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Heinz Holliger Celebrates 70th Birthday
Celebrated Swiss composer, oboist and conductor Heinz Holliger turns 70 on May 21.
May. 06, 2009Johannes Maria Staud's On Comparative Meteorology Premieres at The Cleveland Orchestra
On Comparative Meteorology, the new work by Johannes Maria Staud, sees its world premiere at the hands of Franz Welser-Möst and The Cleveland Orchestra as the culmination of Staud's Daniel R. Lewis Young Composer Fellowship on May 28.
May. 06, 2009Benjamin Britten's Owen Wingrave in Chicago Opera Theater Production
Chicago Opera Theater presents Benjamin Britten's Owen Wingrave in five performances this month directed by Ken Cazan and conducted by Steuart Bedford.
May. 05, 2009Kennedy Center Features Works by Oliver Knussen, Julian Anderson and Mark-Anthony Turnage
This month the Kennedy Center presents Cross Currents, their week-longcontemporary music festival from May 1 through 10. Curated by Oliver Knussen, the series features works by Turnage, Anderson and Knussen.
May. 04, 2009Music of Mark-Anthony Turnage in Chicago and Washington D.C.
This month the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Steven Sloane perform the US premiere of Turnage's Scorched, Oliver Knussen leads musicians from the National Symphony Orchestra through Dark Crossing, and starting June 4 Chicago Opera Vanguard present five performances of his opera Greek.
May. 04, 2009Arvo Pärt's Symphony No. 4 Los Angeles on Wordless Music Series
Following its world premiere at the Los Angeles Philharmonic in January, Arvo Pärt's Symphony No. 4, Los Angeles,receives its New York Premiere by Jeffrey Milarsky and the Wordless Music Orchestra as part of the Wordless Music Series at the New York Society for Ethical Culture on May 8.
May. 04, 2009Gavin Bryars' The Bulls of Bashan at Spoleto Festival USA
John Kennedy and the Spoleto Festival USA Orchestra perform Gavin Bryars' violin concerto The Bulls of Bashan on May 23.
May. 04, 2009Argento Chamber Ensemble Performs US Premiere of Pierre Boulez's Improvisé pour le Dr. Kat Merkin Concert Hall
May. 01, 2009On Tuesday, May 5, the Argento Chamber Ensemble, led by Music Director Michel Galante, performs the US premiere of Pierre Boulez' Improvisé pour le Dr. K. The performance is …
The Music of Matthias Pintscher in New York, Germany and Australia this Spring
On April 6 Klangforum Wien presents Matthias Pintscher's Shining Forth for solo trumpet, featuring trumpeter Anders Nyqvist, at New York City's Austrian Cultural Forum. On April 25, Pintscher leads the Ensemble ACJW in his Carnegie Hall debut through his work Choc at Zankel Hall.
Apr. 02, 2009- Howard Goodall's choral piece Eternal Light: A Requiem, which continues to tour with the Rambert Dance Company in its successful choreographed version, is also available as a standalone concert piece and still awaits its US Premiere.