7 Classical Music Concerts This Week: New York City
In the city that never sleeps, there’s endless opportunity for classical music experiences any given day of the week. With that opportunity comes classical enrichment, and the ability to choose from the very best concerts in the United States. But with such unique, interesting concerts dotting the NYC classical music schedule, it can be nearly impossible to know how to choose amongst the options.
3 Classical Music Concerts This Week: Philadelphia
Philly-based classical music fans, fret not—there’s a week ahead packed with classical music concerts, performances, and opportunities that you won’t want to miss. Can’t choose among the wide selection? That’s where we come in. We’ve put together an easy-to-read, digestible list of the top classical music happenings this week in your beautiful city. So, snap to it— start planning your classical music week (you can thank us for the organization later).
The Metropolitan Opera Music Director Conducts First Puccini Opera Set to Open Oct. 3
Maestro Yannick Nézet-Séguin will conduct Turandot starring Christine Goerke
Georgian-American Pianist Natalia Kazaryan Showcases Female Composers at the Smithsonian
When Georgian pianist Natalia Kazaryan was 10 years old, she won the Balys Dvarionas International Piano Competition in Lithuania, and the even made her realize she could make this passion into a career. It also gave her international recognition, which resulted in invitations to perform and study in Europe and the United States — her ticket out of the Republic of Georgia, where economy was in tatters following the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, and John Eliot Gardiner Make National Debuts in Russia and Five More Countries on Monteverdi | Carissimi | Scarlatti Tour
Having brought “a touch of the sublime” (Telegraph, UK) to Handel’s Semele on their recent high-profile European tour, now the Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, and John Eliot Gardiner look forward to embarking on “Monteverdi | Carissimi | Scarlatti,” an international tour of choral masterpieces (Sep 26–Nov 19).
The Metropolitan Opera’s Summer HD Festival Returns For 2019
The Metropolitan Opera’s annual Summer HD Festival, presenting free outdoor screenings of operas in Lincoln Center Plaza, returns for the 11th time this summer, with one screening each night from Saturday, August 24, to Monday, September 2. The series features ten performances from the company’s acclaimed Live in HD series of movie theater transmissions, including performances from the 2018–19 season as well as some of the most popular transmissions from past years.
Andrew Carnegie: His Life And Legacy—First-ever Exhibit At Carnegie Hall Focuses On Visionary Founder
Now featured in Carnegie Hall’s Rose Museum: Carnegie Hall's first-ever exhibit about its visionary founder Andrew Carnegie charts the Carnegie family's passage from Scotland through the course of Andrew’s extraordinary life and ever-present influence in America. Titled Andrew Carnegie: His Life and Legacy, the exhibit—now open for free viewing daily on the second floor of Carnegie Hall—opened in March as part of Carnegie Hall’s citywide festival Migrations: The Making of America. The exhibit remains on display through October 2019 commemorating Andrew Carnegie’s centenary year.
International Contemporary Ensemble Announces New ICEcommons Composer Residency, Starting in 2019-20 Season
The International Contemporary Ensemble announces six composers chosen to be the first ICEcommons Artists-in-Residence: Helga Arias, Kate Gentile, Murat Çolak, Ylva Lund Bergner, Fernanda Navarro, and Bergrún Snæbjörnsdóttir. Represented by a diversity of backgrounds and musical styles, the cohort was selected by a panel of ICE musicians and outside experts who, over the course of six weeks, became familiar with more than 700 composers who submitted their creative work for consideration via a new “call for scores” on the ICEcommons web portal.
American Classical Orchestra Announces Concerts for 35th Anniversary Season in 2019-2020
American Classical Orchestra (ACO) released its programming for the 2019-20 season—the orchestra’s 35th year of presenting historically accurate, engaging, and educational concerts led by Artistic Director and Founder Thomas Crawford. ACO performs four concerts at Lincoln Center; two salon concerts; a 35th anniversary gala benefit; a performance at the Church of St. Vincent Ferrer; a family concert and instrument petting zoo in Norwalk, CT; and Cycle II of its three-year Sfzp Fortepiano Project, including a performance at New York Society for Ethical Culture.
