THE OPERA FUND CLASSICAL MUSIC COVERAGE

The Church of the Transfiguration to Present BACHFEST: CANTATA 147, 6/7

The Church of the Transfiguration ('The Little Church Around the Corner'), 1 East 29th Street in Manhattan, presents Bachfest: Cantata 147 ('Hertz und Mund und tat und Leben') and Brandenburg Concerto... (more...)

Regional Orchestra of the Week: Park Avenue Chamber Symphony, NY

The Park Avenue Chamber Symphony brings quality classical symphonic concerts to audiences in New York City, performing music across four centuries--from Bach through Twenty First Century Composers inc... (more...)

2013 Juno Awards Winners Announced

The 2013 Juno Awards were announced last night in Regina, Saskatchewan. Three of the four classical categories were won by Naxos and its distributed labels including the first ever win for a composer ... (more...)

Jeremy Jordan, Norm Lewis and More Set for THE WIZARD AND I with NSO in D.C., 5/16-18

The National Symphony Orchestra Pops will present three performances of The Wizard and I: The Musical Journey of Stephen Schwartz May 16-18 in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall. Led by Principal Pops Co... (more...)

ACME Performs Works by Weinberg, Shostakovich and Gorecki at the Morgan Tonight

ACME, the American Contemporary Music Ensemble performs tonight, April 18 at 7:30pm. presented by The Morgan Library and Museum (225 Madison Avenue) and the Polish Cultural Institute New York. ACME pa... (more...)

New York Live Arts Presents RE: AWAKENINGS Performances for Live Ideas Festival, Now thru 4/21

New York Live Arts is set to present several Re: Awakenings performances as part of the inaugural Live Ideas festival. New York Live Arts' newest program initiative, Live Ideas is an annual humanities... (more...)

The Ebène Quartet Plays 4/19 Concert at the Jorgensen

The Ebène Quartet, young, confident and technically magnificent string players from Paris, are on a par with the hip Kronos and Turtle Island quartets, as comfortable with jazz and rock as with classi... (more...)

New York Live Arts to Present RE: AWAKENINGS Performances for Live Ideas Festival, 4/17-21

New York Live Arts is set to present several Re: Awakenings performances as part of the inaugural Live Ideas festival. New York Live Arts' newest program initiative, Live Ideas is an annual humanities... (more...)

The Slide Brothers, MYSO, Red Baraat and More Set for Marcus Center's 2013 Live @ Peck Pavilion Series

The Marcus Center for the Performing Arts announces the 2013 season line up for the Live @ Peck Pavilion series in Marcus Center's Peck Pavilion that will kick off this July. This series, which starte... (more...)

AT THE RIVER, KISS ME, KATE and More Set for Boston Landmarks Orchestra's 2013 Season

The Boston Landmarks Orchestra (LO) announces its 2013 summer season at the DCR's historic Hatch Shell on Boston's Esplanade along the Charles River, and additional concerts and educational activities... (more...)

Hans Zimmer to be Honored at Idyllwild Arts' Annual Gala in LA on 4/14

Idyllwild Arts Foundation, will honor Academy Award-winning composer, Hans Zimmer, and longtime Idyllwild Arts board member and benefactor, Earl W. Fisher, at its 9th annual Scholarship Gala on Sunday... (more...)

Elliot Goldenthal Honored by NYFA

The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) has announced that author and co-director of the Acquavella Gallery Michael Findlay, composer Elliot Goldenthal, filmmaker Mira Nair and visual artist Fred ... (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...)

Fall Festival, THE CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN, Benjamin Britten and More Set for Cleveland Orchestra's 2013-14 Season

The Cleveland Orchestra has announced its 2013-14 season. Music Director Franz Welser-Most will introduce a Fall Festival, pairing symphonies by Beethoven and Shostakovich, and an all-Brahms weekend w... (more...)

ACME to Perform Works by Weinberg, Shostakovich and Gorecki at the Morgan, 4/18

ACME, the American Contemporary Music Ensemble performs on Thursday, April 18 at 7:30pm. presented by The Morgan Library and Museum (225 Madison Avenue) and the Polish Cultural Institute New York. ACM... (more...)

American Composers Orchestra Continues COLABORATORY: PLAYING IT UNSAFE Initiative, Now thru 4/5

American Composers Orchestra (ACO) continues its season-long initiative, coLABoratory: Playing It UNsafe, the first and only professional research and development lab to support the creation of cuttin... (more...)

American Composers Orchestra Continues COLABORATORY: PLAYING IT UNSAFE Initiative, 3/5-4/5

American Composers Orchestra (ACO) continues its season-long initiative, coLABoratory: Playing It UNsafe, the first and only professional research and development lab to support the creation of cuttin... (more...)

Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Announces 2013-14 Season

The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra announces the highly anticipated inaugural season of Louis Langrée, the Orchestra's 13th Music Director. Mr. Langrée will take up the baton at historic Music Hall for... (more...)

WHEN I RISE…LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD! OperaArts Presents Weekend of Events Honoring Barbara Smith Conrad, 2/9 & 10

OperaArts will honor the life of Barbara Smith Conrad with "When I Rise…Let Your Voice Be Heard" - a weekend featuring two special events, February 9 and 10, in Palm Springs. In 1957, MS. Conrad was a... (more...)

Bang on a Can All-Stars Return to Japan Society with RIMPA REIMAGINED Tonight

Tonight, December 8 at 7:30pm, the Bang on a Can All-Stars will return to the Japan Society (333 East 47th Street) to perform Rimpa Reimagined, a multimedia program unveiling world premieres by red-ho... (more...)

Houston Symphony Receives NEA Grant for Opera-in-Concert WOZZECK, Set for March 2013

The Houston Symphony will receive $35,000 from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) in support of its March 2013 production of a semi-staged version of Alban Berg's opera Wozzeck. The Symphony's ... (more...)

Simone Dinnerstein, Pamelia Kurstin and Alvin Epstein Set for Le Poisson Rouge Tonight, 11/19

Classical music and avant-garde cabaret merge when pianist Simone Dinnerstein, thereminist Pamelia Kurstin, and actor Alvin Epstein join forces for the first time tonight, November 19 at 7:30pm at Le ... (more...)

Bang on a Can All-Stars Return to Japan Society with RIMPA REIMAGINED, 12/8

On Saturday, December 8 at 7:30pm, the Bang on a Can All-Stars will return to the Japan Society (333 East 47th Street) to perform Rimpa Reimagined, a multimedia program unveiling world premieres by re... (more...)

Lincoln Center Presents Kicks Off November 2012 Programming

The third season of Lincoln Center's White Light Festival continues in November with "The Spirit of the Body," a work by dancer/choreographer Malavika Sarukkai showcasing her exquisite interpretations... (more...)

Pit Stop Players Present PARANORMAL ACTIVITIES Concert at DiMenna Center Tonight, 10/29

The Pit Stop Players, a fourteen-member instrumental ensemble composed of veteran Broadway pit musicians, launch their fourth season with a concert of creepy classics and petrifying premieres at the D... (more...)