Classical Post Team 6/20/19 Classical Post Team 6/20/19

Grammy-Winning Choir The Crossing To Livestream Two Shows From Next Production

dying earth. Performed by the Grammy-winning new-music choir, The Crossing, the piece shines light on contemporary issues such as environmentalism and the breakdown of social order.

Classical Post Team 6/20/19 Classical Post Team 6/20/19

Tony Award Nominee Daniel Fish Directs Acquanetta, A Visual and Musical Tour-de-Force by Michael Gordon and Deborah Artman, at Bard SummerScape

The 2019 Bard SummerScape festival takes a contemporary look at Hollywood’s Golden Age in Acquanetta, a visual and musical tour-de-force inspired by the eponymous B-movie star with a mysterious past.

Classical Post Team 6/17/19 Classical Post Team 6/17/19

Best 38 Classical Music Works

Listen to this roundup of the top 38 classical music works of all time — at least according to this one curator.

Bethany R. McKay 6/14/19 Bethany R. McKay 6/14/19

Pianist Sean Chen Takes Mathematical Approach To Music With A Splash Of Color

Being from sun-soaked Los Angeles, pianist Sean Chen has a pretty easygoing personality. While he brings color and magic to his performances, he also is mathematically and scientifically inclined so there is a methodical approach to his practice.

Classical Post Team 6/13/19 Classical Post Team 6/13/19

Cheltenham Music Festival Opens Birthday Fanfare Competition for 75th Anniversary

Cheltenham Music Festival will announce its 75th birthday with a Fanfare for Three Trumpets, which needs to be created by a talented composer. The Festival is calling for composers of all ages and musical ability to submit a fanfare, with a cash prize of £250 for the winner.

Classical Post Team 6/13/19 Classical Post Team 6/13/19

Conner Gray Covington Named Principal Conductor of Utah Symphony’s Deer Valley Music Festival

The Utah Symphony announces the appointment of Conner Gray Covington as Principal Conductor for the Deer Valley Music Festival’s 2019 and 2020 seasons, in addition to his responsibilities as year-round Associate Conductor of the orchestra. He is scheduled to conduct nine concerts as part of 2019 summer’s festival, including performances with the Indigo Girls, Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture, Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto, and “E.T. The Extra-terrestrial” in Concert.

Classical Post Team 6/13/19 Classical Post Team 6/13/19

New 15-Day International Music Event, Tsinandali Festival, Settles In the Heart of Georgia’s Wine Country

The Tsinandali Festival, a Georgian non-profit foundation, in collaboration with the Georgian government and generous private donors, has established a new international music event in the historic Tsinandali Estate. The annual Festival will present some of the greatest musicians and the specially formed Pan Caucasian Youth Orchestra, which brings together over 80 young musicians from the surrounding region. This Youth Orchestra, supported by all the governments of Georgia’s neighbors and beyond, will ensure that the work of the Tsinandali Festival extends beyond the historic estate.

Classical Post Team 6/6/19 Classical Post Team 6/6/19

Inon Barnatan Begins La Jolla Music Directorship; Plays Aspen, Santa Fe, Tanglewood and Spoleto Festivals This Summer

Inon Barnatan – “a true poet of the keyboard, refined, searching [and] unfailingly communicative” (London’s Evening Standard) – takes up his post this summer as the new Music Director of the La Jolla Music Society SummerFest, an annual chamber music festival at which he has been a favorite performer since his first appearance there in 2012.

Classical Post Team 6/6/19 Classical Post Team 6/6/19

American Composers Orchestra Announces Three Commissions from the 2019 Underwood New Music Readings

American Composers Orchestra (ACO) announces three commissions for emerging composers Jack Hughes, Jihyun Kim, and Aaron Israel Levin. They were chosen from six participants in ACO’s 28th Underwood New Music Readings, one of the most coveted opportunities for emerging composers in the United States. This year’s Underwood Readings were presented in partnership with NYU Steinhardt Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions.

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Naumburg Orchestral Concerts Presents Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and Bandoneonist JP Jofre

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra will return to Naumburg Orchestral Concerts for the series’ 114th season on August 6, held this year in Temple Emanu-El due to repairs on the iconic Naumburg Bandshell in Central Park.

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Conductor Teddy Abrams Readies For Oregon’s Britt Festival Orchestra Season Following Feature on CBS Sunday Morning

The Britt Festival Orchestra’s 2019 summer season, anchoring Oregon’s Britt Music and Arts Festival with three weeks of exhilarating open-air programming in the scenic Rogue Valley, opens July 26. Under the galvanizing leadership of Music Director Teddy Abrams, the 2019 season features a compelling combination of beloved staples of the repertoire and cutting-edge, 21st-century compositions.

Classical Post Team 5/30/19 Classical Post Team 5/30/19

Music with Meaning: Oregon Bach Festival Artists Express Personal Perspectives Through Performance

For nearly 50 years, Oregon Bach Festival has showcased the incomparable works of composer J. S. Bach, and those inspired by his timeless masterpieces. This mission continues in 2019, with a collection of creative and innovative artists who express their own unique experiences and personal perspectives through music.

