South Florida Classical Review

2012

• 5/21 - Arsht Center opera house flooded due to faulty drain pipe, say officials
• 5/21 - Miami Piano Fest closes with Beethoven via Lisztian bombast
• 5/20 - Arsht Center opera house flooded due to faulty drain pipe, say officials
• 5/20 - Wu and Elizalde close Sunday Afternoons of Music season in style
• 5/20 - Fabio Martino displays remarkable artistry at Miami Piano Festival
• 5/19 - Pianist Kadouch shows impressive technical arsenal in mostly Russian program
• 5/18 - Lang Lang moves beyond the flash to reveal a deeper artist
• 5/18 - A late substitution, young Russian opens Piano Festival in stellar style
• 5/18 - UM construction means alternate parking for Saturday concert at Gusman
• 5/15 - Brazilian pianist eager to share his art at Miami Piano Festival
• 5/14 - About to turn 30, Lang Lang looks to new challenges
• 5/13 - Amernet Quartet brings dark intensity to Mozart Festival
• 5/12 - Miami Symphony offers “the three B’s” in worthy season finale
• 5/10 - Seraphic Fire serves up a trove of Latin American treasures to close season
• 5/9 - Artist change for Sunday Afternoons of Music concert
• 5/6 - Tilson Thomas, New World Symphony wrap season with moving, magnificent Mahler
• 5/2 - MTT, New World to close season with Mahler’s Ninth
• 4/30 - Mainly Mozart Festival opens with Viennese songs
• 4/29 - May 27
• 4/28 - Singers provide a riveting night of opera with New World Symphony in “Bluebeard’s Castle”
• 4/26 - Critic’s Choice
• 4/26 - Ehnes Quartet makes a sensational Schubert debut
• 4/24 - Sunday Afternoons to offer a wide range of artists in 2012-13
• 4/23 - New World closes chamber series with wide-ranging American program
• 4/22 - Soprano Alejandres lights up FGO’s “Roméo et Juliette”
• 4/22 - Miami Symphony delivers an enjoyable evening of arias
• 4/21 - Timpani concerto makes the strongest impact at New World’s concert of world premieres
• 4/20 - Frost Opera Theater serves up a delightful “Figaro”
• 4/20 - Seraphic Fire to emphasize its repertorial strengths in 2012-13
• 4/19 - Firebird closes season with dynamic American program
• 4/19 - Chanticleer’s program showcases their eclectic style and distinctive sound
• 4/18 - New World Symphony to expand the concert experience with four new works
• 4/16 - Kissin plays to sold-out crowd at New World Center
• 4/15 - Grimaud offers emotive Brahms, Slatkin dramatic Shostakovich with New World
• 4/15 - Miami Lyric Opera offers a mixed “Lucia” at larger downtown venue
• 4/11 - Critic’s Choice
• 4/8 - Salonen delivers an electrifying, memorable evening with New World Symphony
• 4/5 - Paula Robison displays ageless artistry with Ken Noda at FIU
• 4/2 - Miami Symphony not ready for its Mahler close-up
• 4/1 - Vänskä strikes sparks with New World in Nordic program
• 3/31 - Pulse Chamber Music serves up an eclectic and entertaining evening
• 3/29 - Fiterstein, De Rosa and Wosner team up for memorable chamber evening
• 3/28 - Stoltzman brings a veteran’s mastery to the Kravis Center
• 3/28 - Zukerman Trio presents fiery, full-blooded playing for Drucker’s return
• 3/26 - Mexican soprano lifts Palm Beach Opera’s mediocre “Lucia”
• 3/26 - Pianist Gerstein displays vivid character in dance-inspired program
• 3/25 - April 29
• 3/24 - Guerrero, Cleveland Orchestra close Miami season in top form with warm Beethoven and rousing Respighi
• 3/24 - Cleveland Orchestra expands Miami season to four weeks in 2012-13
• 3/22 - Drucker’s 44-year impresaria career to come full circle with return of Pinchas Zukerman
