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Organist Paul Jacobs To Return To Chicago Symphony Orchestra in May
by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 03, 2024

Join Grammy winner Paul Jacobs as he returns to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Learn how to purchase tickets. ...

Video: Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate Discusses the Process of Creating 'Pisachi'
by Blair Ingenthron - March 10, 2024

Composer Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate, a citizen of the Chickasaw nation talks through the process of creating his work “Pisachi” (Reveal), originally written for string quartet, which draws on Hopi and Pueblo Indian music, rhythms, and forms....

Organist Paul Jacobs To Perform Solo Organ Recital At Bach Festival Society Of Winter
by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 12, 2023

Grammy-award winning American organist Paul Jacobs will give a solo organ recital at 7:30 PM EST on Friday, February 3, 2023, in the Knowles Memorial Chapel at Winter Park, Florida. ...

Yuja Wang Premieres Lindberg Piano Concerto
by Stephi Wild - September 16, 2022

Composer Magnus Lindberg's new Piano Concerto No. 3 for superstar pianist Yuja Wang debuts on October 13-15 with the San Francisco Symphony and Esa-Pekka Salonen, a close collaborator of many decades....

Jerod Tate to Release New Album WINTER MOONS On Azica Records
by Chloe Rabinowitz - July 11, 2022

On Friday, August 5, 2022, Chickasaw composer and U.S. Cultural Ambassador Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate will release a new album, Winter Moons, on Azica Records. Winter Moons is a ballet in four movements based upon American Indian legends from the Northern Plains and Rocky Mountains, performed with a live storyteller to guide the audience....

Philharmonia Fantastique: The Making Of The Orchestra Will Be Released in May
by Stephi Wild - April 27, 2022

The magical intersection between music and technology has been a central tenet of composer Mason Bates' career: from his Grammy-winning opera The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs to his work as a DJ and curator for series including San Francisco's Mercury Soul, and KC Jukebox at the Kennedy Center. Philharmonia Fantastique: The Making of the Orchestra is no exception....

Andrew Von Oeyen's New Bach And Beethoven Recording To Be Released By Warner Classics
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 13, 2021

Shaped by von Oeyen's experience of lockdown, this solo recital, recorded in France in September 2020, comprises Bach's eight-movement Overture in the French Style BWV 831, Beethoven's Piano Sonatas No. 13 in E flat and No. 23 in F minor, “Appassionata,” and and two Bach arrangements by Wilhelm Kempff....

Cellist Oliver Herbert Receives Avery Fisher Career Grant
by A.A. Cristi - March 11, 2021

The 2021 Career Grants continue a long-standing philanthropic tradition started by the late Avery Fisher as part of a major gift to Lincoln Center in 1974. The program is designed to give professional assistance and recognition to talented instrumentalists, as well as chamber ensembles, who the Recommendation Board and Executive Committee of the Avery Fisher Artist Program believe to have great potential for major careers....

Sun Valley Music Festival Announces A 'Season To Celebrate'
by Stephi Wild - March 10, 2021

The largest admission-free classical music festival in the United States presents its 37th Summer Season with live concerts featuring classical mainstays and a special celebration honoring frontline heroes....

The Berlin Philharmonic Presents the World Premiere Of Anna Thorvaldsdottir's CATAMOR
by Stephi Wild - January 15, 2021

On Friday, January 29, 2021, at 11am PT / 2pm ET / 8pm CET, the Berlin Philharmonic will perform the world premiere of Anna Thorvaldsdottir's highly anticipated new orchestral work, CATAMORPHOSIS, conducted by Kirill Petrenko. ...

Giancarlo Guerrero, Nashville Symphony's JOHN ADAMS: My Father Knew Charles Ives
by Stephi Wild - January 06, 2021

On January 15, 2020, Naxos will release a new album from Giancarlo Guerrero and the Nashville Symphony including two major works by Pulitzer and Erasmus Prize-winning American composer JOHN ADAMS: My Father Knew Charles Ives and Harmonielehre (Naxos 8.559854)....

New York Philharmonic To Perform in CNN's THE FOURTH IN AMERICA
by Chloe Rabinowitz - July 02, 2020

The New York Philharmonic will participate in CNN's The Fourth in America, a primetime musical special airing Saturday, July 4, from 8:00 p.m. to midnight EDT....

New Podcast Series 'Embrace Everything: The World Of Gustav Mahler' Launches With Sym
by A.A. Cristi - June 08, 2020

The Embrace Everything podcast series, created and hosted by award-winning radio producer Aaron Cohen, is an exploration and celebration of the music of Gustav Mahler (1860–1911) via a journey through his symphonies. Through commentary by Mr. Cohen, interviews with leading Mahler interpreters and scholars, readings from the letters of Mahler and his contemporaries, and through the sounds of the symphonies themselves, each season of the series will guide listeners through one of these landmark wo...

Organist Paul Jacobs Is Featured With The Cleveland Orchestra On World Premiere Recor
by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 23, 2020

Grammy-award winning American organist Paul Jacobs appears as the only soloist with the Cleveland Orchestra under the baton of Music Director Franz Welser-Möst on the three-volume album 'The Cleveland Orchestra: A New Century.'...

Paul Jacobs To Perform Horatio Parker's Organ Concerto With Nashville Symphony & Gian
by Julie Musbach - October 22, 2019

Grammy-award winning American organist Paul Jacobs appears as soloist in Horatio Parker's renowned Organ Concerto with the Nashville Symphony and conductor Giancarlo Guerrero...

Conductor Gemma New to Make Four Orchestral Debuts in 30 Days this Summer
by Rebecca Russo - June 25, 2019

The fast-rising New Zealand-born conductor Gemma New will be making her debut with four different U.S. orchestras this Summer, beginning with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra June 27, where she will be conducting Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5 and Polonaise from 'Eugene Onegin', as well as Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 3....

Cellist Oliver Herbert Joins Opus 3 Roster
by Paul Smith - October 16, 2018

Opus 3 is pleased to welcome cellist Oliver Herbert, a San Francisco native who is quickly building a reputation as an artist with a distinct voice and individual style. Performing a wide range of repertoire, Oliver's recent solo and recital appearances include debuts with the San Francisco Symphony, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Warsaw Philharmonic, Las Vegas Philharmonic, Curtis Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony SoundBox, and the Dame Myra Hess Recital Series in Chicago, among others....

VIDEO: Get The Inside Scoop On Carnegie Hall's Opening Night, Set To Feature Renee Fl
by Alan Henry - September 24, 2018

This is a Carnegie Hall Opening Night you will never forget. A pair of vocal superstars-Renee Fleming and Audra McDonald-join Perspectives artist Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony for an evening of favorites from opera and music theater. To add to the festive occasion, there's exhilarating orchestral music by Gershwin and Liszt's whirling waltz. ...




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