explores Love and Loss at Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center
by Erica Miner - Aug 24, 2019


The La Jolla Music Society's Summerfest presented their penultimate program of their first season at the brand-new Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center

Sylvan Winds Open 2019 Season With HARLEM MOSAIC
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 14, 2019


The Sylvan Winds announce the opening concert of the 2019 Spring Season celebrating music, art, and history. Performing in important cultural and historic New York City buildings, the ensemble creates imaginative and informative programs that reflect the environs of each space.

New Philharmonic's Popular New Year's Eve Program Returns to Ring In 2019
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 7, 2018


New Philharmonic's immensely popular New Year's Eve program returns to ring in 2019 with three concerts at the McAninch Arts Center (MAC) Monday, Dec. 31, 2018 at 2, 5:30 and 9 p.m.

Park City Institute Presents THE VOICE Winner Chris Blue
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 19, 2018


Park City Institute presents legendary singer and violinist, Lucia Micarelli, and award-winning cellist, Joshua Roman, on Sunday August 5th, at the 2018 St. Regis Big Stars, Bright Nights Concert Series. The performance will "pop up," at Quinn's Junction Sports Complex, Sunday August 5th, at 6:00 PM.

Valley Of The Moon Music Festival Announces Summer Program
by Julie Musbach - Apr 26, 2018


This summer the Valley of the Moon Music Festival returns to the Hanna Center in Sonoma for a musical journey to Vienna, July 15 - 29. The Festival will explore some of the most influential music composed in this central European capital: from a lesser-known Oboe Quartet by Vanhal (1771), through the chamber music of Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert, to Schoenberg's Second String Quartet (1908).

Pittance Chamber Music Presents 'Three's Company: Music For Unique Combinations Of Three'
by Stephi Wild - Feb 27, 2018


Pittance Chamber Music's 2017/18 concert season continues with Three's Company: Music for Unique Combinations of Three - repertoire written for groups of three, performed by distinguished artists from the ranks of the Grammy Award-winning Los Angeles Opera Orchestra and Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artists from the Los Angeles Opera. Taking place on Saturday, April 14 at 7:30 p.m. at the Pasadena Conservatory of Music. The program features works by Schubert, Brahms, Loeffler, Poulenc and Gernot Wolfgang, a living composer.

Gidon Kremer, Julia Wolfe, ICE and More Set for BAC's Fall 2017 Music Lineup
by BWW News Desk - Oct 5, 2017


Baryshnikov Arts Center's (BAC) Fall 2017 music presentations include BAC Salon: Telemann, Farrin, Wolfe + Prokofiev featuring the New York premiere of a work by Julia Wolfe (October 5 and 6); violin virtuoso Gidon Kremer performing Mieczyslaw Weinberg's 24 Preludes, Op. 100 (October 31 and November 1); and BAC Salon: Pauline Oliveros featuring IONE and International Contemporary Ensemble (November 28).

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