’GBH takeover of ’CRB alters more than letters Nov 18, 2009
Because classical music fans tend to be older, and advertisers typically want to court a younger crowd, WGBH sees listener support as a better way to ensure that the 60-year-old classical music station is financially healthy enough to continue to play Chopin and Mozart. This allows us to really build a more vital and robust classical music service for Boston, said Jon Abbott, president and CEO of WGBH.. (Boston Globe)
B-CU music outreach singing to the choir Nov 13, 2009
PORT ORANGE -- Raniesha Jones' fingers floated gracefully through the air just above her lap Thursday as though she were playing the Chopin composition right along with Abdias Pelicieux at the piano. Raniesha doesn't play an instrument, but she enjoys music in other ways as a member of Atlantic's Jade Dance Team and her church choir. (Daytona Beach News Journal)
* Classical DVD and CD Nov 1, 2009
Youre certainly tempted to think so when listening to the new CD from Deutsche Grammophon containing Chopins two piano concertos played by Rafal Blechacz ... Next year is the 200th anniversary of Chopins birth and this CD is clearly only going to be one of many issued for the occasion ... Chopin wrote these concertos before he was 20 and they express a youthful happiness and optimism that Blechacz catches wonderfully. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
MIDEM Classical Awards 2010: Four Artists and a Label Already Confirmed Oct 29, 2009
Hewitt is a proven specialist of Johann Sebastian Bach's music and is just as successful with Chopin, Beethoven or Schumann. In 2005, she launched the Trasimeno Music Festival held annually in Magione. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Library opens doors to discussion Oct 25, 2009
The first year tables featured Beatrix Potter, L. Frank Baum and Frederic Chopin. "The event has grown each year to the 23 tables we now have. And the 23 tables are the maximum that the space at the Central Library will allow," says John Kallenberg, chairman of the planning committee for the event. (Fresno Bee)
Duets heighten Boston Ballet’s ‘Passions’ Oct 24, 2009
But once the music, by Chopin, begins, Heather Waymack and Altan Dugaraa, both in gray, slip under and over each other, in unison and not, as if passing snippets of conversation back and forth. He lifts and spins her, like a pinwheel in the wind. (Boston Globe)
Community Bulletin Board: Oct. 22 Oct 22, 2009
Boston Conservatory Honors Trio will perform at 3 p.m., in the Wakelin Room at Wellesley Free Library, 530 Washington St. The program will include works by Mendelssohn, Bach, Chopin and Schoenfield. The event is free. (Wellesley Townsman, MA)
Boston Ballet’s ‘World Passions’ at the Boston Opera House Oct 21, 2009
Rhyme by Viktor Plotnikov is a pas de deux set to Chopin, inspired by his wife, Boston Ballet principal dancer Larissa Ponomarenko. Helen Pickett s Tsukiyo was influenced by Japanese fairytales and the work of Francis Bacon. (Boston Globe)
White House has long musical tradition Oct 21, 2009
I think it may have been better than hearing Chopin himself. Paderewski described the presidents reaction: The president listened with charming interest and applauded vociferously and always shouted out Bravo. (MSNBC -- Music)
Playing the White House: music on a higher scale Oct 20, 2009
Ignacy Jan Paderewski's first appearance at the White House in April 1902 was recounted by portrait painter Cecilia Beaux, who wrote: "The yellow head of the Lion shone gloriously against the satin of the Blue Room. ... I think it may have been better than hearing Chopin himself." Paderewski described the president's reaction: "The president listened with charming interest and applauded vociferously and always shouted out 'Bravo! Bravo! Fine! Splendid! even during the performance.". NO THANKS. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Ewa Podles makes her Boston operatic stage debut in ‘Tancredi’ Oct 18, 2009
When years later Podles entered the Chopin Academy of Music to study voice, Bolechowska immediately recognized her as Butterfly s Baby and took her on as a student, becoming what Podles calls my first and last mentor. Born in 1952, Podles grew up in a Warsaw still recovering from the nearly total devastation of World War II, with severe restrictions on foreign travel. (Boston Globe)
Arts draw audiences despite economy Oct 18, 2009
The concert series welcomes another stellar performer, Garrick Ohlsson, who will perform works by Beethoven, Liszt and Chopin in a concert 8 p.m. Friday. Ohlsson was the winner of the 1970 Chopin International Piano Competition. (Fresno Bee)
