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FILM Chopin: I am not afraid of darkness Spazju Kreattiv is now screening an unusual documentary film taking the viewer on a cinematic journey through unique and grim landscapes while wondering if classical music can heal places affected by…

DCF 1.0During the splendid organ recital last Sunday, one could imagine the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston transformed into a French cathedral. Maurice Clerc, emeritus titular organist of Saint-Bénigne Cathedral in Dijon, France,…

CANTON − Sunday Cantonal Symphony Orchestra the concert will feature the acclaimed black pianist michelle cann performing the concerto of a pioneering black composer.Nathan Maslyk, symphony marketing director, said on 7 p.m. MasterWorks…

COLUMBUS — Mrs. Loretta Ann Ciferno, 91, a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, died Friday, September 23, 2022, surrounded by her loving family in Columbus, where she had lived for nearly 30 years.Loretta was born in…

English saxophonist Andy Sheppard played in a band led by legendary American bassist Charlie Haden, a multi-faceted musician whose backgrounds ranged from folk to free jazz."I'm in the middle of a solo, and Charlie was playing right behind…

By Lawrence A. Johnson Jeannette Sorrell directed Apollo's Fire in Monteverdi Vespers of 1610 Sunday afternoon at Alice Millar Chapel in Evanston. Photo: S. Keenan It's been a really good fall in Chicago for baroque and before music.…

There is a tendency to equate chamber music ensembles with the traditional string quartet, allowing for number and piano variations. Strictly a generalization. However, as the Chamber Music Society has shown us over the years, this genre…

Thomas R. OldtIt's probably accurate to say that Imperial Polk County isn't particularly known for incubating opera singers. But that doesn't mean there isn't — and one of the standout talents is mezzo-soprano Kimberly E. Hernandez of…

A a huge painted stage curtain appears repeatedly throughout German director Christof Loy's impressive new film Tosca for the English National Opera. He slips through a church wall in Act 1, then into the gripping murder scene in Act…

Aleksandra Kurzak and Michael Fabiano star in Puccini Tosca at the Metropolitan Opera. Photo: Karen Almond/Met Opera Tosca is not just an opera - the title itself is a nutshell substitute for how opera is imagined in…

Amina Figarova is on the road to share the joy."The music I wrote, and the title, I think, says it all: joy. I wanted to put all those negative feelings to rest," she says of her latest album, "Joy." The acclaimed jazz pianist spent a…

Michael Spyres plays the lead role of Mozart Idomenee at the Metropolitan Opera. Photo: Karen Almond/Met Opera The Metropolitan Opera revived Jean-Pierre Ponnelle's 1982 production of Mozart Idomenee for the second night of…

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Gustavo Dudamel, one of the world's most acclaimed conductors, is the 2022 winner of the $100,000 Glenn Gould Prize.The award was announced Sunday in Toronto at the Royal Conservatory of Music's TELUS Center for Performance and Learning.…

Wales is justifiably proud of its singing heritage. The song, both religious and secular, is hugely important to Welsh culture - it's not for nothing that it's often known as the Land of Song. In particular, choral music is an essential…

Mozart's exuberant Bollywood-style finale Figaro's wedding at the San Jose OperaOpera San José's vibrant new production of Mozart's perennial audience favorite Figaro's wedding delivers a host of delights, including a pair of bright central…

Baritone Kris Gonzales at the Minamahal show at the CCP. Photo by Vangie Oliquino. The Friends for Cultural Concerns of the Philippines (FCCP) staging of Minamahal Kita on Thursday night (September 15) in the main theater lobby of…

Leonard Salzedo conducted the recording of Spanish Fiesta, which included his own Divertimento Espagñol. Photo: Courtesy of Caroline Salzedo He was a prolific composer of ballet and orchestral scores evoking the rhythms of his Sephardic…

What happens when artists meet at the margins of their disciplines and push the boundaries back and forth? What happens is AUREA, a performance ensemble engaged in a joyful quest to investigate and reinvigorate the harmony of music and…

