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Gramophone Magazine announces “World’s 10 Most Inspiring Orchestras”
Published: March 31, 2009Heading up the list is the YouTube Symphony Orchestra, the world’s first online collaborative orchestra. Gramophone sites the YouTube Symphony Orchestra “for democratising classical music on a global scale, making it truly all-inclusive.” The YouTube Symphony Orchestra is poised to make its debut on Wednesday, April 15 at Carnegie Hall under the direction of the project’s artistic advisor, Michael Tilson Thomas. Included on that program will be a host of guest stars including Gil Shaham, Measha Brueggergosman, Mason Bates and more.
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Grand Teton Music Festival 2009 - Music Director: Donald Runnicles
Published: March 30, 2009Wyoming’s 48th Grand Teton Music Festival opens officially on Wednesday, July 1 and with a spotlight concert by the genre-busting trio “Time For Three”, followed by two evenings of concerts featuring the Festival Orchestra with guest conductor Thomas Wilkins and violinist Cho-Liang Lin. The festivities really kick off on Saturday, July 4 with the 13th annual free outdoor Independence Day concert, tagged “Music in the Hole”.
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naïve new releases for March 2009
Published: March 30, 2009Highlights include Marc Minkowski’s first Bach recording, the monumental Mass in B minor; an album of works by Turkish pianist/composer Fazil Say; and the third installment of violin concertos in naïve’s landmark Vivaldi Edition. From naïve’s sister label ambroisie, four Mozart symphonies conducted by John Nelson
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Choir of Kings College – Live Cinema Broadcast
Published: March 29, 2009In commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the death of George Frideric Handel, and the 800th anniversary of the University of Cambridge, the first ever live cinema broadcast of a choral concert will take place from King’s College, Cambridge this Easter.
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Pianist Jeremy Denk’s “Leveraged” blog post
Published: March 27, 2009Pianist and blogger extraordinaire Jeremy Denk reveals that classical music may not be immune to toxic assets and other modern economic plagues “This week brought fresh revelations that the Boston Symphony, among many leading organizations, is heavily leveraged in atonal credit swaps, more than the most pessimistic theorists had previously forecast…..” --from Think Denk, the glamorous life and thoughts of a concert pianist. -http://jeremydenk.net/blog/
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YouTube Symphony Orchestra debuts at Carnegie Hall on April 15
Published: March 26, 2009The YouTube Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Artistic Advisor and Conductor, Michael Tilson Thomas, and presented in partnership with Carnegie Hall, debuts live on Wednesday, April 15 at 7:30pm. The event will feature soloists, chamber groups, chamber orchestra, larger orchestra, and electronica. A visual journey will accompany the music; multi-media projections mapped to the historical Carnegie Hall architecture will transform Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage into an immersive video experience.
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Joyce DiDonato’s Furore and Paris Idomeneo earn raves in Europe
Published: March 26, 2009Ecstatic reviews in the U.S. for Joyce DiDonato’s Furore CD – 14 emotion-laden Handel arias – have apparently created a spike in European attention, while more rave reviews for her Paris Opéra performance in Mozart’s Idomeneo roll in from France, Germany, and England. And a German media campaign emphasizes her role in a Handel biopic shot on authentic locations by Germany’s top ARD TV network for the anniversary of the composer’s death 250 years ago. It’s being shown all over Europe this spring, commemorating Handel’s death in April 1759.
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Soprano Deborah Voigt Appears “One on 1” with Budd Mishkin on NY1
Published: March 25, 2009Deborah Voigt’s Exclusive Interview with Budd Mishkin on NY-1’s Popular Interview show, One on 1, Is Now Available on the Web:
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Rene Pape’s Carnegie recital debut, and Wagner roles at the Met
Published: March 25, 2009René Pape, a Metropolitan Opera regular for 14 seasons, has yet to indulge New York audiences with a solo recital, but the wait is nearly over: on Saturday, April 25, he gives his Carnegie Hall recital debut, partnered by pianist Brian Zeger, with a classic program of Romantic songs by Schubert, Schumann, and Wolf.
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Järvi conducts Curtis Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie (April 28)
Published: March 22, 2009Paavo Järvi conducts Curtis Symphony Orchestra in all-Russian program at Carnegie Hall on April 28. Carter Brey, Principal Cellist of New York Philharmonic, performs Prokofiev’s Sinfonia concertante.