ENSEMBLE AND PERFORMER NEWSHave you ever heard Britney or Salt-n-Pepa songs on cello?July 30, 2010 Salt-n-Pepa's No. 1 hit "Push It" doesn't have a cello part … right? Well, for members of the Portland Cello Project, that late-'80s rap song not only could have a cello part, it is perfect for the cello.
Deborah Voigt to Go Annie Oakley at Glimmerglass July 28, 2010 Next summer will bring something a little different for Deborah Voigt, who is set to star in The Glimmerglass Festival's production of the classic Irving Berlin musical Annie Get Your Gun.
World-class pianist and former Closter resident Min Kwon is opening a new school for musicians July 21, 2010 For Closter native and world-class pianist Min Kwon, a fulfilled musical career, at least in the classical world, depends heavily on your education.
Opera Theatre season hits high note July 13, 2010 The 2010 season at Opera Theatre of St. Louis solidified the company's standing as one of the country's premiere opera festivals.
Los Angeles Opera's 'Ring' ends with a deficit but potential new patrons July 01, 2010 The $31-million production has a nearly $6-million deficit, but the company says discounted tickets brought in a 'younger, more diverse' crowd.
Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra Receives 9th ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming June 28, 2010 At the National Conference of the League of American Orchestras, held June 16-19 in Atlanta, Georgia, the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra received an ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming, the ninth in the orchestra's history.
Soprano serenades doctors after lung transplant June 24, 2010 When Charity Tillemann-Dick was 4, her parents took her to her first opera. "'Hansel and Gretel' was spellbinding for me," she said. "I knew I wanted to sing and that I wouldn't be happy doing anything else." More than 20 years later, the petite blonde has performed in operas across the world, at the prestigious Franz Liszt Academy of Music and the National Palace of the Arts in Budapest, Hungary, the Kennedy Center in Washington, and at several popular music festivals in Italy. But last month, she sang for the most important audience she'll ever have -- the doctors and nurses at Ohio's Cleveland Clinic.
New Name, Same Talent: Yundi At WNYC June 19, 2010 The artist formerly known as Yundi Li is a superstar in his native China. His face shows up on billboards and ads almost as much as that of his colleague and contemporary, Lang Lang, but the young pianist has dropped his family name and now goes by his given name only. As Yundi, he told us that he hopes to offer a friendlier, more accessible profile to his sizable global audience.
Meeting Congo's Symphony Orchestra June 16, 2010 Jonathan Dimbleby meets the musicians of the Kimbanguist Symphony Orchestra rehearsing in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
ENO podcast: Edward Gardner June 14, 2010 Edward Gardner is no longer English National Opera's best kept secret. The former choral scholar and repetiteur goes from strength to strength helming ENO through productive and interesting times.
Mormon Tabernacle Choir Achieves Milestone -- 100 Years of Recording June 10, 2010 The famed Mormon Tabernacle Choir has been recording longer than any other recording artist in the United States, marking 100 years of recording in 2010. To celebrate the milestone, this American icon today releases a landmark collection of songs, offering a window to historic moments with 100: Celebrating a Century of Recording Excellence.
Punchdrunk’s Malfi crashes ENO website June 08, 2010 English National Opera’s website has crashed due to the high volume of people trying to book tickets for The Duchess of Malfi, which went on sale this morning.
"The Natural": Batiashvili Joins NY Phil for Sibelius and Brahms in June June 03, 2010 Lisa Batiashvili’s history with the Sibelius Violin Concerto goes back more than a decade. Lawrence Van Gelder reveals how little practice preceded her professional breakthrough with the work she will perform with the Philharmonic June 10-12 in New York.
Baroque Opera June 01, 2010 Opera fans are in for a treat, with the state's first Baroque Opera company performing their first-ever production.
13-year-old US pianist plays with Iraq orchestra May 22, 2010 A 13-year-old piano prodigy from Los Angeles brought an Iraqi audience to their feet Saturday when he made a rare guest appearance with the Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra in Baghdad, a city struggling to revive its once-vibrant cultural scene.
L.A.'s YOLA takes up challenge of VEl Sistema model May 20, 2010 It can be tricky trying to adapt the Venezuelan program's success in educating youths, but a recent conference highlights L.A.'s determination.
Violin's "bad boy" brings Poland to London May 13, 2010 Nigel Kennedy can't be classical music's bad boy anymore at age 53 even if he does still sport a mohawk, kick soccer balls into the audience and sprinkle the "f" word into every other sentence. So how about naming the British violinist, who in his early 30s recorded a version of Vivaldi's "Four Seasons" that remains one of the best-selling classical recordings of all times, musical ambassador for Poland?
Slash in Funding Allows Symphony to Play on May 11, 2010 The musicians of the North Carolina Symphony have agreed to a 15 percent salary cut during the next two seasons to help the debt-ridden orchestra recover from the severe economic downturn, symphony officials said Monday.
Opera podcast: Catherine Malfitano May 10, 2010 She was the Tosca who played live to an audience of 1 billion in 107 countries; she is the director of English National Opera's new staging of the opera they once dubbed Puccini's "shabby little shocker".
Opera Companies’ Fraught Seasons May 07, 2010 GEORGE STEEL has just completed his first season as the general manager and artistic director of the New York City Opera. That the company had a season at all — let alone one that offered an important revival of a challenging contemporary American opera, Hugo Weisgall’s “Esther,” and an inventively updated, sexy production of Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” — is a real achievement. A year ago the possibility that the City Opera, crippled by a gnawing deficit and a leadership crisis, might fail seemed all too possible.
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