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Linc Inc Chamber Music Society Announces 2022-23

February 28, 2022 | Nicholas Beard, Musical America
The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center will offer concerts this summer on July 6, 10, and 13, with the main, 2022-23 season opening Oct. 16 and running through May 7, 2023. Scheduled are 41 performances at Lincoln Center, in Alice Tully … » Read
 

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The Leopard as Opera to Open in Miami

February 28, 2022 | Associated Press
MIAMI (AP) — A new opera based on the acclaimed Italian novel The Leopard is to have its world premiere March 5 and 6 at the South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center. Based on the 1958 novel by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, the opera features … » Read
 

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Carnegie Hall Announces Replacement Soloist for Tonight's Concerts

February 25, 2022 | Susan Elliott, Musical America
Carnegie Hall and the Vienna Philharmonic have just announced that tonight’s soloist for Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concert No. 2 will be Seong-Jin Cho, winner of the 2015 International Chopin Piano Competition and the first South Korean to … » Read
 

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Mayor of Munich Threatens to Fire Philharmonic's Chief Conductor

February 25, 2022
This story has been updated. Please see Artists and Institutions Distance Themselves from Gergiev, from Russia . The mayor of Munich, Dieter Reiter, has told Valery Gergiev, music director of the Munich Philharmonic, that if he does not clearly … » Read
 

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London Phil: Conductor Jumps in at 11th Hour for Premiere

February 25, 2022 | Clive Paget, Musical America
LONDON--There were plenty of draws for this February 23 concert at Festival Hall, not least of which was Jimmy López Bellido’s new Piano Concerto, a London Philharmonic Orchestra commission here receiving its world premiere with … » Read
 

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Germany's Post-pandemic Music Biz Emphasizes Sustainability

February 25, 2022 | Anthony Brown, Musical America
Covid-19 has forced the classical music industry to take stock of long-accepted ways of doing business. What is sustainable in the face of the climate crisis, the lingering financial impact of the pandemic, the political disruptions of Brexit, … » Read
 

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Gergiev and Matsuev Out of Carnegie/Vienna Phil Concerts

February 24, 2022 | Susan Elliott, Musical America
It was probably inevitable, given Putin's invasion: Carnegie Hall has announced that neither Valery Gergiev nor pianist Denis Matsuev will appear with the Vienna Philharmonic at its concerts this weekend. Gergiev is a close friend of Vladimir … » Read
 

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La Scala Asks Gergiev to Condemn Ukraine Invasion. Will Carnegie?

February 24, 2022 | Susan Elliott, Musical America
This story has been updated. Please see Artists and Institutions Distance Themselves from Gergiev, from Russia . The Mayor of Milan, also the chair of La Scala, has ordered that Valery Gergiev be “fired” from the house’s new … » Read
 

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Fired Whistle Blower Sues Las Vegas Phil

February 24, 2022 | Sarah Shay, Musical America
“What Happens in Vegas, Stays in Vegas,” or so the city's tourist board once declared. A lawsuit involving the local orchestra is proving otherwise. In late January, the Las Vegas Philharmonic  fired its executive director of … » Read
 

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Orchestra Movie Nights Are More Complex Than They Look

February 25, 2022 | Taylor Grant, Musical America
Since 2004 the Chicago Symphony Orchestra has been presenting the very popular “CSO at the Movies” series, performing “live to picture” concerts for everything from Charlie Chaplin’s City Lights and Buster … » Read
 
 

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