CONCERT FOR PEACE CLASSICAL MUSIC COVERAGE

Lincoln Center Announces 2013 White Light Festival Lineup, 10/24-11/23

Ehrenkranz Artistic Director Jane Moss today announced the roster for Lincoln Center's fourth multidisciplinary White Light Festival, October 24 through November 23, 2013. The Festival's focus is musi... (more...)

Pianist Conrad Tao to Perform in Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall, 10/24

Pianist Conrad Tao, the only classical musician on Forbes' 2011 '30 Under 30' list of people changing the world, will be presented in concert by the Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding o... (more...)

Pacific Symphony Announces THE RITE OF SPRING Events, Now thru 6/8

Aaron Copland once characterized 'The Rite of Spring' as the foremost orchestral achievement of the 20th century, and The New York Times proclaimed the significance of the work to be 'to the 20th cent... (more...)

Hartford Chorale to Present AN INSTRUMENT OF PEACE, 6/9

Hartford Chorale will present AN INSTRUMENT OF PEACE, Music in Response to Violence & Injustice, with Colin Britt conducting and featuring instrumentalists and vocal soloists from the Hartt School. (more...)

Handel and Haydn Society Present HANDEL JEPHTHA, 5/3 & 5

Handel and Haydn Society Presents Handel Jephtha, conducted by Artistic Director Harry Christophers, in celebration of the 2015 Bicentennial. The piece premiered in the US by H&H in 1855. Performances... (more...)

Renee Fleming Rounds Out Carnegie Hall Perspectives Series with THE STRAND SETTINGS and More Tonight

Renowned soprano Renee Fleming completes her Carnegie Hall Perspectives series with two concerts in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage, tonight, April 26 and May 4. (more...)

Salon/Sanctuary Concerts Presents PLUM BLOSSOM AND FLEUR-DE-LYS Tonight

Tonight, April 21st, 2013 at 6 p.m., Salon/Sanctuary Concerts will present PLUM BLOSSOM AND FLEUR-DE-LYS, War and Peace in the Forbidden City and Versailles, performed by Four Nations Ensemble and Mus... (more...)

Handel and Haydn Society to Present HANDEL JEPHTHA, 5/3 & 5

Handel and Haydn Society Presents Handel Jephtha, conducted by Artistic Director Harry Christophers, in celebration of the 2015 Bicentennial. The piece premiered in the US by H&H in 1855. Performances... (more...)

Chicago Concert of Polish and Jewish Music to Commemorate Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Today

A Concert for Peace and Reconciliation commemorating the 70th Anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, featuring both Jewish and Polish Music, will take place today, April 6, at KAM Isaiah Israel Co... (more...)

Handel and Haydn Society Present VIVALDI VIRTUOSI, 4/5 & 7

Handel and Haydn Society presents Vivaldi Virtuosi, led by Ian Watson tonight, April 5, 2013 at 8pm and Sunday, April 7, 2013 at 3pm at NEC's Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston, Mass. (more...)

BWW Blog: David Bousso - My Experence with the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

One of the great things about being a musician is the opportunity one gets to perform in various places around the world and the chance one gets to meet and interact with people from different places.... (more...)

Renee Fleming to Round Out Carnegie Hall Perspectives Series with THE STRAND SETTINGS and More, 4/26 & 5/4

Renowned soprano Renee Fleming completes her Carnegie Hall Perspectives series with two concerts in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage, April 26 and May 4. Appearing on Friday, April 26 at 8:00 p.m. wi... (more...)

Regional Orchestra of the Week: Handel & Haydn Society, MA

In this week's featured regional orchestra of the week, we're thrilled to spotlight The Handel & Haydn Society operating in Boston under the leadership of Artistic Director Harry Christophers. (more...)

Chicago Concert of Polish and Jewish Music to Commemorate Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 4/6

A Concert for Peace and Reconciliation commemorating the 70th Anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, featuring both Jewish and Polish Music, will take place on Saturday, April 6, at KAM Isaiah Isr... (more...)

Salon/Sanctuary Concerts to Present PLUM BLOSSOM AND FLEUR-DE-LYS, 4/21

On Sunday, April 21st, 2013 at 6 p.m., Salon/Sanctuary Concerts will present PLUM BLOSSOM AND FLEUR-DE-LYS, War and Peace in the Forbidden City and Versailles, performed by Four Nations Ensemble and M... (more...)

Tenor Anthony Kearns Performs at Friends of Ireland Lunch Today in D.C.

Irish Tenor Anthony Kearns performed at the 2013 Friends of Ireland Luncheon at the U.S. Capitol today, March 19, 2013 as the guest of Speaker of the House John Boehner. Special guests included Presid... (more...)

Handel and Haydn Society to Present VIVALDI VIRTUOSI, 4/5 & 7

Handel and Haydn Society presents Vivaldi Virtuosi, led by Ian Watson on Friday, April 5, 2013 at 8pm and Sunday, April 7, 2013 at 3pm at NEC's Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston, Mass. (more...)

Patti Smith Narrates TUBBY THE TUBA with Little Orchestra Society Today

The Little Orchestra Society (LOS) presents TUBBY THE TUBA narrated by Patti Smith, the iconic National Book Award-winner, rock musician and poet, today, March 16, 2013, at 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m., a... (more...)

Handel and Haydn Society Presents Beethoven's Symphony No. 7, 3/15 & 17

After conducting H&H in sold-out performances of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony in 2011, Richard Egarr returns to Symphony Hall to breathe life into another great work by the composer, his masterful Symph... (more...)

Deborah Voigt, Itzhak Perlman and More Set for 2013-14 Knight Masterworks' Ziff Classical Series

The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County announces the extraordinary lineup for the 2013-2014 JOHN S. AND JAMES L. KNIGHT MASTERWORKS SEASON - SANFORD AND BEATRICE ZIFF C... (more...)

Stephen Sondheim Attends Anthony de Mare's LIAISONS II: REIMAGINING SONDHEIM FROM THE PIANO at Symphony Space Tonight

Tonight, March 9 (7 pm), as part of Symphony Space's The Music of Now Series, pianist Anthony de Mare returns to the Peter Jay Sharp Theatre for the second installment of Liaisons: Reimagining Sondhei... (more...)

Handel and Haydn Society to Present Beethoven's Symphony No. 7, 3/15 & 17

After conducting H&H in sold-out performances of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony in 2011, Richard Egarr returns to Symphony Hall to breathe life into another great work by the composer, his masterful Symph... (more...)

Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra Presents THE GRAND AND THE PASTORAL, 2/23-24

The BSO's second concert in its 40th Anniversary Season features works by Smetana, Respighi, Tchaikovsky, and Beethoven. Celebrated cellist Elizabeth Lee joins the orchestra to perform two works for c... (more...)

Handel and Haydn Society Present HAYDN IN PARIS, 2/22 & 24

Handel and Haydn Society Presents Haydn in Paris, conducted by Artistic Director Harry Christophers, tonight, February 22, 2013 at 8pm and Sunday, February 24, 2013 at 3pm at Symphony Hall, 301 Massac... (more...)

Dr. L. Subramaniam's GLOBAL FUSION Makes LA Premiere at Skirball Cultural Center Tonight

The Skirball Cultural Center presents the Los Angeles premiere of South Indian violinist, composer, and conductor Dr. L. Subramaniam's Global Fusion featuring harmonica blues legend Corky Siegel, live... (more...)