Mussorgsky News

Serge Diaghilev, the impresario, is associated above all with the Ballets Russes, but his first love was music and it was opera that he initially brought to Paris.

There are some attempts to gild a musical lily that seem particularly pointless.

Tenor David Montefiore will join the Foothills Phil for its winter concert on Sunday.

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The Granada proved an ideal venue for the orchestra's sumptuous sound, both in western and eastern musical selections.

Leif Ove Andsnes, pianist On Friday night, sponsored by the Washington Performing Arts Society , pianist Leif Ove Andsnes and South African visual artist Robin Rhode presented Pictures Reframed , a multimedia concert centered on Modest Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition at the Kennedy Center Terrace Theater .

LEIF OVE ANDSNES WAS winning piano competitions at an age when most of us were competing only in the confines of the school gym.

On Friday, the Granada hosts what may be the most interesting and unusual classical concert of the season.

Chapel Hill Pictures Reframed Memorial Hall, UNC Campus - Pictures Reframed is an incredibly ambitious and intuitive multimedia collaboration between Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes and Berlin-based visual artist Robin Rhode.

Long Yu, newly appointed conductor of the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, brooks no nonsense from critics who assert that Chinese musicians interpret standard Western classical music differently from their European or American counterparts.

Renowned pianist Tian Ying will perform selections from Chopin and Mussorgsky at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the Watson Theater of Coker College's Elizabeth Boatwright Coker Performing Arts Center.

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It could be one of the most disturbing images in classical music since Charlotte Moorman played the cello in the nude and brought out the New York City vice squad.

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Zombies and orchestral music do not mix well. So might go a common misconception that UCSB musicians are seeking to correct.

Lovers of piano are welcome Saturday night at a concert sponsored by the Woodbridge Music Club.

KEVIN BARTRAM was scanning his e-mail inbox one day when he came across a message that got right to the point.

The Orchestra of Northern New York will celebrate the opening of its 22nd concert season at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in the Helen M. Hosmer Concert Hall at SUNY Potsdam.

There's no doubt that music and art inspire. But what happens when the two are combined? You get the Sarasota Orchestra's opening Masterworks series concert "At Exhibition," featuring an artistic take on Modest Mussorgsky's famous "Pictures at an Exhibition." It's music that's inspired by the art of Russian architect Viktor Hartmann, a close friend ...

Syracuse, NY -- Already one of the most recognizable and comprehensible pieces in the classical cannon, Modest Mussorgsky's "Pictures From an Exhibition," becomes even more accessible through "Beyond The Score." This multimedia introduction is produced by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra to deepen understanding for classical music lovers and to ...