Classical Post Team 5/30/19 Classical Post Team 5/30/19

Three NYC Organizations Commemorate 50 Years Since The Stonewall Uprising With Two Concerts

Five Boroughs Music Festival (5BMF), in collaboration with the New York Festival of Song (NYFOS) and the LGBT Community Center (The Center), will celebrate WorldPride in two programs featuring LGBT composers and librettists, both commemorating 50 years since the Stonewall uprising.

Classical Post Team 5/30/19 Classical Post Team 5/30/19

Canadian Pianist Tony Siqi Yun Wins First Prize at Inaugural China International Music Competition

“Words cannot express how I feel to have been awarded the Gold Medal of the China International Music Competition. It has been an extraordinary time in Beijing, and I am so grateful to the jury and everyone here who have been such great colleagues,” says Tony Siqi Yun, a Canadian pianist who won first prize at the inaugural China International Music Competition.

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Inaugural Strings & Piano Festival Celebrates Legacy of Violinist Josef Gingold

The Josef Gingold Chamber Music Festival of Miami announces the inaugural season of world-class concerts and intensive educational initiatives celebrating the legacy of violinist Josef Gingold—the primary exponent of the “Golden Age” of violin—on the Miami Shores campus of Barry University, July 7-28, 2019.

Classical Post Team 5/22/19 Classical Post Team 5/22/19

Harpist Yolanda Kondonassis’ New Album Features Powerful, Whimsical Harp Concerto by Jennifer Higdon

Harpist Yolanda Kondonassis’s new album American Rapture features the world premiere recording of Pulitzer Prize winner Jennifer Higdon's Harp Concerto, a piece that is deeply personal to both artists.

Classical Post Team 5/22/19 Classical Post Team 5/22/19

Minnesota Orchestra Announces Sommerfest 2019: Música Juntos (Music Together)

The Minnesota Orchestra announced plans for Sommerfest 2019, unveiling a four-week July festival, presented under the banner Música Juntos (Music Together), that spotlights Latin American music and culminates in performances of Argentine composer Osvaldo Golijov’s La Pasión según San Marcos, a much-celebrated, genre-blurring retelling of the biblical passion of St. Mark.

Classical Post Team 5/21/19 Classical Post Team 5/21/19

Grammy-Winning The Crossing Performs World Premiere of Aniara: fragments of time and space

Grammy-winning new music choir The Crossing is set to perform the world premiere of Aniara: fragments of time and space in five performances – Thursday, June 20, through Sunday, June 23, at Christ Church Neighborhood House in Philadelphia.

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BASS Season Finale Features 3 World Premieres, Including James Matheson

The Brooklyn Art Song Society (BASS) concludes its season on Friday, June 7, with New Voices, its innovative new music series focused on song after 2010. The program features three world premieres, Herschel Garfein’s 3 Rides, David Ludwig’s Songs of the Spirit of Turpentine, and James Matheson’s Pessoa Songs, the first ever settings of acclaimed Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa and a BASS commission. The event will take place at the Brooklyn Historical Society.

Bethany R. McKay 5/16/19 Bethany R. McKay 5/16/19

Chiara Vinci Finds Beauty of Opera Through Dancing

British-born Chiara Vinci began performing at an early age, when she followed her older sister to the ice-skating rink and then the ballet studio. Chiara has worked hard for everything she has accomplished, including becoming an opera singer.

dying earth. Performed by the Grammy-winning new-music choir, The Crossing, the piece shines light on contemporary issues such as environmentalism and the breakdown of social order.

The 2019 Bard SummerScape festival takes a contemporary look at Hollywood’s Golden Age in Acquanetta, a visual and musical tour-de-force inspired by the eponymous B-movie star with a mysterious past.

Being from sun-soaked Los Angeles, pianist Sean Chen has a pretty easygoing personality. While he brings color and magic to his performances, he also is mathematically and scientifically inclined so there is a methodical approach to his practice.

Cheltenham Music Festival will announce its 75th birthday with a Fanfare for Three Trumpets, which needs to be created by a talented composer. The Festival is calling for composers of all ages and musical ability to submit a fanfare, with a cash prize of £250 for the winner.

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra will return to Naumburg Orchestral Concerts for the series’ 114th season on August 6, held this year in Temple Emanu-El due to repairs on the iconic Naumburg Bandshell in Central Park.

Five Boroughs Music Festival (5BMF), in collaboration with the New York Festival of Song (NYFOS) and the LGBT Community Center (The Center), will celebrate WorldPride in two programs featuring LGBT composers and librettists, both commemorating 50 years since the Stonewall uprising.

Harpist Yolanda Kondonassis’s new album American Rapture features the world premiere recording of Pulitzer Prize winner Jennifer Higdon's Harp Concerto, a piece that is deeply personal to both artists.

Grammy-winning new music choir The Crossing is set to perform the world premiere of Aniara: fragments of time and space in five performances – Thursday, June 20, through Sunday, June 23, at Christ Church Neighborhood House in Philadelphia.

British-born Chiara Vinci began performing at an early age, when she followed her older sister to the ice-skating rink and then the ballet studio. Chiara has worked hard for everything she has accomplished, including becoming an opera singer.

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