The Violin Channel recently caught up with former Juilliard String Quartet members who shared their collective memories of long-time colleague and friend, violinist Robert Mann, who passed away last week, aged 97.

Adam Golka releases SCHUMANN: Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 11 etc with First Hand Records. For more information, click here. “These are performances of poetry and sensitivity, with the reading of the piano sonata rivalling…

On February 2, Marc-André Hamelin looks forward to the release of Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring & Other Works for Two Pianos Four-Hands. Recorded with Leif Ove Andsnes for Hyperion, the new album is the…

Next week, conductor Ken-David Masur leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, and a cast of actors in a new staged adaptation of Edvard Grieg’s incidental music to Henrik Ibsen’s play Peer Gynt…

Conductor Jayce Ogren leads subscription weeks this season with the Columbus, Edmonton, Louisville and Asheville Symphonies in straight-ahead classical repertoire ranging from Mendelssohn and Beethoven to Sibelius, Stravinsky, and Copland – all dear familiars and…

Marc-André Hamelin recently completed his week at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, where he participated in the Jury.  Hamelin evaluated competitors on his own composition, commissioned specially for the competition, in addition to several other…

Beethoven’s “Emperor” Concerto and Chopin’s Piano Cto. No. 1 figured into Adam Golka’s winter season, with performances with the Riverside County Phil. in CA and the Knoxville Symphony, respectively: “Golka’s playing was light and full of the…

Highlights of Mahan Esfahani’s busy winter and spring included the world premiere of Francisco Coll’s harpsichord Concerto with the Britten Sinfonia in February. His US recital tour in March included dates at the McCarter Theater…

Marc-André Hamelin‘s winter/spring highlights included Ravel and Shostakovich concerti with the Montreal Symphony and Kent Nagano, Medtner’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with Kirill Petrenko and the Bayerische Staatsorcheter as well as with the Atlanta Symphony and Michael…

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…

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…