Prokofiev News

Chiara Quartet Mozart, Prokofiev, Bartk and Others Saturday, Sept. 6, 8 p.m., Nelson Music Room Their name means "clear, pure, and bright," and their work ranges from "glowing warmth to hard-edged acerbity" : ...

Chamber Music Charleston played with blinding precision and vivid musical insight Tuesday in the second of three summer concerts presented by The Old Exchange Building.

Prince tribute act Purple Reign plays Belly Up Aspen on Wednesday. Jeremy Tenner ASPEN - Classical pianist Orli Shaham and Prince tribute act Purple Reign define a truly divergent live music scene in Aspen on ...

THE new OK!-styled Daily Mail reports that Nicole Kidman is compiling a birthing CD for the occasion of the arrival of her first born.

When you really don't know something, it's best just to admit it. And earlier this year, an embarrassing fact emerged: I didn't know Mozart 's music as well as I thought I did.

It's difficult to imagine a more vivid example of musical fusion than the ensemble camped out in a third-floor rehearsal room at Toronto's Royal Conservatory of Music.

All in Ithaca College's Ford Hall except for Messiah. * 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 6 Mendelssohn, The Hebrides, Op.

Here are two new classical releases that bridge this past season and the next season: Schubert's "Trout" Quintet and Mozart's Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, K/ 493.

Club nights are taking the starch out of live classical music Femke Colborne The girl taking tickets on the door is wearing odd stockings.

SHE MAY be known as a cutting-edge clarsach player with eclectic interests, but these days harpist Savourna Stevenson is channelling her creative energies into orchestral composition.

James Kudelka's triumphant 2004 version of Cinderella brilliantly pairs Sergei Prokofiev's rich and psychological music with clever storytelling, gilded by the magnificent art deco - "inspired sets and costumes ...

EPICA: Orchestra Rehearsal Footage For Upcoming 'Classical Conspiracy' Show Available - May 9, 2008 Dutch symphonic metallers EPICA will take part in a special concert dubbed "Classical Conspiracy" on June 14 ... via BlabberMouth.net

Spring is in full bloom as Boston Court kicks off the new session of "Music at the Court." Classical pianist Robert Thies leads off the series with a concert Saturday night, performing a solo show. via Pasadena Weekly

Two world premieres by Bay Area composers Nathaniel Stookey and Nolan Gasser will highlight the Oakland East Bay Symphony's 20th anniversary season, which launches 8 p.m. Nov. via Inside Bay Area

The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra opened its current program at Strathmore on Thursday night performing works by Prokofiev, Berlioz and Yardumian under the vigorous baton of guest conductor Yan Pascal Tortelier. via Washington Times

A 14-year-old champion pianist will premieres his own compositions on Monday, April 28, in Maple Ridge. via Coquitlam Now

“A rhapsodic piece full of shifting moods, with moments of eerie delicacy and of comic pomp.”

In June the Royal Scottish National Orchestra will collaborate with artists as eclectic as Elvis Costello, hip-hop DJ Beni G and the leading video games composers in orchestra+, a three-concert series at the ... via Huliq.com

“And it provides a wonderful opportunity to showcase the talents of four of our gifted Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra musicians”

Four principal Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra musicians will share center stage for the Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra's Symphonic Spotlight Concert on April 26. via Lincoln-Way Sun

EPICA Keyboardist Talks About Upcoming 'Classical Conspiracy' Concert - Apr. 19, 2008 Dutch symphonic metallers EPICA will take part in a special concert dubbed "Classical Conspiracy" on June 14 at the Miskolc ... via BlabberMouth.net

“The accordion is an amazing instrument”

This is the latest in a series of occasional stories looking at orchestral musicians and their instruments. via Los Angeles Times