Each episode featured interviews with musicians, scholars, writers, and professors about an array of topics all related in some way to classical music and the people who make it
Mason Bates and Gil Shaham harmoniously partnered together on Bates’ Nomad Concerto, which saw its premiere in January 2024
During the 25 years he was music director, MTT forged a partnership with the orchestra inspired in part by his eclectic musical creativity
Home draws its inspiration from our living space, or lack thereof. That ranges far beyond geographic points to embrace stability and the sense of community, but also constant change and loss.
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Events like Classical:NEXT, Audio Classique, Classeek, SphinxConnect, Chamber Music America, and The League of American Orchestras help connect and empower musicians
During the mid-1960s, four brothers not only played in the same orchestra, but formed a long-standing string quartet as well
The beguiling performance of the two violin sonatas is certain to bring these unfairly neglected works into a deserved place in the violin repertoire
Though she's now US-based, it would seem a fair portion of her heart remains in the Scottish archipelago of Orkney
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After speaking with more than 24 orchestras, conductors, players, and musicologists, we can report that Haydn’s long-term ROI for 2032 looks to be very high
This album presents 11 single-movement compositions by 11 different composers
The story of the violin virtuoso, influential teacher, and composer's passionate love affair with a student—and the violin concerto he wrote for her—has only recently come to light
Each of the four concerts—Banned (October), Canceled (November), Revised (February), and Muted (May)—featured newly commissioned and traditional works
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Many of these powerful, emotionally wrought tracks revolve around what Kremer has called “the notion of Jewishness” and include laments and a pair of kaddishes
What many string players don’t realize is that many of the materials instrument and bow makers rely on are vulnerable, and some are officially endangered
"The notes ring on after you play, which is very beautiful and changes the whole sound of the instrument"
The suites are among the highlights of 18th-century string literature and have also long been performed on viola
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This spring, Quint will premiere an exciting new violin concerto, a piece he commissioned from acclaimed Belize-born British composer Errollyn Wallen
Rowland—a member of the acclaimed Brodsky Quartet from 2007–2019—chose the Stift Festival Orchestra to record 'Recomposed: Vivaldi’s "Four Seasons"'
The rising star illuminates these timeless concertos with flawless technique and a depth of emotion that is all too rarely heard these days
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