Violinist Andrés Cárdenes Channels Mentor Josef Gingold For Latest Project in Miami
Violinist Andrés Cárdenes has no intentions of slowing down. While he assumes his playing career has maybe 10 to 12 good years left, he began morphing into a more advisory role, furthering his conducting and teaching career, and maybe writing a couple of books. This includes developing his title as the Music Director of the Josef Gingold Chamber Music Festival of Miami.
Jenůfa Receives Its Santa Fe Opera Premiere
The Santa Fe Opera recently introduced Leoš Janáček’s Jenůfa to audiences for the first time in the company’s 63 year history. A co-production between Houston Grand Opera, Washington National Opera and the English National Opera, David Alden’s production of Jenůfa, now adapted to the Santa Fe Opera’s stage, updates the mis-en-scène from an isolated, tight-knit community in 19th-century Moravia to an impoverished industrial section of Soviet-era Czechoslovakia.
Michael Tilson Thomas To Receive 42nd Annual Kennedy Center Honors
Michael Tilson Thomas (MTT)—Music Director of the San Francisco Symphony, Co-Founder and Artistic Director of the New World Symphony, and Conductor Laureate of the London Symphony Orchestra—has been selected by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts as one of five Honorees who will receive the 2019 Kennedy Center Honors for lifetime artistic achievements.
Philadelphia Young Pianists’ Academy Set To Open 7th Festival With Pianist Ching-Yun Hu Performance At Kimmel Center
Philadelphia Young Pianists’ Academy (PYPA) is set to begin its 7th annual piano festival, set for August 2-11, 2019 at the Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia. This highly-anticipated summer music festival accepts 20 gifted pianists globally to participate in 10 days of master classes and recitals with legendary concert artists and pedagogues, including gold medalists at the Chopin, Cliburn, and Rubinstein competitions.
New York Polyphony Releases Lamentationes, Featuring Lost Works by Francisco Peñalosa
GRAMMY-nominated vocal quartet New York Polyphony today announces the release of its latest album Peñalosa – Lamentationes on September 6 on BIS Records. The album features rarely heard works from late 15th-century and early 16th-century Spanish composers Francisco de Peñalosa, Pedro de Escobar, and Francisco Guerrero, including world premiere recordings of Peñalosa's Lamentations and movements of his Missa L’homme armé.
Grammy-winning Guitarist Jason Vieaux and Escher Quartet Release New Album Dance
On July 19, Grammy-winning guitarist Jason Vieaux and the Escher Quartet release Dance on Azica Records. The album captures three quintets they have performed extensively for the past decade around the United States and abroad: Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s Guitar Quintet, Op. 143; Aaron Jay Kernis’ 100 Greatest Dance Hits; and Luigi Boccherini’s Guitar Quintet No. 4, “Fandango.”
Riga Jurmala Music Festival creates ‘Music and Wine pairings’ in innovative new collaboration with leading sommeliers
In a creative addition to the new Riga Jurmala Music Festival, Riga Wine & Champagne, the company behind the Baltic’s largest champagne and wine festival, is joining the music festival to create the inspiring initiative of pairing concerts with wine to enhance the experience of festivalgoers.
Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute Announces 2019–2020 Grant Recipients For PlayUSA
Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute (WMI) announces the 2019–2020 grant recipients for PlayUSA, a program that supports a wide range of instrumental music education projects across the United States, all specifically designed to reach low-income and underserved students on a local level.
Opera Philadelphia Celebrates 20th Anniversary of Music Director Corrado Rovaris Next Season, at O19 and More
Opera Philadelphia pays tribute to Jack Mulroney Music Director Corrado Rovaris next season. Since making his house debut in 1999, the esteemed Italian conductor has “presided over a striking evolution at Opera Philadelphia” (Opera News), playing a key part in establishing the company as “one of American opera’s success stories” (New York Times).
Jonathon Heyward Selected As Next Chief Conductor of Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie
One of classical music’s most exciting young talents, Jonathon Heyward, is set to become Chief Conductor of the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie (NWD). Recently described as “one to watch” by the Daily Telegraph, Heyward has already received critical acclaim for his work as the Hallé’s Assistant Conductor and guest conducting engagements in Europe, Asia and the United States.