• 3/21 - Modigliani Quartet has an uneven outing at Four Arts in Palm Beach
• 3/20 - Sarasota Opera presents a handsome, mostly effective staging of Barber’s “Vanessa”
• 3/20 - Sleeper’s Violin Concerto receives an exceptional premiere at Gusman Concert Hall
• 3/18 - Tenor Davila brings electrifying intensity to Sarasota Opera’s “Otello”
• 3/18 - De Leeuw, New World serve up powerful experience with Messiaen’s epic “Turangalîla”
• 3/18 - Kim’s bravura performance sparks Sarasota Opera’s “Lucia”
• 3/17 - Sarasota Opera stumbles with a clinker of a “Carmen”
• 3/17 - Denyce Graves returns to Broward Center for a mixed recital
• 3/15 - Seraphic Fire brings the English Renaissance to stirring life in wide-ranging program
• 3/12 - Jerusalem Quartet displays tonal beauty and artistic intensity at Four Arts
• 3/11 - Andai conducts Miami Symphony in engaging avian program
• 3/11 - Vänskä, Minnesota Orchestra bring combustible drama to Miami concert
• 3/10 - New World Percussion Consort navigates mostly fluently in “Body Language” program
• 3/9 - Tropical Baroque Festival goes medieval with Anonymous 4
• 3/8 - Conductor Osmo Vänskä is intent on taking the Minnesota Orchestra to the very top
• 3/7 - Steven Osborne closes Piano Festival with poetic introspection
• 3/6 - Jordi Savall provides moving star turn at Tropical Baroque Festival
• 3/6 - Pianist Martinez Mehner displays drama, tenderness in Schubert and Ligeti
• 3/5 - Prats opens Miami Piano Festival with passion and virtuosity
• 3/4 - Frost Symphony celebrates Zwilich’s colorful music in winning fashion
• 3/4 - Labadie leads New World in stylish performances of Baroque rarities
• 3/3 - Upshaw, Luisotti deliver taut, compelling performances with Cleveland Orchestra
• 3/3 - Kievman’s long-gestating opera “Hamlet” shows promise, still needs work
• 3/2 - Teen pianist Grosvenor requires artistic seasoning
• 3/1 - Critic’s Choice
• 2/29 - New Zwilich quintet given world-class advocacy by KLR Trio and friends
• 2/29 - Ysaye Quartet shows aristocratic elegance at the Colony Theater
• 2/27 - March 30
• 2/27 - Dawn Upshaw to perform Golijov songs with Cleveland Orchestra
• 2/26 - FGO plans safety-first lineup for 2012-13 season
• 2/26 - Trpčeski brings thrilling bravura and intellectual depth to Liszt and Schubert
• 2/26 - Miami Lyric Opera’s “Tosca” proves solid vocally but lacks dramatic intensity
• 2/25 - Nicole Cabell shines brilliantly in Palm Beach Opera’s “Romeo et Juliette”
• 2/25 - Palm Beach Opera announces tentative 2013 season based on future fund-raising
• 2/23 - Trpčeski to tackle intensely demanding program of Schubert and Liszt
• 2/21 - Nicole Cabell, the un-diva opera star, returns to Palm Beach for “Romeo et Juliette”
• 2/20 - Hough’s explosive spontaneity and vision make for captivating recital
• 2/20 - With an ailing pianist, the Fauré Quartet still delivers a dazzling performance at Four Arts
• 2/18 - MTT, Shaham bring precision and panache to Russian Romanticism
• 2/16 - Critic’s Choice
• 2/14 - Katsaris brings a poet’s artistry to Chopin and Schubert
• 2/13 - Miró Quartet’s edgy style brings illumination in Barber and Beethoven
• 2/12 - New World offers bracing and unusual chamber program
• 2/12 - Palm Beach Opera receives $1 million gift from Helen Persson
• 2/12 - Miami Symphony serves up a romantic Valentine repast
• 2/11 - Quigley, Seraphic Fire scale the heights of Bach’s Mass in B minor
• 2/9 - Ohlsson and the Wroclaw Philharmonic serve up inspired Chopin
