The technically dazzling and intellectually probing artistry of pianist Ran Dank is on full display as he heads into a November marathon of recitals, chamber music, and performances of the Kevin Puts Piano Concerto. First,…
Paul Jacobs‘ season has been shaped by the Christopher Rouse Organ Concerto, which he premiered with the Philadelphia Orchestra led by Yannick Nézet-Séguin on November 17 last year, and has continued performing this spring with dates…
Soyeon Kate Lee had a year full of orchestral performances, playing Bartok’s Piano Concerto No. 3 at the Erie Philharmonic led by Daniel Meyer in January and later with the Eugene Symphony in March. She also performed Chopin’s…
Ran Dank has given both orchestral and recital concerts so far this year, starting with the Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Toledo Symphony in March, recitals at Bargemusic in April, and a stunning performance…
Buenos Aires’ Teatro Colón invited pianist and conductor Marino Formenti for a month-long residency which took place this past March. Unable to decide which of the suggested projects to present, the artistic direction invited Marino…
May 5-7, with his home orchestra, the Kansas City Symphony, Michael Stern leads the Britten War Requiem with fellow Colbert Artists soprano Christine Brewer and tenor Anthony Dean Griffey in commemoration of the United State’s…
Jayce Ogren wrapped 2016 leading his home organization, Philadelphia’s Orchestra 2001, and the Princeton Symphony Orchestra in Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky in November. He kicked off the New Year at Casa de Musica in Portugal, leading…
This May, Maestro Ken-David Masur leads the Civic Orchestra of Chicago (his debut with that organization) in works by Beethoven, Brahms, and Mendelssohn at Symphony Center on May 8. In June he oversees the Chelsea…
Principal Conductor of the Bonn Opera in Germany, Jacques Lacombe led the company in La Bohème and Tristan & Isolde throughout September, October, and November of 2016. This season has also seen Lacombe leading productions…
April 27-May 12, Maestro Bernhard Gueller leads his orchestra Symphony Nova Scotia in its annual Festival, focusing on European Masterworks, including the Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5, Brahms Symphony No. 1 and Piano Concerto No. 1…
Now Booking Tales of Two Cities: February 26 – March 10, 2019 Tales of Two Cities: The Leipzig-Damascus Coffee House is the latest multi-media creation from Alison Mackay, who conceived and programmed their most recent J.S. Bach: The…
Conductor and Music Director of the Kansas City Symphony, Michael Stern just led a subscription week with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and fellow Colbert Artist, Marc-André Hamelin in nights of Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky, and Medtner’s Piano…
Program I Beethoven: String Quartet in D Major, Op. 18, No. 3 Lembit Beecher: Newly Commissioned Piece [c. 20 Minutes] Intermission Dvorak: String Quartet in F Major, Op. 96 (“American”) Program II Haydn: String Quartet…
Amarcord is pleased to announce their 2017 run of A Cappella, a music festival and competition celebrating a cappella music from April 21 to 30 in Leipzig, Germany! To learn more, please visit the festival’s website.
“Psychologically, I am bound to this piece,” Bailey says. “Most things we play, we’re reinterpreting the past. This is new music. This was written for me. This is the present and the future, and that…
Cellist Mark Kosower enjoyed a rich fall season with performances of Elgar’s and Dvörak’s cello concerti; Bloch’s Schelomo; and Tchaikovsky’s Variations on a Rococo Theme; with symphony orchestras in Buffalo, Naples, Toledo, Las Cruces, and…
In 2016, Harpist Yolanda Kondonassis released her album Ginastera: One Hundred, a centennial celebration of the composer, Alberto Ginastera, featuring his harp concerto written in 1956. Yolanda spoke with Mike Goldberg from NPR about the album, Ginastera’s contributions…
JACK Quartet launched into the new year with a bi-coastal tour: University of Washington, Santa Cruz with the Lightbulb Ensemble, and Wallis Center in LA on the west coast, and on the East Coast: Boston University, Treetops Chamber…
“With fine backing from the winds, Golka gave a performance that was both subtle and true to the spirit of Gershwin.” – Olin Chism, Star-Telegram, December 31, 2016 On New Year’s Eve, Adam Golka returned…
Conductor Daniel Meyer appears in Germany three times during January and February. He returns to the Württembergische Philharmonie in Reutlingen for concerts of Gerswhin, Mintzer and Rachmaninoff; debuts with the Staatsorchester Darmstadt in concerts of…
Paul Jacobs gives the world premiere of the Organ Concerto by Christopher Rouse on November 17 with the Philadelphia Orchestra led by their Music Director, Yannick Nezet-Seguin, in an organ extravaganza program that also includes Barber’s Toccata Festiva for Organ…
Pianist Marc-André Hamelin earned accolades for a recent Festival performance at La Jolla Music Society: “One moment Hamelin demonically crashed out chords in the lowest register, the next teased out pianissimo plaintive utterances in the treble. He…
“Every detail, from technical virtuosity to balance, is set nakedly in front of the listener. And each of these hurdles, big and small, were navigated with grace by these four fine players. The music pulsed…
Three years ago, pianists Soyeon Kate Lee and Ran Dank were wed, and marked that year by performing together at (Le) Poisson Rouge for the first time. Those three years have seen them from Cincinnati…
Conductor Michael Stern took the podium with Yo-Yo Ma and the Boston Symphony for the penultimate concert at Tanglewood this summer in a program of Bernstein, Haydn, John Williams, and Respighi: “The program was designed…
Dubbed a “Harpsichord Ninja” by the BBC, Mahan Esfahani returned to North America for debuts at the Aspen Music Festival with works by de Falla and Saariaho on August 1 and a Little Night Music…
JACK Quartet began an exciting transition earlier this month as they bade farewell to founding members violinist Ari Streisfeld and cellist Kevin McFarland at the Crested Butte Music Festival on August 5th. New members violinist Austin Wulliman and cellist Jay Campbell join the…
Vocal ensemble amarcord offers a new program marking the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther’s Protestant Reformation of 1517 and the resulting progression of performance practice in vocal music. Leipzig’s premiere a cappella ensemble joins the city’s Gewandhaus…
As the Juilliard String Quartet welcome cellist Astrid Schween, watch her tell how the match was made in this engaging video. The forthcoming season is highlighted by concerts at some of their favorite venues including Alice Tully Hall…
The Heath Quartet returns to the Ryedale Festival this week where the late string quartets of Beethoven take center stage. Over the course of four concerts (entitled ‘A Meeting of Minds’), these quartets are heard alongside the poems they…