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Sonya Bach (Rubicon) In six carefully selected works, the Korean pianist tracks the evolution of Bartók’s keyboard music but doesn’t tell the whole story The six works in Sonya Bach’s collection are well-chosen to provide a handy guide...Thursday, April 3, 2025 from Classical music | The Guardian
Opolais/Gunnell/Groissböck/Hoare/Tanglewood Festival Ch/Boston SO/Nelsons (Deutsche Grammophon) The impact of Shostakovich’s savagely ironic and historically significant composition is neutered in a disappointing recording taken from...Thursday, April 3, 2025 from ArtsJournal
The three-time Oscar nominee will direct Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin at the Paris Opera. (He played the title role in a 1999 film adaptation of the Pushkin novel on which the opera is based.) The production runs from Jan. 26 through Feb....Thursday, April 3, 2025 from Seen and Heard International
Puccini, Turandot: Soloists, Royal Opera Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Rafael Payare (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Bridget Caldwell) from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, to Cineworld Basildon, Essex,...Thursday, April 3, 2025 from Seen and Heard International
Puccini, La bohème: Soloists, Uniting Voices Chicago, Chorus and Orchestra of Lyric Opera of Chicago / Jordan de Souza (conductor). Civic Opera House, Chicago, 28.3.2025. (JLZ) Production: Director – Melanie Bacaling Sets – Gerard...Thursday, April 3, 2025 from ArtsJournal
For 2025-26, the company will again offer all seats at $11 each (or higher if the buyer chooses). There are twice as many performances as this season, and five works scheduled rather than this season’s three — but only one of those works...Thursday, April 3, 2025 from Music and Vision
Mike Wheeler listens to an all-American programme from Sinfonia VivaThursday, April 3, 2025 from I CARE IF YOU LISTEN
Transdisciplinary artist and director Amy Beth Kirsten is motivated by curiosity. Whether she is composing large scale works for the.. The post Amy Beth Kirsten’s Multidimensional Storytelling is on Display in “Infernal...Thursday, April 3, 2025 from Classical Voice North America
VIENNA – The one-act opera is being mounted at the Vienna State Opera for the first time since Gustav Mahler conducted it in the 1900-01 season. Soprano Sonya Yoncheva makes a vocally rich and nuanced role debut to head a stellar cast....Wednesday, April 2, 2025 from Seen and Heard International
The Royal Ballet and Opera announces 2025/26 Season Royal Opera’s first Season with new Music Director Jakub Hrůša featuring eight new opera productions RBO/Shift – a new festival exploring the ever-evolving intersection between opera...Wednesday, April 2, 2025 from Seen and Heard International
Jerusalem Quartet brings Shostakovich’s string quartet cycle to Cleveland The mightiest string quartet cycle of the twentieth century is rarely encountered live. Indeed, it is probable that a complete cycle of the quartets of the...Wednesday, April 2, 2025 from ArtsJournal
“He’s actually a replica of what we see in the tech industry,” Yuval Sharon said. “There’s a messianic belief that we must transcend our own humanity and that AI is making up for all the terrible ways we behave. People really do believe...Wednesday, April 2, 2025 from Seen and Heard International
Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera / Joana Mallwitz (conductor). Metropolitan Opera, New York, 31.3.2025. (ES-S) It is fair to assume that many spectators attending the season’s first...Wednesday, April 2, 2025 from Seen and Heard International
Schubert: Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano), Maxim Emelyanychev (fortepiano), Wigmore Hall, London, 28.3.2025. (CSa) Schubert – Winterreise, D911 ‘When I wished to sing of love it turned into sorrow, and when I wished to sing of sorrow, it...Wednesday, April 2, 2025 from Seen and Heard International
