Grainger Premiere To Open CSO Season

Posted: Sep 10, 2013 - 2:12:46 PM in: news_2013

Percy Grainger

If you thought composer Percy Grainger was all "Country Gardens" and English folksongs, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra has a surprise in store for its first concert of the 2013-2014 season, Grainger's 1916 "The Warriors (Music to an Imaginary Ballet)." A massive work calling for large orchestra, three pianos (at least!) and a huge percussion section, it is as adventurous as Stravinsky and Charles Ives, though rarely performed. Guest conductor Giancarlo Guerrero will lead the CSO premiere September 12 and 14 at Music Hall.
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Fall Season Filled with Choices

Posted: Sep 6, 2013 - 6:48:16 PM in: news_2013

Cincinnati is a musically rich city, with outstanding concerts and musical events of all kinds. The 2013 fall season is a case in point. Enriched by the Constella Festival of Music and Fine Arts (an annual event since October, 2011), there is an abundance of music this season. Here is a look at what's in store, with a list of choices in three different sizes, large, medium and (not-to-miss) small. - [Read more]

Gennady Rozhdestvensky Shares Thoughts with Students in Pärnu

Posted: Aug 4, 2013 - 12:08:28 AM in: news_2013

Leonid Grin (left) and Gennady Rozhdestvensky (photo by Taavi Kull)

Students at the Järvi Academy in Pärnu, Estonia, held concurrently with the Pärnu Music Festival, had an illustrious guest drop in on them in July, Russian conductor Gennady Rozhdestvensky. The famed maestro sat in on master classes, attended festival concerts and best of all, held a question-and-answer session with the students July 20 at Tervis Spa in Pärnu.
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"Galileo Galilei" New Venture for Cincinnati Opera

Posted: Jul 10, 2013 - 12:09:45 PM in: news_2013

Philip Glass' "Galileo Galilei" marks a new departure for Cincinnati Opera. Not only is it a brand new production and a Cincinnati premiere, but the performances, July 11, 14, 17, 19 and 21, will take place in intimate (750-seat) Corbett Theater at the School for Creative and Performing Arts, the Opera's first expansion beyond Music Hall into its new "opera campus" in Cincinnati's Over-the-Rhine. Conducting will be Kelly Kuo in his main stage debut with Cincinnati Opera (first published at expresscincinnati.com).
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Cornucopia of Events at CCM in 2013-14

Posted: Jun 17, 2013 - 2:34:39 PM in: news_2013

CCM Village (College-Conservatory of Music) at the University of Cincinnati

The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music is a veritable cornucopia of media and performing arts. CCM's 2013-14 main stage season boasts over 40 different events announced to date, beginning with the French language version of Verdi's opera "Don Carlos" in celebration of the composer's 200th anniversary. Look also for tributes to Richard Wagner and Benjamin Britten, a staged Bach "St. John Passion," some delicious jazz events and much more.
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Chamber Orchestra Mixes It Up for 40th Anniversary

Posted: Jun 8, 2013 - 2:10:17 PM in: news_2013

Mischa Santora

The Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra turns 40 this year and to celebrate, have a diverse season in store. "Time for Three," violinists Zack DePue and Nick Kendall and bassist Ranaan Meyer, will set the tone Oct. 9 at the School for Creative and Performing Arts with their unique mix of genres and highly improvised performance. There will be a first-ever collaboration with Cincinnati's innovative Exhale Dance Tribe, arias by soprano Sarah Coburn and Mozart's Great Mass in C Minor with the Vocal Arts Ensemble.
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Mischa Santora: Man with a Harmonious Mission

Posted: May 17, 2013 - 4:26:05 PM in: news_2013

Mischa Santora

Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra music director Mischa Santora has enriched Cincinnati at the helm of the CCO for 13 years, bringing both excellence and a comprehensive mission to the community. More initiatives lie ahead as the orchestra enters its 40th season.
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Constella Festival Announces 2013 Season

