Grand Teton Music Festival Celebrates Nature In 58th Season
The majestic foothills of the Teton Mountain Range promise a sublime, serene backdrop for the Grand Teton Music Festival’s 58th season, July 3 to August 17. Offering inspiration, rejuvenation, and wonderment for all, the Festival honors the natural environment it calls home and those composers and works that draw inspiration from nature. The Festival’s 2019 lineup includes more than 60 events over seven weeks.
Conductor Timothy Myers Makes Santa Fe Opera Debut With The Pearl Fishers
Conductor Timothy Myers is set to make his Santa Fe Opera debut this weekend as he leads the cast and crew during The Pearl Fishers. The opera is part of opening weekend for the company on June 29.
Mozart's 'Mysterious' Requiem Opens 2019 Oregon Bach Festival
Left unfinished after his death, Mozart’s magnificent final masterpiece Requiem is “full of power and drama,” according to the Chicago Sun-Times. In the opening performance for the 2019 Oregon Bach Festival on Friday, June 28, celebrated British conductor Jane Glover leads the OBF Orchestra and Chorus through this profoundly moving meditation.
Free Music Weekend: Diversity of Artists, Genres Open 75th Cheltenham Music Festival
For three days, families can enjoy free concerts and pop-up performances in July at Imperial Square in Cheltenham, England, in celebration of the 75th Cheltenham Music Festival opening.
Beethoven-Centered Season Kicks Off In Celebration of His 250th Anniversary
More than two centuries after it was written, Beethoven’s music continues to inspire contemporary composers and musicians.
Pavarotti Anthology of 67 Recordings Released
“Pavarotti: The Greatest Hits,” a new album featuring 67 recordings from world-renowned opera tenor Luciano Pavarotti, has been released by Decca Records. The album consists of three discs: “Opera Arias,” “Italian Songs & Sacred Arias” and “Great Duets.” The “Great Duets” disc showcases recordings with Andrea Bocelli, Céline Dion, Elton John, Eric Clapton, Mariah Carey, Stevie Wonder and more.
Bang on a Can Hosts LOUD Weekend at MASS MoCA in August
Bang on a Can and MASS MoCA announce a new, three-day music festival called LOUD Weekend, presented for the first time from Friday, August 2 through Sunday, August 4, 2019, at MASS MoCA, located in the Berkshire mountains of western Massachusetts. Over the three-day period, more than 30 concerts will take place in the museum’s vast galleries and throughout its stunning collection of indoor and outdoor performing arts venues.
Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival 2019 Brings ‘Winds of Change’ For 36th Season
Music for wind instruments and music by women are the through-lines that combine in “Winds of Change,” the theme for 36th season of Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival 2019. The festival’s 12 concerts, running from July 21 through August 18, play this theme out with in BCMF trademark fashion, with a wide range of enticing music performed by some of the best musicians in the country.
White Snake Projects’ New Opera Explores Immigration, Dislocation, and Transformation in America
White Snake Projects’ I Am a Dreamer Who No Longer Dreams is the newest opera from creator and librettist Cerise Jacobs, premiering September 20-22 on the Robert J. Orchard Stage of Boston’s Emerson Paramount Theater. Composed by Jorge Sosa, the opera explores immigration, dislocation, and transformation in America.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
