Classical News

SAYING the word 'Stradivarius', the world's most famous brand of violin, in some circles, will earn you gasps of awe and wonder; possibly even lust.

On March 13, 1964, bar manager Catherine "Kitty" Genovese, 28, was stabbed to death near her Queens, N.Y. home; the case generated controversy over the supposed reluctance of Genovese's neighbors to respond to her cries for help.

The orchestra announced Wednesday that it will perform "Zodiac Tales" by Bright Sheng.

John Anyon 10/3/14 11145407Banksy style graffiti in the bus shelter in Malvern town centre by entrance to Rose Bank Gardens THE mystery of who created the Banksy-style Edward Elgar street art has been solved and their already popular work looks set to stay.

The World Premiere of Stories From the Night Before, a new evening of dance theater created by Maurice Brandon Curry , Chair of the Dance Department of Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts, will be presented on Sunday and Monday March 16 and 17 at 7 PM at New York University's Skirball Center, 566 LaGuardia Place , New York, NY 10012.

Yo-Yo Ma is in Vancouver this weekend to play a sold-out recital at the Orpheum with pianist Katherine Stott, On March 16, superstar cellist Yo-Yo Ma pays his latest visit to Vancouver, a sold-out-long-ago recital at the Orpheum, with pianist Katherine Stott, his recital partner for some 25 years.

The Enigma Variations portrays the composer and his circle of close acquaintances.

WDAV celebrates St. Patrick's Day on Monday, March 17th with selections played throughout the day by Irish musicians and composers, as well as Celtic music in classical arrangements and performances.

The acclaimed classical music duo of Alyona Aksyonova and James Waldo will be featured in a Monday, March 24, concert at Western Carolina University to benefit United Christian Ministries of Jackson County and the WCU Honors College's student study abroad fund.

Legendary two-time Tony Award-winning Broadway icon Bernadette Peters is one of many familiar faces who appear in the new Amazon prospective pilot Mozart in the Jungle , which has just been officially picked up to series by Amazon following its audience popularity according to a new report.

The Stamford Young Artists Philharmonic will perform Sunday, March 16, 2014, in Stamford, Conn.

A TALENTED music student has landed his most impressive gig so far with the National Youth Guitar Ensemble , playing alongside 23 of the UK's finest young guitarists.

Suzan Hansen and Robin Buck will star in the Long Beach Opera's "The Death of Klinghoffer."

In many ways a ballet company is only as good as its repertoire. How those ballets are preserved, reproduced and sustained is key.

John Anyon 10/3/14 11145407 Banksy style graffiti in the bus shelter in Malvern town centre by entrance to Rose Bank Gardens The series of pieces of street art paying homage to Sir Edward Elgar which mysteriously appeared at the Wells Road bus shelter beneath the Rosebank Gardens in the centre of Great Malvern at the weekend would suggest it does.

Here are a few possibilities worthy of your consideration. Music lovers face a difficult choice next weekend, as two of the season's top draws face off on 314-533-9900 or sheldonconcerthall.org .) At Cathedral Concerts, the superb young British a cappella choir Stile Antico will perform a program of Tudor masterpieces by Byrd, Tallis, Taverner and ... (more)

Christoph Von Dohnanyi Returns and Paul Lewis Makes Debut With BRAHM'S PIANO CONCERTO NO.

Chicago-based composer/solo pianist and singer-songwriter Peter Saltzman will perform Piano Diaries , a one-man show blending monologue and music, in the Athenaeum Theatre 's Studio One, 2946 N. Southport Avenue, Chicago, from May 28 - July 6, 2014, Saltzman has announced.

"She would do anything..." says Angela Lansbury in Eddie Shapiro's "Nothing Like a Dame."

"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", the new musical based on Roald Dahl's novel, and a revival of the Stephen Sondheim and Harold Prince 1981 box-office flop "Merrily We Roll Along" received seven nominations each on Monday for the 2014 Olivier Awards.