Song Prize Winner Announced For BBC Cardiff Singer Of The World 2019
21 June, 2019 Tenor Mingjie Lei, 31, from China, was tonight [Thursday 20 June 2019] chosen as the winner of the Song Prize at BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2019. Performing in front of a distinguished jury (chaired by John Gilhooly, Executive & Artistic Director of Wigmore Hall) and a capacity live audience at ...
| Grammy Nominee Kip Winger & Damien Gray Announces "Get Jack" Album Release, Available July 19
17 June, 2019 Grammy Award-nominated classical composer and rock icon Kip Winger (Winger, Alice Cooper, Alan Parsons), in his theatrical composing debut, and acclaimed writer/director Damien Gray (Atomic the Musical, Animagique, Steps In Time, Biohazard and Sing On Tour) are thrilled to announce the concept album ...
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John Williams Adapts And Records His Iconic Movie Themes For Brand-New Album With Superstar Violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter
14 June, 2019 Legendary film composer John Williams conducts a brand-new album of many of his beloved movie themes in stunning new adaptations written especially for his superstar violinist friend and collaborator Anne-Sophie Mutter. Recorded in Hollywood, Across the Stars will be released on August 30 on Deutsche ...
| Deutsche Grammophon To Issue World Premiere Recording Of 12 Conversations With Thilo Heinzmann
14 June, 2019 Jóhann Jóhannsson's sudden and untimely death in February 2018 put an end to his unique practice of bringing different art forms together. The Icelandic composer was known for his inventiveness in allowing music and literature, music and theatre, music and film to communicate with one another in his ...
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William Brittelle "Spiritual America" Album Release Event To Take Place In Brooklyn On June 25, 2019
14 June, 2019 In celebration of the recent release of William Brittelle's new album, Spiritual America, on New Amsterdam and Nonesuch Records, a walk-about concert and listening party called Forbidden Colors will be held at Public Records in Brooklyn, New York, on Tuesday, June 25, at 7pm ET. The event is named for ...
| 80s Hits You Love To Hear, In A Way You've Never Heard Them, Rick Springfield Releases New Album
13 June, 2019 Featuring brand new orchestral versions of his lifetime of hits, 'Orchestrating My Life' is a career-defining retrospective of a lifetime of hits from Australian-born rocker, Rick Springfield.
The album features all the hits you know, re-recorded with an electrifying mix of rock and orchestral ...
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Yamaha Artist Frederic Chiu Honored At Westport Library's 21st Annual Booked For The Evening Event
10 June, 2019 Coinciding with the unveiling of the library's $21 million renovation, Chiu was recognized as an individual whose work reflects the purpose of the library - to nurture the love of learning and to enhance our understanding of the world.
Frederic Chiu accompanying himself at the BOOKED for the evening ...
| LIU Post Chamber Music Festival Announces Concert Series For Its 38th Summer Season Starting July 12
09 June, 2019 The LIU Post Chamber Music Festival celebrates its 38th Summer Season this July with a series of concerts beginning on the evening of Friday, July 12th. The Pierrot Consort will present chamber music concerts on Friday, July 12 and Friday, July 19. Festival Alumni will present a concert on Tuesday, ...
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Yamaha Artist Frederic Chiu Honored At Westport Library's 21st Annual Booked For The Evening Event
09 June, 2019 Coinciding with the unveiling of the library's $21 million renovation, Chiu was recognized as an individual whose work reflects the purpose of the library — to nurture the love of learning and to enhance our understanding of the world.
Frederic Chiu accompanying himself, one half of the piano ...
| Norwegian Lyric Soprano Lise Davidsen Releases Self-Titled Debut On Decca Classics Out Now
03 June, 2019 Described as possessing "a voice in a million" (Telegraph), Lise Davidsen today releases her self-titled album on Decca Classics/Universal Music. Performed with the Philharmonia Orchestra under the baton of Esa-Pekka Salonen, the record includes Strauss' Four Last Songs and arias from Ariadne auf Naxos ...