Festival Miami 2009 Brings the World's Great Performers to Miami for 26th Season Oct 3, 2009
The Frost Wind Ensemble, on October 14, brings outstanding UM faculty and student artists to the stage, pianist Kevin Kenner on October 28, winner of the International Chopin Competition plays music of that beloved composer and the Miami Symphony Orchestra adds to this series exciting classical range. The not-to-be-missed Creative American Music theme begins with the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) Tribute to Henry Mancini with Monica and Ginny Mancini on October... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Orchestral epic Sep 18, 2009
Page last updated at 08:14 GMT, Thursday, 17 September 2009 09:14 UK. Muse venture beyond the black hole. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
From birdsong to whale song, a nod to the natural world Sep 16, 2009
The lone solo was Chopin s Polonaise-Fantasie in A-flat. One of Chopin s odder works, its disregard of traditional structures makes it sound almost improvisatory. (Boston Globe)
Keating taught culture was something to celebrate Sep 15, 2009
Who else, referring to Mahler, Bruckner, Chopin and Korngold, would say, "I completely restructured the Australian economy on the backs of those composers". Who else would enlist Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries as a motivational exercise before facing Parliament. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
City Beat (3) Sep 13, 2009
Last year, Felder appeared in George Gershwin Alone and Monsieur Chopin. 216-795-7000 or. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
Classical music events this fall Sep 13, 2009
GARDNER MUSEUM Fall concerts at the Gardner kick off today with Paula Robison (flute), Yeesun Kim (cello), and Bruce Brubaker (piano) playing works by Saint-Saens, Messiaen, Chopin, Debussy, and George Crumb ... BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Opening night on Sept. 23 will feature music by Berlioz, Chopin (with pianist Evgeny Kissin), and Debussy, and the premiere of a work by John Williams written as a tribute to Ann Hobson Pilot, who just retired as the orchestra s principal harpist ... NEW ENGLAND... (Boston Globe)
Music: the week ahead Sep 3, 2009
GARDNER MUSEUM The museum s inviting fall season of concerts begins with Paula Robison (flute), Yeesun Kim (cello), and Bruce Brubaker (piano) performing works by Saint-Saens, Messiaen, Chopin, Debussy, and George Crumb. Sept. 13 at 1:30 p.m. $23. (Boston Globe)
The battle hymns of a republican Aug 29, 2009
And that he credits Mahler, Chopin and Bruckner - rather than, say the former treasurers John Dawkins or Ralph Willis - with helping him restructure the Australian economy ... He speaks of being a young man of 21 on the campaign path, and coming back battered, and playing Chopin ... The quote from Mr Keating is delightful: ''I would sometimes think I was amongst savages, and I'd come back in and put this [Chopin's Barcarolle] on. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
• Events calendar Aug 28, 2009
" Festival passes are 80 (include all films and related events), at , and at Chapter One Bookstore in Ketchum, 726-5425. Individual tickets are sold at the door at 8 per movie and 15 per special event. 726-2777 or .Auditions/Twin FallsThe Eugene Ballet's "The Nutcracker" auditions for children 5 and older, SEPT. 19 in Room 236 at the College of Southern Idaho gym. Audition times: noon for Baby Mice (ages 5-7, no height requirement, one year ballet preferred); 12:30 p.m. for Angels (ages 7-9,... (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Mid-Prairie teacher watches student turn into world class musician Aug 27, 2009
The program, entitled "Let the Heavens Rejoice!" will feature concert-piano arrangements of favorite familiar hymns including: "Amazing Grace" and "How Great Thou Art," as well as piano works by Mozart and Chopin. For a special treat the church's magnificent Moeller-Levsen pipe-organ will be highlighted on several duets from Joshua's new collection "Hymns Grand and Glorious favorite hymns arranged for organ and piano." To complete the program variety, Evanovich will accompany a trombone piece... (Kalona News, IA)
Orchestra celebrates Mahler's majesty Aug 21, 2009
Another historical landmark next year is the 200th anniversary of Chopin's birth. The pianist Garrick Ohlsson, already heard here in Rachmaninov, will perform Chopin's Second Piano Concerto and a complete Chopin program in the orchestra's solo piano series in the City Recital Hall ... The other three pianists taking part in the piano series will all include Chopin in their recitals. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton Inc. & American Composers Orchestra Announce Partnership to Commission & Premiere New Music by Emerging American Composers Aug 13, 2009
