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2021-05-14 12:51:35
A new trombone concerto, a focus on Shostakovich and his pupil Galina Ustvolskaya, Minute Masterpieces and more: Opera North's Kirklees Concert Season
[…] pianist Joanna MacGregor join the orchestra for a piano-inspired concert, Gershwin's Piano Concerto alongside Ravel's orchestration of Mussorgsky's piano masterpiece Pictures at an Exhibition. And the piano remains a theme with pianist Howard Shelly in Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4 in an all-Beethoven concert re-scheduled from 2020. There is also the annual Christmas concert featuring the orchestra and chorus plus the company's youth ensembles. Whilst a young Italian-Turkish conductor Nil Venditti, principal guest conductor of Orchestra della Toscana, makes his company debut with a programme of Strauss waltzes for New Year's Eve. Opera North's Minute Masterpieces competition is open to to emerging composers from all backgrounds and traditions, Minute Masterpieces offers the chance to write 60-second works for full symphony orchestra, which will also be recorded by the ensemble. Successful entries will feature throughout the season's concerts. Sitarist and composer Jasdeep Singh Degun performing the world premiere of […]
2021-02-08 01:23:00
Seattle Symphony: Thomas Dausgaard And The Seattle Symphony Release George Walker's Sinfonia No. 5, "Visions"
[…] Grammy nomination for Nielsen’s Symphonies Nos. 3 and 4. An avid champion of contemporary works and the music of his homeland, Dausgaard and the Seattle Symphony will release the much-anticipated cycle of symphonies by Carl Nielsen. Performing internationally with many of the world’s leading orchestras, Dausgaard is also the Chief Conductor of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Conductor Laureate of the Swedish Chamber Orchestra, and Honorary Conductor of the Orchestra della Toscana and the Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Dausgaard has been awarded the Cross of Chivalry by the Queen of Denmark and elected to the Royal Academy of Music in Sweden. SEATTLE SYMPHONY MEDIA Launched in 2014, Seattle Symphony Media is the Seattle Symphony’s independent Grammy Award-winning in-house record label. The Symphony has an extensive catalogue of nearly 150 recordings, which have brought forth five Grammy Awards, 26 […]
2021-02-03 18:03:43
A Russian soloist, a Russian composer, an Italian orchestra; Sergej Krylov directs the Orchestra della Toscana in Tchaikovsky
For those wanting to take advantage of the streaming possibilities of the internet to catch performances which they might otherwise miss, there is an intriguing concert tomorrow night (Thursday 4 February 2021) - featuring a Russian soloist, a Russian composer and an Italian orchestra. The violinist Sergej Krylov will direct the Orchestra della Toscana from the violin, taking the role of soloist and director in Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto along with the Serenade for Strings. The concert is being streamed from the Teatro Verdi in Florence at 9pm CET (8pm UK time) on Thursday 4 February. The concert will be live streamed without an audience. Born in Moscow, Sergey Krylov studied at the Moscow Central School of Music and since 2008 has been music director of the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra. The Orchestra dell Toscana was founded in 1983 under the artistic direction of Luciano Berio. It is based at the Teatro Verdi […]
2019-12-02 04:51:00
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 17 & 24 (CD review)
[…] Orli Shaham has performed with major orchestras throughout the world and won numerous awards, including the Gilmore Young Artist Award in 1995 and the Avery Fisher Career Grant in 1997. She has appeared with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Detroit and Atlanta Symphonies, Orchestre National de Lyon, National Symphony Orchestra of Taiwan, Cleveland Orchestra, Houston Symphony, St. Louis Symphony, Florida Orchestra, Rochester Philharmonic, Orchestra of La Scala (Milan), Orchestra della Toscana (Florence), and the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, among others. In November 2008, she became artistic advisor to the Pacific Symphony and curator of their "Cafe Ludwig" chamber music series. She also has a radio feature carried by the Classical Public Radio Network called "Dial-a-Musician," in which she calls expert colleagues to answer listener questions. In 2003, Shaham married David Robertson, then Music Director of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, and they accompany her […]
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