Keith Lockhart News

The Boston Symphony is returning to Tanglewood, its summer home in the beautiful Berkshires since 1937, and welcoming back audiences, July 9–August 16, for the first time since March 2020. The BSO is reopening and reimagining Tanglewood this summer—presenting a shorter, six-week season designed to capture the essential Tanglewood experience.

In this interview, I get to discover more about the uber talented Ann Hampton Callaway.

In April, the BSO NOW concert streaming platform will launch the final two of four archival programs, featuring conductors who enjoyed especially close relationships with the orchestra. All four programs were originally produced and distributed by Boston public broadcaster GBH for the iconic Evening at Symphony television series.

The Conroe Symphony Orchestra Board of Directors officially welcomed the orchestra’s first female conductor at a small reception Tuesday, March 16 at the Conroe Symphony Centre. Board of Directors Chair, The Honorable Kathleen Hamilton announced that Anna-Maria Gkouni, from Athens, Greece takes the reigns as the Symphony’s new Conductor and Music Director.

Six Feet Apart, The Sofia's virtual concert series, presents acclaimed Ukrainian-born American pianist Inna Faliks! 

Classical 90.7 KVNO and the Omaha Symphony have partnered to commission a new show highlighting the rich contributions of Black artists to the Western classical canon.'The Silent Canon' explores the work from musicians of African descent, centering their stories and their music.

Featuring new performers with every show, the weekly, award-winning Piano Bar Live! (PBL!) streams this Tuesday, February 2 at 7:15 pm ET, with host Scott Barbarino as he celebrates Boston's cabaret scene. Co-hosting are Carol O'Shaughnessy and Niki Luparelli, with guests Tom LaMark, Poise'N Envy, Cara Brindisi, Diane Ellis, Leslie Anderson, Jim Rice, and David Whitman & Gordon Michaels with Michael Larson, plus Mystery Guests and MORE!

The BSO NOW streaming platform—launched in November—will present its first-ever livestreaming event from Symphony Hall on February 12, at 8 p.m. The program will feature the Boston Pops Orchestra and conductor Keith Lockhart in a Valentine’s Day-inspired program titled Boston Pops in Love.

On Thursday, February 11, 2021 at 7pm ET, Russian-American violinist Yevgeny Kutik, will launch Finding Home: Music from the Suitcase in Concert, a five-episode docu-recital series filmed at the Shalin Liu Performance Center in Rockport, MA, based on Kutik’s 2014 album Music from the Suitcase (Marquis Classics).

Utah Symphony invites audiences to access the first full Masterworks online performance of music by German composers that reflect the tragedy of destruction and the triumph of music over grief and pain, and the Utah Symphony debut of Israeli guest conductor Asher Fisch.

In January, the three episodes in the Boston Symphony Orchestra's second BSO NOW streaming concert series explore different facets of the concept 'New Beginnings.' Premiering this Thursday at noon, at www.bso.org/now, the first episode's BSO performances, led by conductor Stefan Asbury (right), focus on the idea of rejuvenation in the natural world.

In January, the three episodes in the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s second BSO NOW streaming concert series explore different facets of the concept 'New Beginnings.'

Featuring new performers with every show, the weekly, award-winning Piano Bar Live! (PBL!) streams this Tuesday, January 5th at 7:15 pm ET, with host Scott Barbarino-starting off the New Year with plenty of reasons to celebrate: Corinna Sowers Adler​, ​Nicholas Adler​, ​​Amanda Brasher, Mark Hartman, Clay Johnson, Ryah Johnson, Brandi Massey, Kevin Ray and JD Smurthwaite, plus Mystery Guests and MORE!

Alleyway Theatre has announced two upcoming Broadway Masterclasses, with Ali Ewoldt and Jared Gertner.

One of New England's most popular Christmastime traditions continues in 2020 with a virtual Holiday Pops program that will feature the Boston Pops Orchestra under the direction of Keith Lockhart in favorites of the season, December 10 through January 9, at www.bso.org/now.

Just in time for the holiday season, the Boston Gay Men’s Chorus (BGMC) announces the release of “Up on the Housetop,” an incredibly playful rendition of the second-oldest secular Christmas song (“Jingle Bells” is the oldest).

On Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 26 at noon, at www.bso.org/now, the Boston Symphony Orchestra continues its series of new BSO NOW online offerings with a program of works by Jessie Montgomery, William Grant Still, and Duke Ellington under the direction of Germeshausen BSO Youth and Family Concerts Conductor Thomas Wilkins—the second of 15 BSO performance streams under the banner title of Music in Changing Times.

Featuring new performers with every show, the weekly Piano Bar Live! streams tonight, Tuesday, November 24th at 7:15 pm ET, with host Scott Barbarino. PBL! is the the unique chance to see veteran performers pass the torch to the next generation of blossoming young talent.

This week, on Monday, November 9, in the fourth of the six video podcasts, BSO violist Danny Kim and musician/filmmaker Cliff Notez join host Tim Hall (left) in a conversation including reflections on living in the moment onstage. On Wednesday, November 11, Tim Hall leads BSO violinist Bonnie Bewick, and more.

Boston Symphony Orchestra has announced their upcoming programming including newly recorded videos launching in November and December, plus Music In Changing Times and more.