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Yet the two new works from the New York City Ballet at Thursday's matinee were so appealing that is was hardly a concern.

What is it about the overture to Glinka's Ruslan and Lyudmila that seems to brings out the speed merchant in so many musicians? Jonathan Scott started his recital with a transcription by his teacher Darius ...

Over the festival's seventy-nine days there will be over one hundred and twenty operas, ballets and concerts.

“Foreigners very often are surprised to know that we haven't got the opportunity to go on international tours regularly”

This summer, the Vasily Vasilyevich Andreyev Folk Orchestra is celebrating 120 years since it was founded, firstly with a concert at the Grand Hall of the Shostokovich Philharmonic on Wednesday and then other ... via St.Petersburg Times

May is right around the corner and so is the beginning of Stowe Performing Arts spring and summer concert season. via Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus

Come prepared for a night on the town when the Curry-Del Norte Orchestra presents its spring musical offerings. via Curry Coastal Pilot

Ivan Hewett reviews Russian Chamber Music at Wigmore Hall Chamber music seems altogether too austere a medium for the Russian musical genius; it needs a big orchestral palette to summon up its magical world of ... via Telegraph.co.uk

Hana Smejkalova The village bell-ringer Jirka fans old rumors in the lively town of Bezdez, in Smetana's The Secret at the Prague National Theatre. via NPR

If it's name recognition you crave, look no further than our newest classical-music celebrity series. via Palm Beach Post

Want a dose of music and literature? Festival of the Arts BOCA is back for a second season, with some of the top talents in the world of classical music and literature. via Palm Beach Post

At last! We will finally get to hear the "microphone between the tits." Anna Netrebko, who kicked off her career in the US here in '96 , will be back in La Traviata , claims the SF Opera who announced the new ... via SFist

The Philadelphia Orchestra is auditioning conductors to succeed departing music director Christoph Eschenbach. via CourierPostOnline

I'M not a betting man, but I'd wager the stage at New York State Theater was never as crammed as it was Tuesday night, at New York City Ballet's gala opening of its winter season - and the final fireworks of ... via New York Post

Xiao-Lu Li, Musical Director of the Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra, explains various aspects of the orchestra to third and fourth grade students from seven local school districts during the first of two ... via The Day