Saturday, May 15, 2021 from Seen and Heard International
The Royal Ballet’s Spring Draft Works: Dancers of The Royal Ballet, Sergey Levitin (violin), Tim Hugh (cello), Robert Clark, Michael Pansters and Kate Shipway (piano). Performed at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, and streamed...Saturday, May 15, 2021 from Seen and Heard International
Bach, Debussy, Chopin: Beatrice Rana (piano), recorded exclusively for Cal Performances at Oratorio del Gonfalone, Rome, 6-7.4.2021. First streamed 13.5.2021, and available on demand through 12.6.2021. (HS) Bach – French Suite No.2...Saturday, May 15, 2021 from The Violin Channel | The World's Leading Violin, Strings & Classical Music News Source
This year's junior finalists are: Boha Moon (14, South Korea) Hannah Wan Ching Tam (15, China) Edward Walton (15, Australia/United Kingdom) Keila Wakao (15, Japan/United States) Kento Hong (14, United States/Japan/Taiwan) For the final...Saturday, May 15, 2021 from The Violin Channel | The World's Leading Violin, Strings & Classical Music News Source
The 2021 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition announced its finalists: Senior String Division Risus Quartet (Seoul, South Korea) The Galvin Cello Quartet (Evanston, Illinois, United States) Rucheri Trio (New Taipei City, Taiwan)...Saturday, May 15, 2021 from Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise
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Music by Walter Braunfels, heard by Gerald Fenech. 'Gregor Bühl ... marshalls his forces with full-blooded conviction, and his orchestra responds brilliantly to Braunfels' luscious musical language ...'Saturday, May 15, 2021 from Classical music | The Guardian
Lucy Crowe and Iestyn Davies lead the English Concert’s first-rate account of Handel’s 1725 opera. And two premiere recordings from the star guitarist • The English Concert , directed by Harry Bicket, has launched a new Handel opera...Saturday, May 15, 2021 from Planet Hugill - A world of classical music
Jamie W Hall If you kept an eye on the Twittersphere during 2020 then the name Jamie W. Hall may be familiar, as he became something of a phenomenon with his bathrobe recitals . Jamie's day job is as a member of the BBC Singers but his...Friday, May 14, 2021 from The Violin Channel | The World's Leading Violin, Strings & Classical Music News Source
The 2021 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition announced its semi-final candidates: Senior String Division Trio Rupnik (Vrhnika, Slovenia) Risus Quartet (Seoul, South Korea) The Galvin Cello Quartet (Evanston, Illinois, United...Friday, May 14, 2021 from The Violin Channel | The World's Leading Violin, Strings & Classical Music News Source
The Violin Channel recently sat down with the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition's Executive Director Kara Kane and Artistic Director Tom Rosenberg. Kara Kane, can you tell us about the Fischoff National Chamber Music...Friday, May 14, 2021 from The Violin Channel | The World's Leading Violin, Strings & Classical Music News Source
We’re coming to you from Michigan State University College of Music for the Dorothy DeLay MasterClass Series. A graduate of the Juilliard School and Columbia University where he studied with Dorothy DeLay and Hyo Kang, Mr. Shaham...Friday, May 14, 2021 from The Violin Channel | The World's Leading Violin, Strings & Classical Music News Source
We’re coming to you live from The Queen's Hall, in Edinburgh, for a special concert performance with conductor Douglas Boyd, pianist Steven Osborne, and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Based in Scotland, Osborne was awarded first prize...Friday, May 14, 2021 from Music Genre: Classical
A live-music series founded in Europe, which connects one musician with one listener at a time, comes to Brooklyn for two weekends of concerts by Silkroad Ensemble artists.Friday, May 14, 2021 from ArtsJournal
Paul Meecham comes to the job after leading the Utah Symphony & Opera for three years and a 10-year run as CEO of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. His résumé also includes two years at the Seattle Symphony. – Tucson.comFriday, May 14, 2021 from The Violin Channel | The World's Leading Violin, Strings & Classical Music News Source
The Violin Channel talked exclusively with the 2021 Menuhin Competition Richmond team, welcoming in the first-ever virtual competition! When Richmond was selected as the 2020 destination for the “Olympics of the Violin,” Mayor...Friday, May 14, 2021 from The Violin Channel | The World's Leading Violin, Strings & Classical Music News Source
Tell us about your association with the Menuhin Competition? My association goes back a long way. I was the first official pianist for the first one in ’83, So I have known it from the offset. When Yehudi died in 1999, I was...Friday, May 14, 2021 from The Violin Channel | The World's Leading Violin, Strings & Classical Music News Source
