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Peer Pressure Wins, Jerusalem Qtet Will Play
It looks like the Jerusalem Quartet will appear at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw after all. At least one of the two scheduled concerts will take place, on May 18 at 7 p.m. The May 16 event remains a casualty of the Concertgebouw’s initial … »
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Hockney's Complex Turandot Gets Reassembled in LA
The production of Puccini’s Turandot designed by David Hockney three decades ago will be revived for its Los Angeles debut at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion on May 18. “We’ve been trying to program Hockney’s Turandot for 30 … »
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Kathleen Battle Returns to a Storied Stage
Not seen on its stage since 2016, then following a 22-year career hiatus, Kathleen Battle returned to the Metropolitan Opera on May 12, in a concert produced by AMP Worldwide, presenter of Disney-in-concert films and the like. Now age 75, she … »
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Canberra Symphony Gets $4.1M
Australia’s Canberra Symphony Orchestra (CSO), established originally as an amateur ensemble in 1950 and fully professionalized by the mid-1960s, has earned a national reputation for its commitment to performing works by Australian … »
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New Music Directors in South Carolina, Australia
The Greenville (SC) Symphony Orchestra has appointed Lee Mills to be its next music director, succeeding the 24-year reign of Edvard Tchivzhel, now taking the title of emeritus. Mills, a Solti career grant recipient, becomes the North Carolina … »
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Hannigan to Helm Iceland Symphony
Barbara Hannigan is to be the next chief conductor and artistic director of the Iceland Symphony Orchestra as of August 2026. She succeeds Eva Ollikainen , whose four-season contract commenced in 2020-21. Hannigan, also an acclaimed soprano, has … »
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Classical Music's Answer to Taylor Swift
Lise Davidsen has become classical music’s biggest draw , attracting crowds to the Paris Opéra for her first performances in the title role of Strauss’s Salome during the same week Swift filled La Défense Arena across … »
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An Orchestra Flaunts Its Nationalism
The Israel Philharmonic prides itself on being the primary musical expression of the nation’s identity. Launched in 1948, its roots were actually set in place 12 years earlier, when Polish violinist Bronislaw Huberman formed the Palestine … »
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Shepherd School's New Director of Orchestras
The Shepherd School of Music at Rice University has selected Miguel Harth-Bedoya as its next resident director of orchestras and professor of conducting. After spending the 2024-25 school year as designate, he will assume his full … »
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SC Phil Musicians to Play in Prison
In 2018, violinist Holly Mulcahy launched Arts Capacity , a nonprofit with the mission to bring recitals to Georgia’s Walker State Prison. “We discovered that it was a great place for them [the incarcerated] to share their emotions … »
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