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2022-06-25 04:08:00
Classical Music News of the Week, June 25, 2022
[…] invited to come and sing alongside members of the Master Chorale, led by Grant Gershon, Kiki & David Gindler Artistic Director, and Jenny Wong, Associate Conductor. Guest conductors include Alexander Blake, founder and director of Tonality, and Los Angeles Master Chorale members David Castillo, Charlie Kim, Sharmila G. Lash, Kristen Toedtman.Repertoire will include popular favorites such as The Beatles’ “With A Little Help From My Friends,” Ben E. King’s “Stand By Me,” Quirino Mendoza y Cortés’ “Cielito Lindo,” John Rosamond Johnson’s “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” Alan Menken’s “A Whole New World,” and more.“Big Sing is a beautiful opportunity for all of us to connect through the joy of singing together,” said Los Angeles Master Chorale Artistic Director Grant Gershon. “Communal singing strengthens our feelings of togetherness and uplifts our spirits. No experience is necessary: all voices are welcome!”As a prelude to the musical activities, people are encouraged to come […]
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2021-08-17 06:15:00
Juan Diego Flórez sings arias by Gioachino Rossini, Gaetano Donizetti, Giuseppe Verdi, Jules Massenet, Georges Bizet and Giacomo Puccini, with Vincenzo Scalera (HD 1080p)
As part of the Dmitri Hvorostovsky Festival 2019, tenor Juan Diego Flórez presents a recital in honor of the legendary Russian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky. Performing alongside pianist Vincenzo Scalera, he offers us well-loved arias from masterworks by Rossini, Donizetti, Verdi, Puccini, Bizet, and Massenet. He is also performing three traditional pieces by Quirino Mendoza y Cortés, Francesco Paolo Tosti, and Agustín Lara. In two of them, Juan Diego Flórez will even accompany himself on the guitar. The encore is the aria "Nessun Dorma" from Giacomo Puccini's opera "Turandot" – the highlight of any opera evening. Juan Diego Flórez is one of the most famous and most popular opera singers of our time. Born in 1973 in Lima, Peru, he began to study music at the conservatory in his hometown, and soon after became a soloist with the Coro Nacionál de Lima. From 1993 until 1996, he studied at the Curtis […]
2021-01-22 22:12:29
OUT NOW | Violist Georgina Rossi's New CD: "Mobili"
New Focus Records announced the release of Chilean-American violist Georgina Rossi's new album: "Mobili." The composers featured include Rafael Díaz, Carlos Botto, Federico Heinlein, David Cortés, Juan Orrego-Salas, and Carlos Guastavino. "The album is a compilation of previously unrecorded pieces for viola by five outstanding Chilean composers," Rossi told The Violin Channel. "The music dates from […] The post appeared first on The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009..
2020-09-06 23:58:00
The Globe and Mail: Award-winning pianist Luke Welch reflects on being a Black classical musician
Luke Welch was 'often met with confusion, resentment, discouragement, and sometimes straight-up disdain from others around me.'Nadia Cortés/Handout The Globe and Mail Luke Welch Special to The Globe and Mail September 6. 2020 From an early age, as I was first enrolled in piano lessons, I was quick to realize that there were not many, if any, other young Black pianists who were learning how to play classical music – at least that I had ever met. Fast forward a couple of decades and nothing has changed. No “growth of the sport,” no “catering to a wider audience.” I’ve often wondered if it is bit like the old “chicken/egg” conundrum – are Black people less interested in joining the classical music community because there are so few people at higher levels who look like us? Or is the lack of […]
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