A graduate of the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Inkinen currently serves as chief conductor of the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbruecken and the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra. He has also conducted distinguished ensembles...Friday, May 14, 2021 from The Violin Channel | The World's Leading Violin, Strings & Classical Music News Source
Subtitle: The composer passed away peacefully at his home in Albany, New York The founder of the software company Intelligent Music, he also established the Electronic Music Foundation, a non-profit organization that aims to "increase...Friday, May 14, 2021 from ArtsJournal
“Only the males can vibrate a section of their abdomen called the tymbals to make either phaaaaaroah drone sounds or chchchchhwhhhs noise waves, depending on the species. For any mating to happen, though, the females must respond...Friday, May 14, 2021 from The Violin Channel | The World's Leading Violin, Strings & Classical Music News Source
He was a 1968 graduate of the school for clarinet, having studied with Anthony Gigliotti. Throughout his tenure, he facilitated the accreditation by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, the collaboration with the University...Friday, May 14, 2021 from The Violin Channel | The World's Leading Violin, Strings & Classical Music News Source
Sono Luminus Records announced the release of American violist Zachary Carrettín's new album, "Metamorphosis." "I’ve always thought of the Bach Cello Suites as personal meditations. Elements include song, dance, elision, cadence,...Friday, May 14, 2021 from The Violin Channel | The World's Leading Violin, Strings & Classical Music News Source
Professor Amoozegar's appointment is made as part of the school's collaborative efforts with the Farhang Foundation, which promotes Iranian culture and art. The goal is to connect students of UCLA to Iranian culture through music by...Friday, May 14, 2021 from The Violin Channel | The World's Leading Violin, Strings & Classical Music News Source
MENUHIN COMPETITION RICHMOND 2021 THURSDAY 29TH APRIL 2021 SENIOR DIVISION OPENING ROUND DAY 2 LIVE FROM RICHMOND, VIRGINIA Hannah Song (21, United States) Paganini | Caprice No. 11 J.S. Bach | Solo Sonata No. 1...Friday, May 14, 2021 from Classical music | The Guardian
Live music is back across the UK; we pick ten events to brighten the coming months More events to enjoy: Pop | Art The Royal Opera is straight off the mark, opening its new production of Mozart’s opera seria on the very first day live...Friday, May 14, 2021 from ArtsJournal
The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park, located on the downtown waterfront, seats up to 10,000 people and (because it’s San Diego and they can) will be used year-round. It hosts a livestream with selected orchestra members on May 21 and...Friday, May 14, 2021 from Planet Hugill - A world of classical music
Conductor Nil Venditti makes her Opera North debut (photo Marco Borrelli) After a year of silence, Opera North and Kirklees Council's Kirklees Concert Season is returning to Huddersfield and Dewsbury town halls for a season of concerts...Friday, May 14, 2021 from ArtsJournal
At the beginning of this week it was announced that the conductor (who was, when he was younger, hailed as a new Herbert von Karajan) was not offered a contract renewal at the orchestra and opera house in Dresden. It turns out that his...Friday, May 14, 2021 from Music and Vision
Music by Roland Dyens played by Anna Mnich and recommended by Geoff Pearce. 'The guitarist is clean in her execution, sympathetic in her musical treatment and her harmonics are flawless.'Friday, May 14, 2021 from I CARE IF YOU LISTEN
ListN Up is a weekly series of artist-curated playlists that offer an intimate sonic portrait of contemporary artists by showcasing the diverse.. The post ListN Up: Marcos Balter (May 14, 2021) appeared first on I CARE IF YOU LISTEN .Friday, May 14, 2021 from Planet Hugill - A world of classical music
Ely Cathedral As restrictions are gradually released, arts organisations are mulling the conundrum of how to incorporate what has been learned and explored during their on-line seasons into live with audience events. Whilst all...Friday, May 14, 2021 from Planet Hugill - A world of classical music
Longhope Opera Rossini's delightful (and surprisingly complex) comedy, Il Turco in Italia is going to pop up in Hampshire in July thanks to Longhope Summer Opera and Scherzo Ensemble. The opera its being performed on the Longhope Estate...Friday, May 14, 2021 from Adaptistration
Scammers haven’t wasted any time attempting to suck blood from the turnip of burgeoning performing arts org concert activity. The latest attempt to exploit organizations targets events that are at capacity or sell out quickly...Friday, May 14, 2021 from The Violin Channel | The World's Leading Violin, Strings & Classical Music News Source
