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The New York Virtuoso Singers Celebrates 25 Years With 25 World Premieres By America’s Leading Contemporary Composers

Posted on September 9, 2013 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

“Now this is the way for an ensemble to celebrate an anniversary … It takes confidence for an ensemble to put the word ‘virtuoso’ in its name. The New York Virtuoso Singers have long earned it.” – Anthony Tommasini, The New York Times The New York Virtuoso Singers (NYVS) celebrate their 25th anniversary season with the extraordinary 25×25: 25 new…

Sir James Galway Joins JoAnn Falletta and the Irish Chamber Orchestra for a 35th Anniversary Tour

Posted on August 26, 2013 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

14 Cities: October 26 to November 12, 2013 Featuring Lady Jeanne Galway, Flute Soloist SIR JAMES GALWAY LAUNCHES “FIRST FLUTE”: AN INNOVATIVE ONLINE LEARNING METHOD Regarded as the supreme interpreter of the classical flute repertoire and a consummate entertainer whose appeal crosses all musical boundaries, Sir James Galway makes a welcome return to the US this fall for a 14-city…

Have Harpsichord, Will Travel! Hank Knox Takes a Unique Recital Road Trip

Posted on July 9, 2013 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

Celebrated around the world for his “colorful, kinetic performances” (All Music Guide) that “abound in vitality” (Early Music America), harpsichordist Hank Knox transports the splendors of music of the 17th and 18th centuries, along with the unique enchantments of rare and historic instruments, into the present day. A busy recitalist, ensemble musician, director and educator, Knox’s concerts over the next…

Naxos American Opera Classics Releases the World Premiere Recording of Rappahannock County

Posted on April 15, 2013 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

A STIRRING MUSIC THEATRE WORK ABOUT LIFE AND LOSS DURING THE CIVIL WAR A deeply insightful and powerful work about life and loss during the Civil War, Rappahannock County, a new music theater work by composer Ricky Ian Gordon with lyrics and concept by Mark Campbell is featured in its world premiere recording on Naxos’ American Opera Classics label. Set for release…

Montreal Musicians of the World Symphony Orchestra presents Jazz & Symphony

Posted on March 28, 2013 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

A Gala Evening at the Rialto Theatre on Thursday, May 9 at 8:oopm Celebrating Seven Extraordinary Years of a World of Musicians in Montreal with Special Guest Julie Lamontagne Montreal’s unique and exuberant Musicians of the World Symphony Orchestra celebrates 7 years of extraordinary music making with a Gala concert at the Rialto Theatre on Thursday, May 9 at 8:00pm,…

DCINY Presents the New York Premiere of Christopher Tin’s Grammy-Winning CALLING ALL DAWNS

Posted on March 4, 2013 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

Christopher Tin’s richly varied and profoundly moving world music song cycle, Calling All Dawns, receives its New York premiere on Sunday, April 7 at 2pm at Avery Fisher Hall, presented by Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY). The performance of the two-time Grammy-winning work (2010’s winner for Best Classical Crossover Album and Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalists) will feature original…

Pianist Matt Herskowitz Collects Raves for Solo “Upstairs” Ahead of US Launch March 19

Posted on February 27, 2013 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

Pianist and composer Matt Herskowitz has been stunning critics in Canada since his newest Justin Time release, Matt Herskowitz Upstairs, was released this past fall. Newly available in the US, Herskowitz will celebrate Upstairs at a launch event at DROM in New York City’s East Village on March 19. (Herskowitz will also be heard in the next several weeks in Toronto, Montreal…

Pianist Louise Bessette a Double ‘Prix Opus’ Winner, Wins Raves for UK Recitals

Posted on February 6, 2013 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

Pianist Louise Bessette, hailed internationally as one of the pre-eminent interpreters of the music of our time, is this year’s winner of two prestigious prizes from Le Conseil québécois de la musique. At the January 27 ceremony, Bessette was declared the winner of two Prix Opus for “Concert of the Year – Montreal” as well as “Concert of the Year…

TONIGHT: Pianist and “Bachstar” Evan Shinners To Perform at White House Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony

Posted on December 6, 2012 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

The wildly talented and irreverent classical pianist Evan Shinners will perform at tonight’s White House Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony, on Thursday, December 6. Shinners will open the proceedings at 4:30pm with his original Bach-ian medley of holiday tunes including Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Carol of the Bells and Silent Night. Shinners joins a starry line-up of artists for the ceremony,…

Renowned Dutch Cello Virtuoso Pieter Wispelwey Brings New Insight to Bach Suites

Posted on November 26, 2012 by shiragilbert | 0 Comments

Acclaimed around the world for his performances of the Bach Cello Suites—works which he has already recorded twice and has performed in recital nearly a thousand times—Dutch cellist Pieter Wispelwey releases a mature and insightful new recording in celebration of his 50th birthday. Among the first of a generation of performers who are equally at ease on the modern or…

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