21C MEDIA GROUP
ABOUT 21C
21C Media Group is an independent public relations, marketing, and consulting firm specializing in classical music and the performing arts. Our clients range from solo artists, ensembles and performing arts institutions to record labels, media organizations and Fortune 500 companies.
The 21C team draws upon a broad spectrum of experience in the music industry, in areas including publicity, marketing, career development, record production, artist management, publishing and new media. The company was founded in 2000, inspired by the belief that classical music and the performing arts deserve to play a greater role enriching people's lives.
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IN THE PRESS
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Two Young Pianists, Forging Connections
New York Times - 02/26/2010
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Concertos of a Troubled Time
The Wall Street Journal - 02/24/2010
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Yefim Bronfman gives brilliant performance of demanding program at Shriver Hall
The Baltimore Sun - 02/22/2010
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New York Philharmomic music director blogs for Gramophone
Gramophone - 02/17/2010
21C ARTISTS TO WATCH
21C’s new program for artists on the brink of major careers in classical music.
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ALBERT’S BLOGS
In addition to being the Managing Director and Co-Founder of 21C Media Group, Albert Imperato is an active blogger. Check out Albert’s blogs at the following links:
Gramophone: New York Insider
Classical 20 Questions at Playbill Arts
Huffington Post
Gil Shaham wins Avery Fisher Prize Read News Release
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NEWS RELEASES
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Daniel Hope presents “Air” at the Highline Ballroom
Published: March 11, 2010To celebrate the release of Air, Hope will perform selections from the CD at New York’s Highline Ballroom on April 5. The concert at the Highline Ballroom will mark the first time the program will be presented in the US; earlier in the year, Hope played his Air program in London, inaugurating the Elgar Room, the Royal Albert Hall’s new performance venue.
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WQXR’s “Conductor’s Choice” presents Manahan on Sibelius (Fri, 8pm)
Published: March 10, 2010On Friday, March 12, Classical 105.9 WQXR will launch “Conductor’s Choice”, a special new series, broadcast as part of Symphony Hall, which will draw on New York’s unique classical community and showcase creative insights and inspirations from those who are defining what is heard in the city’s concert halls and opera houses.
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Metropolitan Opera Guild news: April 2010
Published: March 09, 2010On Tuesday, April 20, two days before bidding farewell to her New York fans in a concert at Carnegie Hall, the beloved mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade will be honored at the Metropolitan Opera Guild’s 75th Annual Luncheon. With “Flicka and Friends – A Loving Tribute to Frederica von Stade,” the Guild will gather together colleagues and friends to salute the legendary artist in the Grand Ballroom of the Waldorf=Astoria Hotel, with a musical tribute by baritone Thomas Hampson and a spoken tribute by one of Flicka’s long-time colleagues and friends, soprano Evelyn Lear. Among the many artists who be there to help celebrate Flicka will be Martina Arroyo, Rockwell Blake, Dave Brubeck, Chris Brubeck, Vladimir Chernov, Tyne Daly, Angela Gheorghiu, Marilyn Horne, Kristine Jepson, John Macurdy, Terrence McNally, Mildred Miller, Paul Plishka, Regina Resnik, Julius Rudel and Richard Stilwell. The afternoon will include the screening of a new video biography of the honoree, video performances and many more surprises.
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EMI Classics & Virgin Classics March 2010 releases
Published: March 08, 2010New Album of Works by British Composer Thomas Adès Features Three World-Premiere Recordings, Including Orchestral Work Tevot and Violin Concerto; Performances Led by Adès as well as Sir Simon Rattle. Another Highlight from EMI Classics in March Is New Reissue Series, EMI Masters, Featuring Landmark Performances Recorded Exclusively at Famed Abbey Road Studio. Young Danish Cellist Andreas Brantelid, Heard Recently on First Solo EMI Classics Release As Well As All-Chopin Chamber Music Collection, Gives NYC Recital Debut at Carnegie’s Weill Hall Mar 12.
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DATEBOOK
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WedMarch 17:
March 17–21: The CURTIS OPERA THEATRE performs Barber’s Antony and Cleopatra, presented by the Kimmel Center and the Opera Company of Philadelphia. [March 17, 19, 21: Philadelphia, PA]
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ThuMarch 18:
March 18 – April 3: DANIEL HOPE gives multiple performances at the Savannah Music Festival, where he has been Associate Artistic Director since 2004. Highlights of the festival include performances by GABRIELA MONTERO on March 24 and 25. [March 18 – April 3: Savannah, GA]
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SatMarch 20:
March 20–21: DANIEL HOPE debuts with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, joining conductor/pianist Jeffrey Kahane to perform Schulhoff’s Double Concerto for Violin and Piano (arranged by Hope from the original for flute and piano) and the original 1844 version of Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto, which Hope recorded for his solo debut album with Deutsche Grammophon. [March 20, 21: Los Angeles, CA]
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ThuMarch 25:
March 25: A new work by STEVEN MACKEY receives its world premiere at Zankel Hall, performed by So Percussion, which commissioned the new piece jointly with Carnegie Hall. [ZH]
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ThuMarch 25:
March 25–28: “Beethoven Then and Now: The Complete Symphonies” at Lincoln Center will be a first: in four consecutive concerts, acclaimed Hungarian conductor IVAN FISCHER conducts all nine Beethoven symphonies, divided between the period-instrument-playing Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (Nos. 1, 2, 3, 5, & 8) and his own superb Budapest Festival Orchestra (Nos. 4, 6, 7, & 9). This unusual approach gives listeners an unprecedented opportunity to hear Beethoven two ways: on instruments of his time and on instruments of today. [March 25, 26, 27, 28: AFH]