429 young musicians between the ages of 14 and 30 have applied for the 75th Geneva International Cello & Oboe Competition. The applicants come from 52 different countries. A list of selected candidates will be announced on June 4,...Thursday, May 13, 2021 from ArtsJournal
The book’s subtitle, New Adventures in the Western Classical Tradition, makes its soft boundaries clear. As managing director of London’s Barbican Centre, and former director of the Proms, controller of Radio 3 and music critic of the...Thursday, May 13, 2021 from ArtsJournal
“Let’s set the scene. It’s February 28, 1903, and 12 musicians from the Imperial Household Orchestra are seated in front of a gramophone horn in a Tokyo hotel room. The needle slowly lowers onto a spinning blank disc...Thursday, May 13, 2021 from ArtsJournal
“2020 had all been about crypto art. We believe that Betty’s Notebook is the birth of crypto music. It makes music truly ‘crypto native’,” meaning the piece is designed and meant for consumption on the blockchain, instead of simply being...Thursday, May 13, 2021 from Classical music | The Guardian
Les Vents Français/Eric Le Sage (Warner Classics) There is lots to admire as the quintet and pianist capture Paul Hindemith’s best known sonatas to reveal their hidden depths As well as being one of the 20th century’s leading...Thursday, May 13, 2021 from ArtsJournal
“Members of the company’s orchestra and chorus, joined by prominent soloists and led by its music director, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, will give two concerts at the Knockdown Center in Queens on Sunday. … The concerts will go on...Thursday, May 13, 2021 from Planet Hugill - A world of classical music
The Harmonious Echo - Songs by Sir Arthur Sullivan; Mary Bevan, Kitty Whately, Ben Johnson, Ashley Riches, David Owen Norris; Chandos Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 12 May 2021 Star rating: 4.0 (★★★★) There's a strong dose of...Thursday, May 13, 2021 from Planet Hugill - A world of classical music
English National Opera has announced its 2021/22 season and a brave return to normality. There are four new productions and three revivals, with Richard Jones' new production of Wagner's The Valkyrie (which should have debut this Spring)...Thursday, May 13, 2021 from Music and Vision
Adam J Sacks listens to Prokofiev in Hong KongThursday, May 13, 2021 from Seen and Heard International
CARNEGIE HALL SELECTS BEGINS ON 14 MAY From 14 May, Carnegie Hall will offer weekly full-length and free concert streams via carnegiehall.org that feature legendary classical musicians in performances from some of the finest...Thursday, May 13, 2021 from Adaptistration
It’s official: I have a new opening for a UX/UI Front-End Designer (React/AWS) for a 3-4 month contract position with optional path toward exempt employee status. The position is 100% remote, flexible hours (although candidates...Thursday, May 13, 2021 from British Classical Music: The Land of Lost Content
The problem with Henry Balfour Gardiner (HBG) is twofold. Firstly, much of his oeuvre was written between 1900 and 1914, so it was a short career. After First World War service he never really regained the momentum to compose...Thursday, May 13, 2021 from bayreuth's classical music resources
Wednesday, May 12, 2021 from Seen and Heard International
Various: Lise Davidsen (soprano), Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro alla Scala / Riccardo Chailly (conductor) Livestreamed (directed by Daniela Vismara) by Raicultura on RaiPlay from La Scala, Milan, 10.5.2021. (JPr) Verdi – ‘Patria...Wednesday, May 12, 2021 from Classics Today
Originally released by Harmonia Mundi in 1992, and reissued on their short-lived Classical Express budget line in 2001, John Butt’s recording of the six Bach Trio Sonatas easily retains its reference status to this day. For starters,...Wednesday, May 12, 2021 from Classical music | The Guardian
After 19 months closed, the opera company under new artistic director Annilese Miskimmon will open with HMS Pinafore in a season that features the first in a new Ring Cycle, and the Handmaid’s Tale Les Dennis , the comedian-turned-quiz...Wednesday, May 12, 2021 from Classical Voice North America
NEW YORK - In its series of site-specific operas in unconventional locations throughout the city, On Site Opera now offers The Road We Came, walking tours with streamed music recalling the richness and the trials of Black history here....Wednesday, May 12, 2021 from ArtsJournal
“The union, the American Guild of Musical Artists — which also represents soloists, dancers, actors and stage managers — is the first of the three largest Met unions to reach such a deal after months of sometimes-bitter division...