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Nelson Freire Joins Grand Rapids Symphony for Villa-Lobos at Carnegie ...
Click here for more information. The iconic pianist Nelson Freire joins Marcelo Lehninger and the Grand Rapids Symphony for Heitor Villa-Lobos' Momoprecoce, Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra at Carnegie Hall. Also on the thrilling latin-themed program is Ravel's Boléro, Manuel de Falla's Noches en ...
Margaret Leng Tan Premieres Crumb, Suzanne Farrin & Kelly Moran at ...
Click here for ticket information. Embodying the bountiful extended potential of the piano, this concert highlights the influential and important interpreter of contemporary music playing works of John Cage, Suzanne Farrin, Kelly Moran and a new work by George Crumb. The Washing Post has hailed ...
ModernMedieval and Julianna Barwick on Kaufman Music Center's Ecstatic Music ...
Click here for ticket information. Julianna Barwick's ethereal, powerfully emotive voice paired with celebrated performers of ModernMedieval moves early music into a thrilling and truly ecstatic sonic world. This exciting concert features premieres by Barwick, Caleb Burhans, "New York's mohawked Mozart", and Caroline Shaw, the ...
Oratorio Society of New York Brings Powerful, Contemporary and Relative ...
Click here for more information. One of New York's favorite ensembles bring two important works to Carnegie Hall which speak to the contemporary American discourse. Pulitzer Prize winners Paul Moravec and Mark Campbell have created the oratorio, Sanctuary Road, an work based on the writings ...
The Vietnam War: 1945-1975 at New York Historical Society
Click here for more information. This groundbreaking exhibit explores the Vietnam War's causes, conduct and consequences, both on the battlefront and the U.S. home front. The exhibition recounts the heartrending events of the era and captures the perspectives and voices of its history makers ...
You Say You Want a Revolution: Remembering the Sixties at ...
Click here for more information. Discover the counterculture of the 1960s and '70s. From communal living and forays into expanded consciousness, to tensions around race, politics, sexuality and the environment, this exhibition explores the breadth and significance of this period. This event is part ...
Tribeca Film Festival
Various locations
https://www.tribecafilm.com/festivalNow in its 18th year, The Tribeca Film Festival brings together visionaries across industries and diverse audiences to celebrate the power of storytelling. A platform for independent filmmaking, creative expression and immersive entertainment, Tribeca supports emerging and established voices, ...
Sakura Matsuri Cherry Blossom Festival at Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
https://www.bbg.org/visit/event/sakura_matsuri_2018Entrances 150 Eastern Parkway 455 Flatbush Avenue 990 Washington Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11225
For two days every year the Brooklyn Botanic Garden hosts its annual Sakura Matsuri Cherry Blossom Festival. These two days are full of events celebrating all things Japanese and honoring the beauty and majesty of these incredible works of nature. In addition to viewing nature in all its glory, ...
Grand Rapids Symphony Brings More Than Great Music to Carnegie
By Mark McLaren, Editor in Chief, April 17, 2018 The Grand Rapids Symphony arrives in New York this week for its first Carnegie Hall appearance in thirteen years with 85 players, a 135-member chorus, the world-renowned pianist Nelson Freire and its dynamic conductor Marcelo Lehninger. But according to ...
Review: Martha Graham Dance Company Continues Its Legacy and Ensures ...
By Bethany Hopta, Contributing Writer, April 17, 2018 The Martha Graham Dance Company, the oldest dance company in America, continued its 92nd season with performances of their Scared/Profane program at New York City Center this past weekend. On Saturday evening Janet Eilber, the artistic director of ...
Review: Basil Twist's Aquatic 'Symphonie Fantastique' Is Visually and Sonically ...
By Sheila Kogan, Contributing Writer, April 17, 2018 Twenty years ago, third-generation puppeteer, Basil Twist, decided to create a totally abstract work based on the music of Symphonie Fantastique by Hector Berlioz. This year, HERE, the Off-Broadway theater, has revived the work as part of their 25th ...
Review: The Drama of Mozart's Music (and Life) Fills Geffen ...
By Joanne Sydney Lessner, Contributing Writer, April 16, 2018 The New York Philharmonic’s April 14 screening of Milos Forman’s Oscar-winning movie Amadeus, with the musical score performed live, was bittersweet; Forman died the day before, at eighty-six. Conductor Richard Kaufman dedicated the presentation to Forman, and ...
Jazz Notes: On April 20, Jazz Foundation of America Returns to ...
By Dan Ouellette, Senior Editor ZEALnyc, April 16, 2018 Every year, New York’s nonprofit the Jazz Foundation of America—whose motto is “Saving jazz and blues…one musician at a time”—helps to be a key factor for helping musicians who have faced natural disasters and ...
Review: An Expurgated ‘Carousel’ Nonetheless Thrills
By Christopher Caggiano, Contributing Writer, April 16, 2018 Each year, when I cover Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel in my musical-theater history course at the Boston Conservatory, we have a lengthy discussion about what I call “The Elephant in the Room.” Carousel barker Billy Bigelow hits his ...
Art Break: Freud at the Center for Book Arts, Mixed ...
By A. E. Colas, Contributing Writer, April 16, 2018 Humans and their place within the community, landscape, and the planet in general, is a topic of fascination to artists throughout the centuries. Art Break is looking at several shows opening this week that examine and discuss how ...
From Rio With Love — Grand Rapids Symphony Returns To Carnegie ...
By Joanne Sydney Lessner, Contributing Writer, April 12, 2018 The Grand Rapids Symphony takes the stage at Carnegie Hall on Friday, April 20 for the second time in the orchestra’s 88-year history. Having celebrated its 75th anniversary there in 2005, the orchestra returns with the 140-member Grand Rapids ...
Ecstatic Music Festival Features Diverse Programming and Collaborative Performances
By Leonard Bopp, Contributing Writer, April 12, 2018 Kaufman Music Center’s Ecstatic Music Festival, now in its eighth year, presents collaborative performances from a broad, diverse range of musical groups. As Kaufman Music Center Executive Director Lydia Kontos notes, “since Kaufman Music Center launched the pioneering ...
Review: 'Children of a Lesser God' Continues To Provoke Discussion ...
By Diana Mott, Contributing Writer, April 12, 2018 The much anticipated revival of Children of a Lesser God is a testament to the timelessness of a story about the human struggle to connect and to communicate. Mark Medoff’s Tony, Drama Desk and Olivier Award-winning play made ...