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2019 Mizzou International Composers Festival Adding More Concerts, Offering Free Admission To All Events
16 May, 2019 For its tenth year, the Mizzou International Composers Festival (MICF) in 2019 is adding five more concerts and an audio installation, and is making all MICF events free and open to the public.
Presented by the Mizzou New Music Initiative and the University of Missouri School of Music from Monday, ...
| Yannick Nezet-Seguin And Rolando Villazon Add The Magic Flute To Their Baden-Baden Mozart Opera Cycle
16 May, 2019 Deutsche Grammophon's landmark cycle of Mozart's mature operas reaches its sixth title with The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflöte). Set for international release on August 2 via Deutsche Grammophon/Universal Music, the live recording continues the Yellow Label's special collaboration with the Festspielhaus ...
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Mari Samuelsen To Release Her Debut Deutsche Grammophon Album On May 31, 2019
16 May, 2019 Norwegian violinist Mari Samuelsen's debut for the Yellow Label is entitled simply MARI and is set for international release on May 31 via Deutsche Grammophon/Universal Music. Recorded with the Konzerthausorchester Berlin and conductor Jonathan Stockhammer, the album explores the contradictions of contemporary ...
| Back On A Limitless Mission: Classical Pianist Victoria Fatu Resumes Her Career With Her Los Angeles Debut On May 22
15 May, 2019 She's performed for seven presidents, the Pope and Queen Elizabeth, but never a full-scale concert in Los Angeles. A year after making her Carnegie Hall debut, award-winning classical pianist Victoria Fatu will make her West Coast premiere on May 22 when she plays Boston Court Pasadena at an invitation-only ...
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Manuel Zito Makes His Mellotron Debut
15 May, 2019 Despite being almost 3000 miles apart, Zito's true inspiration comes not from his hometown, but in the form of the rich heritage & natural beauty of Iceland, and it's this passion for Nordic-European imagery that has shaped him into the exceptional & unique pianist that he is today; and if the track's ...
| "Songs From Robert Wyatt's Rock Bottom" By The North Sea Orchestra Ft. John Greaves, Annie Barbazza & Folly Bololey Limited Edition CD & Vinyl Available May 17th
13 May, 2019 Critically acclaimed as one of the best records ever, Robert Wyatt's 1974 masterpiece "Rock Bottom" has been re-arranged by Craig Fortnam for his amazing North Sea Radio Orchestra. Featuring long time Wyatt's collaborator and Henry Cow founder John Greaves on bass guitar and vocals and the amazing vocalist ...
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Mozart, Handel And Schütz To Be Celebrated In The City Choir Of Washington's Acclaimed 2018-19 Season Finale
10 May, 2019 The concert is the fourth and final concert event of TCCW's 2018-19 concert season concluding Sunday, May 19 with Baroque & Beyond; a concert celebrating composers Mozart, Handel, and Heinrich Schütz' thrilling and rarely-heard Uppsala Magnificat, a piece originally composed (1665) for three choirs ...
| Lotus Dreams - Latest Album From Award-winning Musician Christel Veraart
03 May, 2019 The lotus is a universal symbol of tranquility and renewal, its exquisite flower opening, petal by perfect petal, as it rises out of the muddy waters of its origins. In this album, Christel Veraart explores that theme through both eastern and western musical influences.
The album was completed ...
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'Pavarotti' Premiere Screening Event Comes To Movie Theaters Nationwide On June 4, With A Special Introduction From Director Ron Howard
02 May, 2019 Fathom Events will bring beloved entertainer Luciano Pavarotti's story to movie theaters across the country on June 4 with a screening event designed to bring the life and performances of one of the great operatic voices to the masses. This exclusive screening will give audiences the first chance to ...
| From Producer Of Il Divo & Tom Jones: Introducing Italy's New Pavarotti, Jonathan Cilia Faro
02 May, 2019 Jonathan Cilia Faro has overcome every obstacle life has thrown at him to follow his dream of becoming an opera star. From his troubled childhood which saw him finding solace in classical music thanks to a nun at his school, to his battle with cancer, to such unlikely spells as: A Minister, Soldier, ...
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