Francesca Aguado holds the title role of Bizet Carmen at the Lyric Opera of Miami. The Miami Lyric Opera celebrates its 20th anniversarye anniversary this season, and on Saturday night, the robust company took the stage at the South…

ICP Sweden: Dean ChalkleyDaim: Autofiction (BMG) ***Ozzy Osbourne: Patient Number 9 (Columbia Records) ***LeAnn Rimes: God's Handiwork (EverLe Records/Thirty Tigers) ***Sudan Archives: Natural Brown Prom Queen (Stones Throw) ****Thirty…

The Canberra Symphony Orchestra has announced its 2023 programme, Chroma, a season of three concert series, woven through music with an intricate fascination with Australian colour, visual and landscape, followed by the annual CSO Prom.…

Start your long weekend by occupying the Overton Park Shell, discovering eye-opening exhibits, hearing Grammy-winning voices and celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month. Discover other local artistic events on…

In this new program from its MainStage series, the Song Company performs the seven-part oratorio by Dietrich Buxtehude Membra Jesu nostri patientis sanctissima (1680), intertwined with a world premiere of Chris Williams' I pray to the sea,…

Shot by Italian director Dario Argento in 1987, and praised for its creative gore and dramatic use of tension, the giallo (Italian crime thriller) "Opera" recounts the bloody escapades of a masked killer as he tracks down an…

August 29, 2022 Cornell College music department presents the return of a full Cornell…

Classical music fans and the Chamber Music Society will now have the chance to hear them in Saratoga year-round instead of the usual summer performances. The Saratoga Performing Arts Center has announced a new year-round residency for CMS…

A performance at the Quisisana Resort in Maine. Courtesy of Quisisana Resort There are classic Maine resorts, and then there's Quisisana Resort, which describes itself as an "all-inclusive musical theater resort on Lake…

CLASSICAL music returns to Marbella from September 1 to 10 thanks to the VII Marbella International Music Festival. There will be a cycle of classical concerts, music masterclasses and a new edition of the traditional…

Zubin Mehta conducts the Australian World Orchestra at Usher HallThe two images by J Shurte for the Edinburgh International Festival The Edinburgh International Festival is playing its part in the UK/Australia 2021-22…

Cantabile Pune is set to conduct 'Thankful', a musical concert with performances from its adult and children's choir, on August 28 at Bishop's School, Camp. The concert is a fundraising event in aid of the Eventide Home for the Elderly…

A brand new opera about one of Wales' best-known legends and written by Royal Composer Paul Mealor will have its world premiere at a leading music festival. There will be two performances of the community opera, Gelert, at the North Wales…

Arnold Schoenberg by Egon SchieleDuring the years 1918-21, under the heading Verein für musikalische Privataufführungen, Arnold Schoenberg and his colleagues produced versions for chamber ensemble of well-known orchestral masterpieces. The…

By Lawrence A. Johnson Larry Rachleff, a fiery conductor and inspirational teacher who was the founding music director of the Chicago Philharmonic Orchestra, died Monday in Houston after a long battle with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.…

Sarah Tuttle Songs From Here featuring classical soprano Sarah Tuttle and pianist Bridget Convey will be presented at 3 p.m. on Sunday, August 14 at the Arts Center Denmark. Songs From Here is a new initiative by Maine musicians to…

Judith Durham, who died of bronchiectasis at the age of 79, was the lead singer of The Seekers, her soprano voice helping to make the group one of the most popular of the 1960s. The Seekers were both the first great Australian band to…

Special for T&D South Carolina State University President Alexander Conyers recently awarded the university's Concert Choir $50,000 for recurring…

Genevieve Lacey and Marshall McGuire won Best Classic Album or EP at the 2022 Australian Independent Record Labels Association (AIR) Awards for their album Arborpublished by the ABC. The recorder virtuoso and harpist collaborated digitally…

To many ears, no phrase screams "elitism" like "wine appreciation." Unless it's "classical music".Violinist Sasha Callahan understands these stereotypes. The Willamette Valley Chamber Music Festival which she co-directs is dedicated to…

