Renowned American Composer Christopher Rouse Dies at Age 70, Leaves Behind Final Work
His Final Work, Symphony No. 6 is Set to Premiere on Oct. 18-19
New York’s Young People’s Chorus Big Sing Event Returns Oct. 19, 2019
The 2019 Young People’s Chorus (YPC) Big Sing makes its epic return on Oct. 19, 2019, with the hopes of igniting and inspiring musical talent, fostering human connection, and encouraging harmonization throughout the city.
The Gilmore Receives Four-Year Grant for $891,000 for Music Education & Family-Friendly Programming
The Grant Was Awarded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association Names New Principal Trumpet
CSO Welcomes Esteban Batallán to the orchestra
Cleveland Orchestra Releases Economic Study with Impressive Influence Across NE Ohio
The Orchestra’s Financial Impact Throughout Region Exceeds $135 Million Annually
7 Classical Music Concerts This Week: Boston
As classical music continues to pleasantly infiltrate Beantown culture, you—a classical music enthusiast—are left with a rewarding dilemma that’s nothing if not a double-edged sword. With the classical music scene getting larger, there are far more classical concerts to choose from every week—and therein lies the problem. Which do you choose?
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
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.
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.”
