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2023-11-23 14:00:32
Flores para los muertos
Despite this being the first full-length opera for Gabriela Lena Frank, there’s no lack of experience across the creative team which, along with favorable reviews for the production, contributed to high levels of anticipation.
2022-04-23 05:01:00
Classical Music News of the Week, April 23, 2022
[…] featuring Evans with Mazz Swift, Alice Teyssier, and Ryan Muncy.For more information, visit https://ci.ovationtix.com/36368/performance/11027773?performanceId=11027773--Katy Salomon, Morahan Arts and MediaCelebración de la Música LatinoamericanaThe Music Institute of Chicago has partnered with Strings of Latin America and the Reverón Piano Trio to produce “Celebración de la Música Latinoamericana,” a three-concert guest artist series featuring music by Latin-American composers at Nichols Concert Hall, 1490 Chicago Avenue, Evanston, Illinois.Concluding the series on Friday, May 13 are Venezuelan musicians Pacho Flores on trumpet and Elena Abend on piano (below). Flores, who earned First Prize in the “Maurice André” International Competition, the most distinguished trumpet competition in the world, thrives in classical and popular music styles. Abend, who received the William Schuman Prize for outstanding achievement and leadership in music, has performed recitals and chamber concerts as well as toured and recorded with major orchestras of Venezuela. The program includes works by Pablo Sarasate, Astor Piazzolla, […]
2022-03-05 10:20:29
Anglais - A Pelléas et Mélisande of Dark Beauty at Liceu
[…] appropriately childish and not like a soprano voice. It was a luxury to have Sarah Connolly for the role of Genèvieve and Stefano Palatchi did a great job as a doctor. The production, signed by Àlex Ollé, is a revision of the production that he did for the Semperoper of Dresden in 2015, a production that visually has a lot of strength and is dramatically very right. The set design, by Alfons Flores, shows a symbolic space without any reference to place or time. In the middle of the stage is a huge parallelepiped that, lit from the outside, looks like a rock mass, but when lit from the inside it becomes transparent and shows us rooms that create claustrophobic sensations. Pelléas et Mélisande, Gran Teatre del Liceu 2022 © David Ruano This large structure, which is at the same time a castle, a […]
2022-02-19 06:28:00
[…] Chicago Avenue, Evanston, Illinois. The performances also will be available via livestream.Celebración de la Música Latinoamericana highlights the richness and diversity of classical repertoire written by Latin-American composers. By complementing the performances with community education activities focused on Latin-American music, Celebración de la Música Latinoamericana shines a spotlight on a group of composers and their music—classical repertoire that has long been under-represented or unheard.Celebración de la Música Latinoamericana:Reverón Trio—Friday, April 1KAIA String Quartet—Friday, April 22Pacho Flores and Elena Abend—Friday, May 13, all at 7:30 p.m. at Nichols Concert Hall, 1490 Chicago Avenue, Evanston, Il. In-person tickets are $50 for VIP seating and $25 in advance,available at nicholsconcerthall.org, and $30 at the door. Livestream access to the pre-concert talk and concert is $25, available at https://www.musicinst.org/nch--Jill Chukerman, JAC CommunicationsThe Gilmore Announces $8 Million GiftPierre van der Westhuizen, Executive and Artistic Director of The Irving S. Gilmore International Piano Festival, today announced […]
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