Longtime KUT-KUTX airline personality John Aielli dies at 76 Jean AielliLongtime KUT and KUTX/Austin radio personality John Aielli died on Sunday. He was 76 years old. Aielli began his career at KUT 90.5 in September 1966 as a…

The Aspen Music Festival has a long and rich relationship with the Van Cliburn Piano Competition which offers a prime time recital by the winners every four years. This year's winner,…

"Orpheus and Eurydice." Painting by Frederic Leighton, 1864. The Miami Beach Classical Music Festival continued its ninth season with Claudio Monteverdi's The Orfeo, played Saturday afternoon at the Faena Forum. Created in 1607 in the…

The official opening of one of the biggest classical music festivals in the world is overshadowed by the appearance of a conductor whose orchestra and choir are financed by a bank controlled by the Russian government.Cultural commentators…

MIDDLE TOWNSHIP — Linda Gentille and the Jersey Shore Pops will perform "Music of the Night" at 7 p.m. on July 23 at the Middle Township Performing Arts Center.Offering a special tribute to Broadway legends Andrew Lloyd…

Tuesday, July 19, 2022, 5:43 p.m.Press release: Consulate of the Republic of Korea Thursday July 28, 2022, 7:30 p.m. Holy Trinity Cathedral, Parnell, Auckland FREE ENTRANCENew Zealanders…

Musicals are a popular genre of film that features characters singing songs and performing dance numbers as they would be seen on a stage. Many popular musical films have, in fact, been adapted from plays like Mama Mia!, a musical film…

As South Australia holds the reigning cultural crowns of world fame Adelaide Fringe and Adelaide Festival in the last days of summer, they can now add a winter counterpart to their arsenal. Light Up Festival returns to Adelaide in July to…

Mozart's "The Magic Flute" premiered Sunday at the Miami Beach Classical Music Festival at Temple Emanu-El. The combination of comedy, fantasy and moral elevation makes The magic flute a perfect introduction to opera for newcomers to…

Kenneth Tarver, Alexander Adams-Leytes and Katherine Beck star in Rossini The inganno felice, presented by the Chicago Opera Festival. Photo: Elliot Mandel True to its mission to perform rarely heard Italian operas, the Opera…

The sun is (fingers crossed) here to stay, and summer is festival season in Oregon. Sometimes I get a little of that summer sadness beginning of July because my body has not yet caught up with the weather. But, at the very least,…

Dawn Upshaw (file photo)Would anyone deny that Dido's Lament, by Purcell, frequently staged and highly regarded Dido and Aeneas is the saddest music in the world? Probably not, but librettist Stephanie Fleischman and composer Melinda…

June 25, soprano opera Angela Brown received the first Lifetime Achievement Award from The Coalition for African Americans in the Performing Arts (CAAPA) for his impactful career and his personal commitment to the diversity of role models,…

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Javier Arrey and Mary Feminear as Mozart's Count and Countess The Marriage of Figaro at the Maryland Lyric Opera. Photo: Julien Thomas After two semi-organized concerts earlier this spring, the Maryland Lyric Opera closed its…

FILMS AND MUSIC WITH AEDÍN GORMLEY As Tom Cruise celebrates his 60th birthday this weekend, Aedín looks back on his career and features music from a selection of his films, including The Firm and Born on the Fourth of July. Classic film…

Bformer programming by cellist co-directors Alice Neary and violinist david adams made them four day summer festival a most attractive event and it is clearly also a factor in attracting fellow musicians from all over to join them. Chamber…

The more than 2,000 spectators stood up and enjoyed the performance. The 2022 San Diego Mostly Mozart Festival concluded with concerts on Friday, June 17 and Saturday, June 18. They were, as always, excellent. An unexpected treat…

PAUL FRANCON Little known to most Napans, an internationally renowned symphony and opera conductor lives among us and will present "The Greatest Wagner Concert…

Sarah Brightman, the world's best-selling soprano, will perform for one night only for "An Evening of Music and Conversation" on the Seabourn Encore. Brightman, patron of the Encore, named the ship at a ceremony in Singapore in January…

