Heitor Villa-Lobos News

This winter, Trinity Church Wall Street's  program of ambitious musical offerings in lower Manhattan sees the return of the audience favorite Bach + One concert series, which will crown its season in the spring with a performance of three of Bach's cantatas at the Leipzig Bach Festival. Director of Music Julian Wachner has also just been announced as one of three finalists to become the next Artistic Director of the storied Oregon Bach Festival. On the heels of last August's release of Ellen Reid's Pulitzer Prize-winning opera p r i s m on the Decca Gold label, with Wachner leading The Choir of Trinity Wall Street and Trinity's in-house contemporary orchestra, NOVUS NY, the same forces reunite for the Washington D.C. premiere of the opera in the Kennedy Center's DIRECT CURRENT festival.

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The Cincinnati May Festival announced program details and artists for the 2020 Festival with nine performances taking place between May 21 and 31, 2020 at Cincinnati Music Hall as well as other locations, and an additional performance on April 5, 2020 at the Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption in Covington, Kentucky. Joining the Festival's artistic leadership team of Principal Conductor Juanjo Mena and Director of Choruses Robert Porco is 2020 Artistic Partner John Adams.

In 2000, Time magazine published an extensive list of the greatest accomplishments of the 20th century. In selecting the Best Classical Composition of the 20th century, Time choose Igor Stravinsky's haunting Symphony of Psalms.

El maestro Ludwig Carrasco hará su debut como director artístico de la Orquesta de Cámara de Bellas Artes (OCBA) con un concierto en el que participará la fagotista mexicana Rocío Yllescas como solista invitada. Las sesiones se llevarán a cabo el jueves 17 de octubre a las 20:00 horas en la Sala Manuel M. Ponce del Palacio de Bellas Artes y el domingo 20 al mediodía en el Conservatorio Nacional de Música.

Luego de su nombramiento, el pasado 2 de septiembre, como nuevo director artístico de la Orquesta de Cámara de Bellas Artes (OCBA), el maestro Ludwig Carrasco estará por primera vez al frente de la agrupación en el concierto 3 de la Segunda Temporada 2019, a realizarse el jueves 17 y el domingo 20 de octubre con un programa formado por obras de Satie, Villa-Lobos, Piazzolla y Mendelssohn.

Global superstar guitarist Miloš Karadaglić headlines this kaleidoscopic concert conjuring the rich colours and intoxicating perfumes of Spain. Experience one of Belgium's finest orchestras, The Flanders Symphony - whose 2016 Usher Hall concert was greeted with enormous acclaim - under young Spanish conductor José Luis Gomez, celebrated for his electrifying energy.

Ensemble Connect continues its two-year fellowship program this season with concerts at Carnegie Hall and The Juilliard School, as well as residencies and performances at The Pocantico Center of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Skidmore College, and in schools and community venues throughout New York City.

La Orquesta de Cámara de Bellas Artes (OCBA) del Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (INBAL) concluyó su tercer ciclo de conciertos sociales gratuitos del proyecto La OCBA contigo, bajo la batuta del joven director, compositor y violinista Francisco Ladrón de Guevara, quien compartió con el público su experiencia musical al comentar cada una de las obras ejecutadas, de Händel, Vivaldi, Penderecki, Walton, Scriabin y Heitor Villa-Lobos.

Francisco Ladrón de Guevara, violinista de la Orquesta de Cámara de Bellas Artes (OCBA), dirige a la agrupación del Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (INBAL) en la serie de conciertos La OCBA Contigo. Concierto para grupos vulnerables adultos, que desde hoy y hasta el 26 de septiembre ofrece en diversas instituciones.

Audience and critical success in Rio de Janeiro MUSICAL DONA IVONE LARA - UM SORRISO NEGRO now opens in Sao Paulo. The show will take place at Teatro Sergio Cardoso, from August 29. The musical portrays the life and times of Brazilian singer-songwriter Ivone Lara da Costa, better known as Dona Ivone Lara, and affectionately called a?oeThe Queen of Sambaa??.

The distinguished Swiss classical guitar virtuoso Christoph Denoth will appear in solo recital, Monday evening, June 10, 2019, 7:30 pm at New York's SubCulture (45 Bleecker St, New York, NY 10012).

En el marco de la Noche de Museos de marzo, el próximo miércoles 27 se desarrollarán diversas actividades gratuitas en múltiples espacios museísticos del Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (INBAL) y en otras sedes que contarán con la programación del Instituto, con el fin de que los asistentes disfruten del arte en sus diversas manifestaciones dentro de un horario extendido.

Following the success of the first three sets of Ten Pieces, BBC Music has announced the launch of Ten Pieces Trailblazers for the 19/20 academic year.

American saxophonist Branford Marsalis has long been regarded as one of the world's greatest living musicians. Born in New Orleans and hailing from a rich jazz heritage, Marsalis is renowned for his boundless musicality that sees him move effortlessly between the jazz, Latin and classical genres. This exceptional versatility, paired with a thrilling virtuosity, makes him the ideal collaborator with the Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO), an ensemble that is renowned around the world for its intrepid and adventurous approach to programming and performance.

The Leonia Chamber Musicians Society, Inc., a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization, performs their season finale, 'March Winds', on Sunday March 3, 2019 at 7 p.m. at All Saints Episcopal Church, 150 Park Avenue in Leonia, New Jersey. This concert spotlights the sonority of the woodwind instruments playing music of stunning virtuosity with a Latin American flavor and a nod to the theater.

State Theatre New Jersey presents Grammy Award-winning soprano Renee Fleming on Wednesday, February 27, 2019 at 8pm. Tickets are $49-$99.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, composer of symphonies, operas and concertos, was one of the most gifted musicians in the history of Western classical music. In the 35 years of his life, Mozart gave the world over 600 masterworks. But Mozart's music is not beloved just for its sheer quantity, but also for its unparalleled quality.

Of all the great composers of classical music, Johann Sebastian Bach reigns supreme. Even among other composers.

The Leonia Chamber Musicians Society, Inc., a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization based in the borough of Leonia, New Jersey, announces the launch of their 2018-2019 season.