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In honor of its impending grand opening in 2015, The Opera San Antonio hosts an inaugural gala concert on May 23 at the Majestic Theatre in San Antonio, featuring performances …
Chaya Czernowin's Slow Summer Stay II: Lakes Debuts at Library of Congress
Apr. 30, 2013On May 3, James D. Freeman leads the Orchestra 2001 in the world premiere of Chaya Czernowin’s Slow Summer Stay II: Lakes at the Library of Congress’ Coolidge Auditorium in …
Richard Wagner Bicentenary
Apr. 29, 2013Richard Wagner was born on May 22, 1813, and as we turn the calendar to May we celebrate the 200th anniversary of the composer’s birth. The history of the Wagner …
Boston Modern Orchestra Project Debuts Andrew Norman’s Play
Apr. 29, 2013Fresh off his most recent premiere with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Andrew Norman switches coasts this month for the world premiere of his newest orchestral work for the Boston …
In Matsukaze, Toshio Hosokawa enlists a 15th-century Japanese Noh play as the basis for creating an ethereal, haunting music-theater experience that calls on both Noh and Western operatic traditions. …
Georg Friedrich Haas’s Introduktion und Transsonation Debuts with Klangforum Wien
Apr. 29, 2013The inimitable Klangforum Wien premiered Georg Friedrich Haas’s Introduktion und Transsonation on May 1 at the Klaus-von-Bismarck-Saal in Köln, Germany. Composed for an ensemble of 17 players and pre-recorded tape …
Andrew Norman's Music in Circles III Premieres with Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
Apr. 04, 2013Andrew Norman’s Music in Circles III is the centerpiece of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra’s “Concertos: Handel & Mozart” program on April 20 and 21, 2013. The new piece is …
David Sawer's Rumpelstiltskin Suite Premieres with George Benjamin and the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group
Apr. 02, 2013On April 6, as part of its 25th anniversary season, the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group (BCMG) gives the world premiere of David Sawer’s Rumpelstiltskin Suite at London’s Wigmore Hall, conducted …
Victoria Borisova-Ollas Portrait Festival in Stockholm
Apr. 02, 2013From April 18 through 21, Stockholm celebrates composer Victoria Borisova-Ollas with “Tonsättarweekend,” a composer portrait series featuring her orchestral and chamber music. The series culminates with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic …
Oliver Knussen in Boston and New York
Apr. 02, 2013On April 12 and 13, composer and conductor Oliver Knussen leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra in two performances of his Violin Concerto and Whitman Settings. Pinchas Zukerman is violin …