The Group is represented in Wines and Spirits by a portfolio of brands that includes Mot on, Dom Prignon, Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin, Krug, Ruinart, Chteau d'Yquem, Hennessy, Glenmorangie, Ardbeg, Belvedere Vodka, Chopin, 10 Cane, Chandon, Cloudy Bay, Terrazas de los Andes, Cheval des Andes, Green Point, Cape Mentelle, Newton. Its Fashion and Leather Goods division includes Louis Vuitton, the world's leading luxury brand, as well as Celine, Loewe, Kenzo, Givenchy, Thomas Pink, Fendi, Emilio... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Holbrook pianist Rolland Platteel finishes third in competition Aug 6, 2009
Rolland likes classical music and along with Mozart, he s fond of Frederic Chopin, Johann Strauss, II, and Ludwig wan Beethoven ... For next year s talent show, Rolland has already picked out Chopin s Minute Waltz also known as Waltz in D flat major to perform. (Holbrook Sun, MA)
Stern-Elliott duo to perform at SunnyBrook Jul 22, 2009
This year, she is performing a late Beethoven sonata, a Rachmaninoff prelude, Chopin's 4th Scherzo and movements from Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet suite ... James will be performing a Haydn sonata, in addition to works by Scarlatti, Bach and Chopin. (Fort Madison Daily Democrat, IO)
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Audiences, musicians alike impressed with caliber of Minnesota Beethoven Festival Jun 18, 2009
With more than 20 CDs on the market, Chiu s repertoire includes the complete works of Prokofiev as well as popular classics of Chopin and Liszt. Chiu, who has won record of the year by Stereo Review, will perform Liszt s transcription of Beethoven s fifth symphony, which he has recorded on the piano. (Winona Daily News, MN)
Original modern dance in Portsmouth June 19-21 Jun 16, 2009
Endangered Species is a 90-minute performance in two acts, set to classical music by Rachmaninoff, Mahler, Chopin, Debussy and Poulenc. With occasional narration, McCulloughs dances titled Mystic Butterflies, Lost to the World, Wings and Endangered Species interpret a range of emotion. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Celebrating 200 years of Haydn masterworks May 7, 2009
He won the Chopin Competition in Warsaw in 1955, then studied with Zbigniew Drzewicki, who regarded Fou's talent as "natural.". Following Fou, the Zurich Chamber Orchestra and Zurich Boys Choir, under the baton of Tang Muhai, will present a Haydn masterpiece, "The Creation" ("Die Schoepfung"). (Xinhuanet, China)
GMU’s Center for the Arts Announces 2009n10 Season of Great Performances at Mason May 7, 2009
In celebration of the 200th anniversary of Chopin s birth, Siegel presents four performances that examine the life and work of this renowned composer. Among the holiday offerings are performances by Chanticleer, Canadian Brass, pianist George Winston, Natalie MacMaster and family favorite Rockapella. (Chronicle Newspapers, VA)
* [CLASSICAL CD REVIEWS] May 6, 2009
DGM has made this artist central to its current catalog, and his new CD of Chopin is masterly indeed ... Pollini has observed that Chopin was a composer who only wrote masterpieces, and who never wrote anything for purely lyrical effect. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
* Diminishing degrees of separation May 1, 2009
In celebration of Japanese novelist Haruki Murakamis 30th year as an author, a series of matinee concerts is planned for this month and next and will feature the classical music in Murakamis novels, with artists playing works by Bach, Beethoven, Mozart and Chopin. A small cafe next to the studio serves snacks, coffee, tea and alcoholic beverages. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Atlanta woman recalls Holocaust, playing piano for Nazis Apr 28, 2009
The 15-year-old piano prodigy played Chopin, Brahms, and Schubert, all from memory ... Just as her family was leaving Kharkov, she ran back inside her house and grabbed the sheet music to Chopin s Fantasy Impromptu. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)
Piano great says he wont return to U.S. Apr 28, 2009
He was still a teenager when he won the 1975 International Chopin Competition in Warsaw, and has won acclaim since for his interpretation of the works of Chopin, Beethoven and others. 2009 The Associated Press. (MSNBC -- News)
Finalists for La Crosse Symphony Orchestra leader set audition’ dates and repertoire Apr 28, 2009