Born in Manatí, Puerto Rico, Kedward Avilés discovered music very young. He learned to sing boleros, bohemian and trio music from his grandparents with whom he grew up. In grade 5, he worked for the first time in a musical theater…

The third week of FestivalSouth® features events for all ages: Artie events for families, coffee concerts, a Liberace tribute concert and events celebrating June 19 and women's compositions. The complete schedule and all the details are on…

Six years after the world debut of Dream of the Red Roomthe first operatic adaptation of the 18th-century Chinese epic novel of the same name, the opera will return to San Francisco with a mostly new cast…

The Middletown Arts Center is delighted to host a benefit concert for Ukraine featuring award-winning soprano Malena Towers who will perform to music by Vivaldi, Mozart, Puccini and Lloyd Webber. Experience an afternoon that is sure to…

The cultural highlights of our region this weekend are chamber music, baroque music, jazz, theater… and much more.Improvisation in music did not start with jazz. Crescendo Music presents a program…

Yorta Yorta Soprano and composer Deborah Cheetham has been named the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award at the annual Australian Women in Music Awards. AWMA jurors described Cheetham as a trailblazer whose voice spoke much…

ISTANBUL As part of the 50th Istanbul Music Festival, Austrian soprano Anna Prohaska will take the stage at the Atatürk Cultural Center (AKM) on June 9. During the concert, she will share the stage with the…

Conductor Peter Askim and orchestra by Kevin T. McEneaney Sometimes one can be transported or teleported to another planet while attending a concert; it was one of those magical Saturday nights at Music Mountain with the sun setting…

Entrepreneur and singer, Claire Khodara released an album, Modern Lullaby, where the soprano ... sing covers of pop songs in lullaby versions to create music that parents and children will enjoy. All proceeds from the album…

The Başkent Culture Road Festival, which will last until June 12, brings together 5,971 artists and offers 560 activities at more than 70 points in the capital, ushering in a new kind of vitality in Ankara - a city with…

Oith other events to mark the centenary of the birth of Iannis Xenakis this year, still rare in the UK, Birmingham's day of workshops, lectures and concerts, presented on the day of the anniversary itself under the auspices of the…

Ernie Clowes heard a familiar noise coming from across the street. He said he thought to himself, “Wow, there must be a neighbor who loves opera like me. They have to play it on the radio. He didn't come on the airwaves. The powerful…

Written by BT/MTI The Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest will welcome international artists such as Martin Haselbock and Rudolf Buchbinder, as well as the Vienna Boys'!-->…

On paper, Stravinsky's one-act opera mavra (1922) has everything from cross-dressing to sharp repartee. At just 25 minutes, it gives four singers a chance to show off their comedy chops at top speed. You guessed it. In the theater, it…

When the screen suddenly goes black and the accents of Journey's Do not stop Believing remained silent during the finale of an iconic TV show The Sopranos in 2007, it might have symbolized the death of Tony Soprano, but it started a new…

ON THURSDAY 19 May, at the Perth Concert Hall, Scottish Opera presents a program of some of opera's most moving and delightful music to open the 50th anniversary festival of the Perth Festival of the Arts. The…

Bass Andrea Silvestrelli sang the role of King Philip II in Verdi don carlo with Maryland Lyric Opera on Friday nights. Photo: Julien Thomas Do you feel cynical about the intersection of religion and politics for some reason?…

Subscription tickets to the Premium Classical 2022-23 series of seven extraordinary concerts are on sale until May 24 at The Soraya.org. Only Premium Classical Series subscribers will be guaranteed tickets to the Israel Philharmonic…

BAY VILLAGE, Ohio — Some classic performances have people walking away saying, oh, that was good. But few see the audience give two standing ovations first, then walk out with a clear bounce in their step and take the opportunity to tell…

To celebrate the expected return of its audience, the Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir of Music Lovers (OPCM) will only present grandiose lyrical masterpieces in 2022-2023.This season, the exchange between the soloists and the choir will…

Since Russia invaded Ukraine in February, the shockwaves have been felt around the world and in many aspects of life - even in the generally rarefied world of classical music, in which the concert hall and opera more often offer refuge…