Cellist Yo-Yo Ma to Announce Grand Prize Winner of 'Celebrate and Collaborate' Contest on NPR News' All Things Considered
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Sony Masterworks) - Today on NPR News' All Things Considered, world-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma will announce the grand prize winner of the Indaba Music contest, "Celebrate and Collaborate with Yo-Yo Ma." Through Indaba Music, the leading online music collaboration web application ...
| Program Announced For Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic's Momentous Carnegie Hall Performance Jan. 30
PITTSBURGH, PA. (Top40 Charts/ Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic) - The Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic, the flagship performing ensemble of Carnegie Mellon University's prestigious School of Music, presents a program of epic proportions at its concert Jan. 30 in New York City's Carnegie Hall. Led by celebrated ...
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Peninsula Symphony Maestro Mitchell Sardou Klein Receives Diamond Award From Peninsula Arts Council
LOS ALTOS, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Peninsula Symphony) - The Peninsula Symphony is thrilled to announce that the Peninsula Arts Council will bestow its 7th Annual Diamond Award to Peninsula Symphony Music Director and Conductor Mitchell Sardou Klein. The Diamond Awards recognize outstanding contributions ...
| US Presidential Inauguration Jan. 20 To Feature Two Grammy-Winning San Francisco Choruses
SAN FRANCISCO, CA. (Top40 Charts/ San Francisco Boys Chorus/ The San Francisco Girls Chorus) - The stage of President-Elect Barack Obama's inauguration will glitter with some of the world's top performers on Tuesday, January 20, 2009, and two of the nation's top choral music groups will share the limelight ...
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Placido Domingo Pays Tribute To The Late Pope John Paul II On Amore Infinito
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Decca Label Group) - The legendary tenor Placido Domingo marks another historic chapter in his famed career with Amore Infinito, the forthcoming recording he calls, "one of the most important" of his career. With lyrics in English, Italian and Spanish, Amore Infinito features ...
| Renowned Qingdao Symphony Orchestra To Join The New York Choral Society For Chinese New Year Concert - Single Performance At Carnegie Hall January 26
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ New York Choral Society) - To celebrate the spirit of international fellowship and cooperation during the Chinese New Year, the New York Choral Society is proud to join forces with China's critically acclaimed Qingdao Symphony Orchestra to present "Image China: Chinese New ...
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Leading Russian Composer And Executive Alexander Shulgin Signs To MusicDish Network
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ MusicDish) - MusicDish President Eric de Fontenay announced the signing of leading Russian composer, performer and industry executive Alexander Shulgin to its artist development program. Shulgin has had more than 20 hit albums, including 10 Number 1 albums as co-producer, ...
| Mark O'Connor Leads An American Classical Journey With Release Of 'Americana Symphony'
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - Mark O'Connor's 20-year musical journey from the fiddle competitions of the South to the stages of Carnegie Hall and The Library of Congress reaches a new milestone in Spring 2009 with the release of his debut symphony. Featuring the Baltimore Symphony ...
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Asia America Symphony Association Music Director David Benoit Announces 2009 Season
LOS ANGELES, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Asia America Symphony Association) - The Asia America Symphony Association (AASA) Music Director David Benoit announces the Asia America Symphony's 2009 Concert Season, featuring a lineup of world-renowned and celebrated artists, beginning January 24, 2009, with smooth ...
| 2008 Emmy Winner And Grammy-Nominated Pianist Enrique Chia To Perform In Benefit Concert For The Society Of St. Vincent de Paul Atlanta
Atlanta, GA. (Top40 Charts/ Society of St. Vincent de Paul) - International concert pianist Enrique Chia will be joined by his orchestra on Sunday, March 22, 2009 in a concert to benefit the Society of St. Vincent de Paul Atlanta Council (Society), a non-profit that provides financial, material, educational ...
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Mahler For The Children Of AIDS - A Carnegie Hall Benefit
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Catholic Medical Mission Board) - Conductor George Mathew | Mezzo-soprano Susanne Mentzer | Concertmaster Glenn Dicterow | Posthornist Matthew Muckey | Trombonist Joseph Alessi * When: 8:00 p.m. | Monday January 12, 2009 * Where: Isaac Stern Auditorium | Carnegie ...
| MIDEM Classical Awards 2009 Nominations
CANNES, France (Top40 Charts/ MIDEM) - The fifth edition of the MIDEM Classical Awards will take place on Tuesday 20 January 2009 at 8pm in the Debussy auditorium of the Palais des Festivals, Cannes, during the 43rd MIDEM music market. The MIDEM Classical Awards are the only international awards dedicated ...
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Denon Classics' Andre Rieu No 1 Top Selling Classical Artist in 2008!
SANTA MONICA, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Denon Classics) - Denon Classics, once again the U.S.'s No 1 independent Classical label is celebrating the announcement this week that Andre Rieu is the No 1 selling Classical artist for 2008 according to Billboard Magazine! Already well established as a top-seller ...
| IL DIVO & PETER CINCOTTI In A One Night EXCLUSIVE Performance Presented By THE INAUGURAL PURPLE BALL
WASHINGTON, DC. (Top40 Charts/ Eracism Foundation) - The Inaugural Purple Ball. The most spectacular and elite inauguration celebration' THE HOST COMMITTEE IN ATTENDANCE ACADEMY AWARD WINNER LOUIS GOSSETT Jr. (Co-Chair), ASAL MASOMI (Co-Chair), PATRICIA ARQUETTE, AMY BRENNEMAN, ED HARRIS, ASHLEY JUDD, ...
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Three Irish Priests = 4 U.S. No 1s!!!
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ RCA Music Group) - A vocal trio of three Roman Catholic priests from Ireland is creating an international musical sensation as The Priests. After a feature aired on CBS Sunday Morning this week, capturing The Priests while recording their album at the Vatican, their album ...
| Musica Reginae Productions Presents Charles Neidich Playing Clarinet Quintets of Brahms and Coleridge-Taylor
QUEENS, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Musica Reginae Productions) - Dedicated to presenting outstanding music performances in Queens and encouraging its young people to develop an interest in classical music, Musica Reginae Productions returns for its 9th season. On January 11, Musica Reginae will present Johannes ...
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The City Choir Of Washington Combines Classics And Carols In Upcoming Christmas Concerts
WASHINGTON, DC. (Top40 Charts/ City Choir Of Washington) - The City Choir of Washington, Robert Shafer, Artistic Director, will perform two Christmas concerts to celebrate the holiday season: Friday, December 19, 2008 at 8:00 p.m. and Saturday, December 20, 2008 at 3:00 p.m. Both performances will take ...
| Mark O'Connor Brings Prestigious String Camp To New York City For the First Time
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - Mark O'Connor will bring his prestigious string camp to New York City for the first time ever in 2009. O'Connor has gathered twenty of the world's top violinists, violists, cellists, and bassists to give aspiring string players as well as advanced and ...
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Highlights Of MIDEM Classical 2009
PARIS, France (Top40 Charts/ Reed MIDEM) - MIDEM Classical will put the spotlight on musical encounters of all shapes and sizes at the Palais des Festivals in Cannes from 18-21 January 2009. This wide-ranging event is designed to help professionals understand how the market is moving and allow them ...
| Oxana Yablonskaya's 70th Birthday Jubilee Celebration At Carnegie Hall
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Carnegie Hall) - World-renowned pianist Oxana Yablonskaya will celebrate her 70th birthday with a performance at Carnegie's Zankel Hall. The concert will feature the Manhattan Symfonia Chamber Players under the direction of Grammy-award nominee conductor and cellist Dmitry ...
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