Tomasz Golka, music director of the Lubbock (Texas) Symphony Orchestra, will conduct the November concerts and his brother, Adam, will be the guest artist, playing Chopin s second piano concerto ... Nov. 20-21: Conductor finalist Tomasz Golka with guest artist and brother, Adam Golka, playing Chopin s second piano concerto in F minor. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Name that tune Apr 18, 2009
Broadway show tunes and classical music are kissing cousins, and you can feel the love at American Classics' "Recognize the Tune - Popular Songs From Classical Hits." The concerts are devoted to "elegant plagiarisms," a collection of Broadway and popular songs influenced by classical composers including Schubert, Tchaikovsky, and Chopin. Billy Joel wrote "And So It Goes" from Hubert H. Parry's "Jerusalem." "Kismet" mined musical themes from Alexander Borodin for "Stranger in Paradise" and "And... (Boston Globe)
Plano Symphony Orchestra preps for finale concert Apr 8, 2009
The concert will feature Donnie Ray Albert, renowned American operatic baritone, in performances including the Roman Carnival Overture by Berlioz, Piano Concertos 1 and 2 by Chopin and Pines of Rome by Respighi. Mr. Albert has performed with us several times before and the audience loved him because he is just an incredible baritone singer, Hobbs said. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
Lullaby and good night: Native pianist Darden delivers fine final performance in Carolinas Apr 6, 2009
The first half of the March 29 performance were classics of Chopin followed by a second half of French and Spanish works, Richard Strauss and selections from Russian composer Rachmaninoff ... Pangs of joy at a new love enveloped the listener through Chopin before dancing a waltz with the emperor in Strauss' "Kaiserwalzer." ... Of Sunday's program, Darden said the selection of Chopin and Debussy were in memoriam to his late manager, close friend and confidante Martha Munro. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
* US group honors orchestra from Nazi concentration camp Mar 27, 2009
During the 18 months the Birkenau orchestra existed, its musicians played pieces the German officers loved X Beethoven symphonies, Puccini arias, Chopin and Strauss waltzes. The women also had to play marches for emaciated, often sick prisoners as they struggled to walk to their forced labor jobs. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
Beer, Baseball and Botanicals for a Bargain in St.... Mar 26, 2009
Those buried at Calvary include Civil War Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman; author Kate Chopin; playwright Tennessee Williams, who set "The Glass Menagerie" in a flat like the one he and his family shared at 4633 Westminster Place; Dred Scott, the slave who sued unsuccessfully for his freedom; and Ma 00004000 dame Pelagie Aillotte Rutgers, a free woman of color and one of the early city's wealthiest property owners. It also has a monument to the memory of four Nez Perce warriors, two of whom died... (Fox News)
Ragtime: Classic Masterworks, or Sa... Mar 24, 2009
It is not meant to be as serious or thought-provoking as a Beethoven sonata, a Chopin Scherzo or a Rachmaninoff Prelude. As a musical genre however it is still just as significant. (Suite101.com)
DANCE REVIEW Mar 15, 2009
This 1956 caper to Chopin hasn't been seen in San Francisco for 15 years, so I won't give away the jokes to new viewers, but suffice to say the "butterfly" Etude involves antennae and flapping wings, and the "raindrop" Prelude brings umbrellas. Michael McGraw was the theatrical pianist. (San Francisco Chronicle)
From rock band to concert grand Mar 11, 2009
He's making Radiohead safe for the classical crowd, and gratifying his pop listeners by implying that the band's works are just as worthy as music by the likes of Chopin or Shostakovich. Classical music has a long tradition of transcription, which in the days before recording was the only way many people could get to hear the latest symphonic or operatic works by Mozart, Beethoven or Wagner. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
The last concert: George Darden to perform benefit March 29 Mar 5, 2009
Works by the great Polish composer Fr;d;ric Chopin will be highlighted during the first half of the March 29 program, followed by an intermission, with French and Spanish works, a Richard Strauss waltz and selections from Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff closing the two-hour performance ... Program: Fr;d;ric Chopin, Richard Strauss, Sergei Rachmaninoff, with French and Spanish works. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Orpheum ready for Iowa Piano Competition Mar 4, 2009