• 2/8 - Critic’s Choice
• 2/5 - Garrick Ohlsson, a Chopin player for all seasons
• 2/2 - Pianist Arnaldo Cohen shows brilliance and insight at Four Arts in Palm Beach
• 2/1 - Joshua Bell captivates Kravis Center with Romantic program
• 1/31 - February 28
• 1/29 - Florida Grand Opera delivers a powerful and memorable “Rigoletto”
• 1/29 - Wigglesworth, New World offer compelling and atmospheric Ravel
• 1/28 - Cleveland Orchestra, Bronfman open Miami season with power and precision
• 1/27 - South Beach Chamber Ensemble serves up two contrasted rarities
• 1/25 - Critic’s Choice
• 1/25 - Conrad Tao, 17, shows fully mature virtuosity in Rachmaninoff
• 1/25 - Controversial “Tchaikovsky” orchestra proves unworthy of its name
• 1/22 - Caballero, conductor Tebar lift FGO’s uneven “Rondine”
• 1/21 - Palm Beach Opera marks 50 years with a starry and substantial evening
• 1/19 - FGO’s new conductor brings his meticulous spontaneity to Puccini’s “Rondine”
• 1/18 - Critic’s Choice
• 1/15 - New World serves up a terrific program of new music
• 1/12 - Seraphic Fire marks its 10th anniversary with a richly sung, generous retrospective
• 1/11 - Critic’s Choice
• 1/10 - KLR Trio serves up thrilling Brahms and a Florida premiere
• 1/9 - Brentano String Quartet brings rich virtuosity to Four Arts in Palm Beach
• 1/8 - David Finckel and Wu Han show close musical rapport
• 1/8 - Ehnes and Conlon start off New World’s new year in high-voltage style
• 1/4 - Zukerman, Royal Philharmonic shine in Bruch and Brahms

2011

• 12/31 - Two young musicians in works for viola and piano offer an admirable program
• 12/24 - January 31
• 12/21 - The Top 10 Performances of 2011
• 12/20 - Diaz Trio presents a distinctive evening of chamber music
• 12/19 - Soprano Caballero offers wide-ranging recital at Gusman
• 12/19 - Musical pillow talk ends New World’s year with offbeat chamber program
• 12/17 - Palm Beach Opera opens 50th season with a worthy “Butterfly”
• 12/16 - Miami City Ballet’s freshened up “Nutcracker” works its magic
• 12/13 - In a tough economy, a smaller, tighter Palm Beach Opera opens its 50th season with confidence
• 12/12 - Conductor Honeck brings fresh insight and illumination to familiar Dvořák
• 12/11 - Violinist Ray Chen shows supreme artistry and Old World heart
• 12/11 - Miami Symphony offers a colorful trip to Brazil
• 12/11 - Spotlighting Corigliano, the SoBe Arts string festival closes in grand style
• 12/10 - Haimovitz serves up a tour de force performance at string festival
• 12/8 - Seraphic Fire’s seasonal program brings out the true meaning of Christmas
• 12/8 - Kashkashian delivers an envelope-pushing program at SoBe string festival
• 12/7 - Emerson Quartet unveils compelling new Adès work at Kravis
• 12/7 - The dynamic Lara St. John opens SoBe Arts’ festival with a populist program
• 12/6 - Kuerti brings supreme mastery to early and late Beethoven
• 12/3 - MTT, New World serve up a bracing blast of Italian modernists
• 12/2 - Musicians union plans to leaflet orchestra’s Broward Center concert
• 12/1 - Seraphic Fire nabs three Grammy nominations
• 11/30 - Classical starpower in the spotlight for SoBe Arts string festival
• 11/29 - December Events
• 11/23 - New York Philharmonic principal gives brilliant advocacy to trombone concerto with Frost Wind Ensemble
• 11/19 - Frost Opera Theater explores the Orpheus myth in a wide array of music, creatively presented
• 11/19 - Kennedy makes Master Chorale debut in an early holiday concert with substance
