Conductor Elim Chan led the Cleveland Orchestra Thursday in ambitious concertos by Lutosławski and Brahms, joined by ...
Our classical music recommendations this week include interesting visitors as well as distinguished local performers. - Those ...
Violinist Ray Chen's virtuosity and considerable social media following make him one of the world’s most in-demand soloists, ...
There were quite a few Anglos in the jam-packed audience. The pianist parried the protest with aplomb, and a winning smile, ...
Those listeners heard him play Dvořák’s Violin Concerto, but missed Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4 on the second half. Opening ...
In second place, Charlottesville High School senior and cellist Gudrun Campbell won $500 for her performance of two movements from Dmitry Kabalevsky’s “Cello Concerto No. 1.” And in third ...
Receiving its Singapore premiere was Dmitri Kabalevsky’s Cello Concerto no. 2 in C minor with British cellist Steven Isserlis as soloist. Kabalevsky is often regarded as a poor man’s Prokofiev or ...
Sink into three hours of soothing classical tunes to reset and refresh your mind. This mix features the orchestral excellence of Jean Sibelius and Vincenzo Bellini, choral melodies from Christopher H.
Composer Kabalevsky was conducting his own cello concerto in Boston, and “he wanted it a lot faster than we usually play it. You start flying around like a young gazelle.” Kabalevsky’s ...
Now twenty-six, he was famous for his technical skill and his amazing memory. Beethoven wrote the violin concerto specially for the event, and quickly, it seems. The composer had spent some of the ...