Brahms, Shostakovich: Gil Shaham (violin), San Francisco Symphony / Juraj Valčuha (conductor). Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 30.3.2025. (HS) Brahms – Violin Concerto Shostakovich – Symphony No.10 I seldom miss a chance to attend a...Wednesday, April 2, 2025 from Seen and Heard International
Various: Johan Dalene (violin), Sahun Sam Hong (piano). Vancouver Playhouse, Vancouver, 23.4.2025. (GN) R. Schumann – Sonata No.1 in A minor, Op.105 Rautavarra – ‘Notturno e danza’ Lutoslawski – Partita for Violin and Piano Grieg –...Wednesday, April 2, 2025 from ArtsJournal
Initially, there was a lot of excitement in the press—the first American at the helm of one of the great orchestras! But the tone soon became hostile, even acrimonious. Audiences loved Bernstein, but his full-bodied manner on the...Wednesday, April 2, 2025 from Planet Hugill - A world of classical music
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Work on the 998-seat George Weston Recital Hall will begin in the summer of 2026; the project will include upgraded seating, refreshed paintwork, and restoration of the hall’s original flooring. – Ludwig VanWednesday, April 2, 2025 from Music and Vision
Ron Bierman reviews Richard Strauss' opera 'Salome'Wednesday, April 2, 2025 from I CARE IF YOU LISTEN
The celebrated Kronos Quartet are beloved because of the five decades they have dedicated to uplifting new music. In concert,.. The post 5 Questions to Gabriela Díaz and Ayane Kozasa (Kronos Quartet) appeared first on I CARE IF YOU LISTEN .Wednesday, April 2, 2025 from Planet Hugill - A world of classical music
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SAVANNAH – The 2025 Savannah Music Festival is focused on genre-bending artists and works, and where once the Atlanta Symphony was featured annually, chamber music rules, and soloists, like pianist Michelle Cann (right), hold center...Tuesday, April 1, 2025 from Seen and Heard International
RSNO Launches 2025/26 Concert Season The Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO) launches its 2025:26 Concert Season, featuring Scottish talent, contemporary composers and new commissions. The 2025/26 Season explores brand new music,...Tuesday, April 1, 2025 from ArtsJournal
BMG generated EUR €963 million (USD $1.04bn) in annual revenues in 2024, up 6.4% YoY or up 8.1% YoY on an organic basis. – Music Business WorldwideTuesday, April 1, 2025 from ArtsJournal
“What has been lost is a sense of decency. It’s a new system of values or rather of a lack of values. We no longer seem to know what is right or wrong. For example, being a liar used to be considered a vice.” – Classical Voice...Tuesday, April 1, 2025 from Classical Voice North America
NEW YORK – Recklessly ambitious, bewilderingly epic, the 1948 Kurt Weill-Alan Jay Lerner musical has been periodically resurrected as visionary theater. This smart revival boasts two knockout leads in Kate Baldwin and Brian Stokes...Tuesday, April 1, 2025 from ArtsJournal
The order directs the Federal Trade Commission to more rigorously enforce existing law governing the use of bots that help scalpers scoop up hot tickets, including by issuing fines. Trump said the FTC, along with the Treasury and Justice...Tuesday, April 1, 2025 from Seen and Heard International
Lalo, Le roi d’Ys (concert performance): Soloists, Chelsea Opera Group Chorus and Orchestra / Paul Wingfield (conductor). Cadogan Hall, London, 30.3.2025. (CC) Cast: Margared – Maria Schellenberg Rozenn – Hye-Youn Lee Mylio – Luis Gomez...Tuesday, April 1, 2025 from Seen and Heard International
BBC SO Total Immersion: Pierre Boulez: Beñat Erro Díez, Lily Payne (clarinets), Hannah Miller (recording engineer), Tamara Stefanovich (piano), Anna Dennis (soprano), BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra / Martyn Brabbins (conductor)....Tuesday, April 1, 2025 from Seen and Heard International
London Handel Festival 2025 – Apollo e Dafne (HWV122) and The Choice of Hercules (HWV69): Soloists, La Nuova Musica / David Bates (conductor) with New English Ballet Theatre. Shoreditch Town Hall, 27.3.2025. (AK) The genre of opera...Tuesday, April 1, 2025 from ArtsJournal