Posted: May 16, 2013 - 5:38:17 PM in: news_2013

The Constella Festival, Cincinnati's annual celebration of music, fine arts and dance, promises another stellar season for 2013. Scheduled to appear are violinist Joshua Bell, pianist Stewart Goodyear and conductor Paavo Järvi. Partners with Constella in presenting the five-week event are nine other Cincinnati arts organizations.
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James Conlon, Arts Advocate

Posted: May 14, 2013 - 5:11:37 PM in: news_2013

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James Conlon (photo by Dan Steinberg, Los Angeles Opera)

James Conlon is best known to Cincinnati as music director of the annual May Festival. He is also a writer and maintains a blog on MusicalAmerica.com where he comments on his travels, on music and the arts and issues affecting them in today's world. Conlon took time during his annual visit to Cincinnati to discuss his writing and his love for the May Festival.
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Cincinnati's Arts Ambassadors

Posted: May 10, 2013 - 12:53:14 PM in: news_2013

Cincinnati's new Arts Ambassador Fellows include a filmmaker, ceramicist, poet, cellist, violinist, puppeteer and sculptor. The 2012-2013 fellowships, which help support new and existing work, were awarded at a presentation May 8 at Memorial Hall, along with samples of the artists' work.
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López-Cobos Suing Mortier and Teatro Real

Posted: Apr 3, 2013 - 9:41:20 PM in: news_2013

Jesús López-Cobos

Jesús López-Cobos, former music director of Teatro Real in Madrid and music director emeritus of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, is suing director Gerard Mortier and Teatro Real for defamation. The suit proceeds from a remark Mortier made to the Austrian daily newspaper Kurier in which he asserted that the theater had fired Lopez-Cobos for working too little with the orchestra. Lopez-Cobos, 73, denies Mortier's assertions and states that he left the theater of his own accord.
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Järvi Conducting Academy in Unique Festival Setting

Posted: Apr 3, 2013 - 7:42:09 PM in: news_2013

Neeme Järvi

The Järvi International Summer Academy for Conductors takes place each summer in idyllic Pärnu, Estonia in conjunction with the International Pärnu Music Festival. It is a unique blend, with everything from instruction by three renowned maestros, Neeme Järvi, his son Paavo Järvi and Leonid Grin, to relaxation on Pärnu's immaculate white sand beaches. The 2013 edition is July 12-24. Deadline to apply is April 15.
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New Alliance Could Take May Festival to Next Level

Posted: Apr 3, 2013 - 1:07:10 PM in: news_2013

Cincinnati May Festival Chorus

A new "strategic partnership" between the Cincinnati May Festival and Cincinnati's Vocal Arts Ensemble promises benefits for both organizations. The May Festival Chorus can draw upon the professional voices of the VAE, especially male singers, who are much in demand. VAE singers will be able to perform the larger choral-orchestral repertoire with the May Festival Chorus and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Administratively, the two organizations will share staffing and resources such as box office, accounting, development and technology. (first published in Express Cincinnati, April, 2013)
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A Forgotten Concerto Remembered

Posted: Mar 25, 2013 - 7:20:34 PM in: news_2013

Michael Samis

Cellist Michael Samis, son of Cincinnati Symphony first violinist Sylvia Samis, will make his debut album for Delos Records with a forgotten work, the 1864 Cello Concerto by Carl Reinecke. The journey to discovering it was not easy and bringing it to the concert stage with the Gateway Chamber Orchestra of Clarksville, Tennessee even involved Sylvia.
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A New Day for Cincinnati's World Piano Competition

Posted: Mar 3, 2013 - 6:52:14 AM in: news_2013

Alexander Yakovlev, gold medalist of the 2012 World Piano Competition

The World Piano Competition, a Cincinnati institution for half a century, has a new lease on life, with a just-entered collaboration with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. Under the leadership of interim executive director Mark Ernster, the Competition has been re-designed top to bottom, with the adoption of the CSO as its official orchestra and CCM as the site venue. The finals concert of the Artist Division of the 2013 Competition has been set for July 13 with the CSO led by associate conductor Robert Trevino.
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