• 11/18 - Concert by Perlman and students makes for uneven start to Arsht series
• 11/17 - Firebird Chamber Orchestra flies high in season opener
• 11/16 - Provincial Munich orchestra and Entremont’s uninspired leadership get Kravis classical season off to weak start
• 11/15 - Domingo cancels appearance in FGO “Luisa” performance
• 11/15 - Pianist Lugansky brings cool power and command to recital
• 11/13 - Florida Grand Opera delivers the zarzuela goods with an inspired, superbly sung “Luisa Fernanda”
• 11/13 - New World’s Concerto Showcase program highlights two rarely heard solo instruments
• 11/10 - Corigliano to be composer in residence for SoBe Arts’ American music festival
• 11/8 - Florida Grand Opera to open season in Spanish style with “Luisa Fernanda”
• 11/8 - James Judd returns to lead the gifted students of the Miami Music Project
• 11/7 - Hilary Hahn delivers memorable Bach and a dozen new works in rare local appearance
• 11/7 - New World players show grace and brilliance in wide-ranging chamber program
• 11/4 - South Beach Chamber Ensemble serves up enterprising program with notable premiere
• 11/1 - Hilary Hahn to make South Florida debut with new and familiar music
• 11/1 - November Events
• 10/30 - Brewer delivers memorable Wagner with MTT, New World Symphony
• 10/26 - Miami Lyric Opera to expand, move to downtown Gusman
• 10/24 - Berg and Rodriguez close Festival Miami in a blaze of crossover Gershwin
• 10/24 - Miami Symphony opens season with Beatles-inspired premiere
• 10/24 - Lowenthal marks Liszt’s birthday in style at Festival Miami
• 10/23 - MTT, New World present different sides of Beethoven’s genius
• 10/22 - Miami City Ballet winningly showcases diverse styles in season opener
• 10/20 - Seraphic Fire launches tenth season, victorious in Victoria
• 10/19 - Frost Wind Ensemble provides polished advocacy for music of Colgrass
• 10/19 - Amernet Quartet and friends pay tribute to an FIU benefactor
• 10/17 - Patrick Quigley, Seraphic Fire in fine fettle as they open 10th season
• 10/16 - MTT, New World Symphony open season with a mighty sound
• 10/13 - Imani Winds serve up a delightful program at Festival Miami
• 10/12 - Choral director Kennedy makes impressive debut at Festival Miami
• 10/10 - Huangci delivers a tour de force performance at Festival Miami
• 10/10 - Dutilleux work proves most intriguing in New World chamber opener
• 10/6 - Premiere to open New World Symphony season with a dual blast of diversity
• 10/6 - Frost students show impressive maturity in new music for string quartet
• 10/3 - Robert Heuer to step down from top job at Florida Grand Opera in 2013
• 10/3 - In duo roles, Schuller joins forces with the Frost Chamber Players
• 10/2 - The horns have it at Festival Miami’s brassy opener
• 9/27 - October Events
• 9/24 - Gunther Schuller’s classical-jazz mix finds a home at Festival Miami
• 9/23 - Villella to retire from Miami City Ballet in 2013
• 9/23 - Martins’ orchestra shaky in Bach but shines in Brazilian music at the Broward Center
• 9/22 - New appointment indicates winds of change at the top for Florida Grand Opera
• 9/15 - Mahler’s 9th, Seraphic Fire’s 10th, and much more on tap in a busy music season
• 9/14 - Palm Beach Opera cuts Monday performances due to economic woes
• 9/14 - Miami City Ballet to present free screenings of its upcoming PBS special
• 9/11 - Harbaugh and Posnak open season with wide-ranging program
• 9/1 - Domingo to sing “Luisa Fernanda” for one FGO gala performance
• 8/31 - South Florida Classical Review wants you to advertise
