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Updated Mar 22, 2019
BSO, Gerstein Wrestle a Fabulous New Beast
There was a definite buzz in the air for the second of the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s Carnegie Hall concerts on March 20. Reviews suggested Kirill Gerstein had scored a major hit a … »Read
Mostly Mozart 2019: New Wine in Old Bottles
As the boundaries among genres continue to fade, so does the Mostly Mozart Festival’s metamorphosis continue from a series of classical music concerts to, basically, anything goes. The 2019 … »Read
Listening to Music Limits Creativity
A recent study conducted by researchers from the University of Central Lancashire, Lancaster University, and the University of Gävle in Sweden suggests that listening to music substantially … »Read
J.H. Kwabena Nketia, Scholar of African Music, Dies at 97
Joseph Hanson Kwabena Nketia, a Ghanaian ethnomusicologist and composer, described as “one of the finest scholars in all of post-colonial Africa,” died on March 13 in Legon, a suburb … »Read
Seattle Opera Hires New General Director
Christina Scheppelmann, artistic director general of Barcelona’s Gran Teatre del Liceu, is to be the next general director of the Seattle Opera; she succeeds Aidan Lang, who exits after four … »Read
Louisville Nabs Teddy Abrams for Another Five Years
In announcing its upcoming season, the revitalized Louisville Orchestra also announced that the primary source of its turnaround, Music Director Teddy Abrams, planned to stay put. In fact Abrams, … »Read
Tennessee Performing Arts Center Taps CEO
Jennifer Turner [pictured], executive VP and managing director of the Segerstrom Center for the Arts, in Orange Country, CA, is to be the president and CEO of the Tennessee Performing Arts Center, … »Read
Free-lancing in the Arts: A Lose-lose Proposition
A survey in the U.K. last month suggested that a fulltime career working in the arts is an almost Dickensian experience marked by low pay and exploitative hours, with little expectation that … »Read
Yuval Sharon's Flute Ultimately Wins Over Berliners
BERLIN — Nowhere is The Magic Flute more over-analyzed and over-fetishized than in the German-speaking world. So the stakes were especially high for director Yuval Sharon when he agreed to … »Read
Steven Mercurio to Czech National Symphony
The Czech National Symphony Orchestra (CNSO) has selected American-born conductor Steven Mercurio as its new music director as of 2019-2020 season. He succeeds Libor Pešek, in the position … »Read
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Canta Libre Chamber Ensemble in Concert on March 23 at Vanderbilt Museum’s Reichert Planetarium in Centerport, New York
Conductor Mei-Ann Chen announced as first Artistic Partner of Houston's River Oaks Chamber Orchestra beginning 2019-2020
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Patrick Guetti, bass
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Evan Kahn, cellist
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Michael Vincent Waller, composer
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Lidiya Yankovskaya, conductor
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Davóne Tines, bass-baritone
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Robert Trevino, conductor
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Nilo Alcala, composer
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Natalya Romaniw, soprano
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Hanzhi Wang, accordionist
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Eun Sun Kim, conductor
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Louisa Proske, director
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Alexi Kenney, violinist
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Russian Renaissance
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