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January Events

January 31
Florida Grand Opera
Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
Eglise Gutierrez, Israel Lozano, Mark Walters
Ramon Tebar, conductor
2 p.m. Arsht Center/Ziff Ballet Opera House, Miami
Seraphic Fire
Kisses of his Mouth: [...]

Tue Dec 29, 2009
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Top 10 Performances of 2009

This year’s South Florida Classical Review top ten list is a joint effort with the baton handoff on reviewing duties coming in early May. WIthout [...]

Thu Dec 24, 2009
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Last-minute lineup saves the day for Friends of Chamber Music

As the audience at Gusman Concert Hall listened to a performance of Mozart’s Piano Quartet No. 1 in G Minor on Monday evening, there was [...]

Tue Dec 22, 2009
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Seraphic Fire’s intimate take on “Messiah” well suited to All Saints

Seraphic Fire’s Messiah has quickly become a Christmas tradition in South Florida. With so many different performing versions of this masterpiece to choose from, what [...]

Mon Dec 21, 2009
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Isabel Bayrakdarian showers her luxuriant voice on Gusman Hall

The Armenian-Canadian soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian brought to the University of Miami’s Gusman Hall a luxuriant soprano voice of a quality rarely heard on South Florida’s [...]

Mon Dec 21, 2009
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With Zukerman and Forsyth as star power, Israel Philharmonic shines with warmth and elegance

Violinist-conductor Pinchas Zukerman, one of the stars to emerge from Israel’s intense classical music culture, came to Miami with Israel’s finest orchestra Wednesday for a [...]

Thu Dec 17, 2009
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Pianist Giltburg proves most in synch with the 20th century

Judging from his recital Sunday in Coral Gables, the young Russian-Israeli pianist Boris Giltburg is a competent interpreter of Beethoven and a fine one of [...]

Mon Dec 14, 2009
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Tempest Trio creates electrifying storm at Four Arts in Palm Beach

The Tempest Trio offered an afternoon of bracing, high-wire chamber music performances Sunday afternoon at the elegant auditorium of Society of the Four Arts in [...]

Mon Dec 14, 2009
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Zukerman and Forsyth, partners on stage and off

Many wives learn to tolerate their husbands’ irritating habits. And then there is the unique burden borne by Amanda Forsyth, wife of the eminent Israeli-born [...]

Sun Dec 13, 2009
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Soloists take flight in Palm Beach Opera’s Beethoven Ninth

It was unusual enough for the Palm Beach Opera to open its season with Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony rather than, say, Carmen or La Traviata. But [...]

Sat Dec 12, 2009
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Seraphic Fire presents sacred, refreshingly retro Christmas program

The atmosphere was medieval, dark and lit only by candles. From the back of the church, male voices began a solemn plainchant, singing Pater noster, [...]

Fri Dec 11, 2009
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Seraphic Fire to launch new Christmas series tonight

When you think of a Christmas concert, what may come to mind is an evening that starts with We Wish You a Merry Christmas, continues [...]

Thu Dec 10, 2009
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James Judd returns to Broward Center in triumphant “Messiah”

James Judd, a bit grayer but still an energetic presence on the podium, returned to the stage of the Broward Center for the Performing Arts [...]

Sun Dec 06, 2009
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Vanskä leads New World Symphony in performances of bracing power and flexibility

The conductor Osmo Vänskä, a product of Finland’s white-hot classical music scene, took the podium in South Beach Friday to lead the New World Symphony [...]

Sat Dec 05, 2009
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Delray String Quartet displays grace and energy in Coral Gables debut

The Palm Beach County-based Delray String Quartet began an ambitious program of expansion to Broward and Miami-Dade counties with a concert Friday night at St. [...]

Sat Dec 05, 2009
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Seraphic Fire to tour Mexico next spring

The Miami choir Seraphic Fire announced Wednesday it will go on its first international tour next year, with a seven-day visit to Mexico.
The eight-year-old ensemble, [...]

Thu Dec 03, 2009
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