She performed for many institutions in Europe and in the United States, including Carnegie Hall Weill Recital Hall, Rialto Center for the Performing Arts in Atlanta, Wiener Saal in Salzburg, F. Chopin Association and Salle Cortot in Paris, and Teatro Ghione in Rome ... In July of 2008, Ms. Shi was awarded the Silver Medal at the prestigious World Piano Competition, and most recently she has won the Mieczyslaw Munz Piano Foundation Competition held in honor of Frederic Chopin (1st prize), the... (Sioux City Journal)
Complete S.F. Symphony 2009-10 schedule Mar 4, 2009
Litolff: Scherzo from "Concerto Symphonique" No. 4; Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2; Adam: "Giselle" Suite; Bizet: Symphony No. 1 in C. ... Schumann, Chopin, Peter Lieberson ... 2/21: Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1; Dvork: Symphony No. 9, "From the New World." 2/22: Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, "Emperor," Symphony No. 7. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Critic's picks: classical music Feb 27, 2009
LANG LANG The formidable and flamboyant piano virtuoso performs a Celebrity Series recital with works by Schubert, Bartok, Debussy, and Chopin. March 1 at 3 p.m., $38-$72, Symphony Hall, 617-482-6661 or. (Boston Globe)
This week: Arts and entertainment picks Feb 23, 2009
On Tuesday, he straddles classical music and jazz in a recital called "Blastin' Barriers: From Beethoven Through Bebop and Beyond" that will draw from Liszt, Chopin and Monk, among others. Then on Saturday, Harris will teach a master piano class. (San Francisco Chronicle)
From a vault in Paris: The sound of opera in 1907 Feb 17, 2009
And won't many concert programs this year include instrumental pieces by Beethoven and Chopin. Along with these household names, there are some French composers whose lasting popularity was perhaps less assured. (International Herald Tribune)
Fame finds Lexington's Gabriela Montero Feb 15, 2009
Her teacher in London, pianist Hamish Milne, helped her rebuild her spirits and consolidate her technique, and in her mid-20s she entered the venerable Chopin Competition in Warsaw. She won third prize, but more important, experienced a kind of revelation about her own playing. (Boston Globe)
Cornucopia of dance, theatre and opera Feb 10, 2009
The winter season's mixed offering is Marie Chouinard's 24 Preludes by Chopin in tandem with Kudelka's The Four Seasons and the company premiere of Robbins's solo work A Suite of Dances. The summer pairing is led by a world premiere from successful Finnish choreographer Jorma Elo. (Globe and Mail)
Great Composers, Lousy Reviews Feb 8, 2009
These days, people tend to feel that Wagner's contemporary Chopin wrote nice tunes, but that was not the opinion of one Berlin critic: "In search of ear-rending dissonances, torturous transitions, sharp modulations, repugnant contortions of melody and rhythm, Chopin is altogether indefatigable." It's a marvel that Tchaikovsky, given his general self-loathing and neurasthenia, survived the animus that came his way. The most noxious page came from celebrated Wagner-bashing critic Eduard Hanslick,... (Slate)
SHIRLEY KIRSTEN: Would Beethoven dig YouTube? Feb 8, 2009
In the spirit of temperamental pianists portrayed in movies from the '40s, like Franz Liszt and Frederic Chopin, who dramatically exit the salon in disdain of inattentive listeners, I slammed the key cover down and made a dramatic departure to my bedroom, where Aiden, my faithful feline, welcomed me with consoling paws and heartfelt licks. After a few chilling-out moments and a dose of his unconditional love, I regained my stamina to return to the living room and resume my playing. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
This season's sizzle: Lang Lang, Nézet-Séguin, Golijov Feb 8, 2009
Soloists next year include pianists Evgeny Kissin and Ingrid Fliter (both playing Chopin), Yundi Li (Chopin, with Nezet-Seguin), Anton Kuerti (Mendelssohn) and Lars Vogt (Grieg); violinists Itzhak Perlman (also playing Mendelssohn, in the composer's bicentenary year), Leila Josefowicz (Thomas Ad. s) and James Ehnes (Prokofiev); and singers Barbara Hannigan (Gerald Barry) and Measha Brueggergosman (Ravel). (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
200 years later - and still a star Feb 8, 2009
Compared with his some of his more flamboyant contemporaries such as Liszt, Chopin, and Berlioz Mendelssohn's personal life has always seemed squeaky-clean. But a recent revelation may soon cast the devoted husband and father of five in a different light. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