Charles MacKay, who was general director of the summer company from 2008-2018, was arrested in March in Powell, Wyoming after having allegedly solicited two teenagers for sex. – Santa Fe New MexicanTuesday, April 1, 2025 from Music and Vision
Introducing 'The Pianistic Crown'Tuesday, April 1, 2025 from Planet Hugill - A world of classical music
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With four composers – three living, all women – Philippe Quint’s Milestones is a refreshing and much-needed addition to a.. The post Philippe Quint Brings Stunning Virtuosity to Album of Works by Auerbach, Wallen, and Kvint appeared...Tuesday, April 1, 2025 from Planet Hugill - A world of classical music
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Alexander Campbell Mackenzie (b Edinburgh, 22 Aug 1847; d London, 28 April 1935) was a Scottish composer, who was educated at the Royal Academy of Music, (of which he was later to become the Principal) He had further studies in Germany,...Monday, March 31, 2025 from Seen and Heard International
Pärt, Tan Dun, Lutoslawski: Colin Currie (water percussion), London Philharmonic Orchestra / Hannu Lintu (conductor). Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 29.3.2025. (CK) Pärt – Symphony No.1 (Polyphonic) Tan Dun – Water Concerto Lutoslawski –...Monday, March 31, 2025 from Seen and Heard International
Mozart, Janáček: Mahler Chamber Orchestra / Dame Mitsuko Uchida (piano, director). Carnegie Hall, New York, 29.3.2025. (ES-S) Mozart – Piano Concerto No.18 in B-flat major, KV456; Piano Concerto No.21 in C major, KV467 Janáček – Mládí...Monday, March 31, 2025 from ArtsJournal
Michael Bublé handed Canadians a heartfelt dose of patriotism at the Juno Awards on Sunday, setting the tone for a night of not-so-subtle references to Canada’s current tensions with the United States. – CBCMonday, March 31, 2025 from Seen and Heard International
Massenet, Werther: Soloists, Chœur d’enfants de la Maîtrise des Hauts-de-Seine, Les Siècles / Marc Leroy-Calatayud (conductor).Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris, 28.3.2025. (RP) One is starting to run out of superlatives for Benjamin...Monday, March 31, 2025 from Classical music | The Guardian
Cadogan Hall, London Chelsea Opera Group were at their best and conductor Paul Wingfield drove the score hard in this rare outing for the French composer’s startlingly original work É douard Lalo ’s Le Roi d’Ys was first performed in...Monday, March 31, 2025 from Planet Hugill - A world of classical music
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Joana Mallwitz “did not come from a musical family. Her talent on the piano at home in Hildesheim was quickly apparent, but for three hours each afternoon she was banned from touching it and sent to play in the garden instead.” –...Monday, March 31, 2025 from Planet Hugill - A world of classical music
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“Deantha Edmunds was the 2025 winner of the Classical Composition of the Year Juno Award. Her project Angmalukisaa (the Inuktitut word for ‘round’) was part on the album Alikeness with the Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra.”...Monday, March 31, 2025 from Classical music | The Guardian
Barbican, London The hands of pianist Tamara Stefanovich executed a mesmerising ballet as the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Martyn Brabbins saluted this revolutionary composer It’s hard in our current climate to imagine any other iconoclast...Monday, March 31, 2025 from Music and Vision
'Big Music', our April 2025 PDF newsletter, has just been publishedMonday, March 31, 2025 from Classical music | The Guardian
St George’s Bristol The consummate vocal ensemble beautifully highlighted symbolic connections between the 16th-century Italian composer and soon-to-be 90 Arvo Pärt This year marks the 500th anniversary of the birth of Palestrina, the...Monday, March 31, 2025 from Classical Voice North America
SEATTLE – In the first program led by Xian Zhang since her appointment last fall as music director-designate, the Seattle Symphony delivered a supercharged performance of Holst's The Planets enhanced by high-definition images from NASA....