Jean-Yves Thibaudet News

Hundreds of music students got a special field trip Thursday. They were able to attend a rehearsal of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.

George Gershwin with brother Ira and Fred Astair on the Hollywood set of the musical Shall We Dance , 1937.

A big story - maybe the biggest - in classical music over the past 30 years or so is the historical authenticity movement, the attempt to re-create the sounds and playing styles of distant times.

"He has such a flourish about him, doesn't he?" That's Marin Alsop , speaking about Jean-Yves Thibaudet, the French pianist with the scintillant technique, refined musicality and really great clothes.

It's Halloween weekend, but there's no need to schlep over to some makeshift haunted house or navigate a cornfield maze to get in the mood.

By Mark Kanny , TRIBUNE-REVIEW CLASSICAL MUSIC CRITIC Wednesday, October 28, 2009 Last updated: 3:43 pm Photos Jean-Yves Thibaudet Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra 'Symphonie fantastique' Who: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra with Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano, and Marek Janowski, conductor When: 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2:30 p.m. Sunday Admission: ...

Scanning the Philadelphia Orchestra's program for this week promised ultimate predictability: pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet and chief conductor Charles Dutoit reprising their well-regarded recording of Ravel's Piano Concerto for the Left Hand , while Dutoit returned to the Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances , having recorded the piece years back with the ...

The 80th birthday and retirement of Spoleto Chamber Music artistic director Charles Wadsworth was celebrated with two hours of music at Memminger Auditorium Sunday night.