• 8/25 - Seraphic Fire’s Brahms debuts at No. 5 on iTunes
• 8/15 - Boston Classical Review to debut in September
• 8/15 - September Events
• 8/12 - Miami Lyric Opera delivers a delightful “Elixir”
• 8/4 - Friends of Chamber Music to offer a panoply of pianists at new venues
• 8/2 - Stylish production lifts a variable cast in Santa Fe Opera’s “Faust”
• 7/29 - Emerson Quartet, Joshua Bell and Cleveland Orchestra on tap at Kravis Center
• 7/28 - Hahn and Zukerman featured in Broward Center’s Classical Series
• 7/25 - August Events
• 7/21 - Hungarian chamber orchestra brings polish and energy to Summerfest concert
• 7/8 - Guitarist Leisner at his best in music of Bach, Paganini and himself
• 7/8 - Loretta Dranoff dies, founder of two-piano festival
• 6/30 - July Events
• 6/24 - With an ailing Duke and technical glitches, Miami Lyric Opera still manages a respectable “Rigoletto”
• 6/24 - Violinist Ehnes delivers exhilarating recital in Coral Gables
• 6/23 - Composer Schuller to be feted at Festival Miami
• 6/22 - Inspired cast and magnificent conducting lift a mixed “Rheingold”
• 6/14 - Aprea renews contract at Palm Beach Opera through 2014
• 6/10 - Nadine Sierra to make Florida Grand Opera debut next January in “Rigoletto”
• 6/6 - Seraphic Fire’s fleet Brahms Requiem sacrifices something in expressive depth
• 6/5 - Soprano Nadine Sierra shows the stuff of great artistry
• 6/4 - New World Symphony season to offer new faces, variety of repertoire
• 5/25 - Fast-rising Fort Lauderdale soprano is poised on the verge of a major career
• 5/25 - Upshaw and Bronfman on tap as Cleveland Orchestra adds offbeat rep to 2012 Miami season
• 5/25 - Miami teen cellist to offer free concert before heading to Tchaikovsky Competition
• 5/25 - June Events
• 5/22 - Katz’s complete Chopin Nocturnes proves a triumph at Miami Piano Festival
• 5/21 - Walter Ponce brings refinement and subtlety to Schubert and Liszt
• 5/20 - Pescia opens Piano Festival with strongly individual playing
• 5/19 - Katsaris brings poetry and Lisztian fireworks to wide-ranging program
• 5/17 - Pianist Noda assembles an offbeat but superb trio for Friends of Chamber Music
• 5/16 - Violinist Gluzman brings back the glory days of 19th-century Russian virtuosity
• 5/16 - Master Chorale hires new artistic director
• 5/15 - Tenor Thomas at his finest in English and American art songs
• 5/14 - Seraphic Fire wraps season with a delightful new take on Purcell’s “King Arthur”
• 5/14 - Pianist sparks exciting finale to Miami Symphony season
• 5/11 - Seraphic Fire to serve up modern take on “King Arthur”
• 5/10 - After canceling season, South Florida Symphony will try to raise money with chamber series
• 5/8 - Oundjian, Ohlsson wrap New World season with grandeur
• 5/5 - Arsht Center announces classical season
• 5/1 - MTT, New World deliver a shattering Mahler Sixth
• 5/1 - Miami Symphony takes flight in Faure
• 5/1 - May Events
• 4/26 - New World Percussion Consort offers bracing Cowell and a world premiere
• 4/24 - DiChiera’s impassioned music makes FGO’s “Cyrano” take flight
• 4/22 - Bashmet and Kissin at their finest in memorable Shostakovich
• 4/18 - Pianist Jeremy Denk tackles two epic works by Ives and Bach
• 4/17 - Florida Grand Opera’s terrific cast delivers the Mozartian goods with an imaginative Franco-era “Don Giovanni”
• 4/16 - MTT revisits Thomashefsky tribute with a tighter, more focused evening
• 4/16 - Sunday Afternoons of Music announces varied 2011-2012 season
• 4/15 - Contemporary work adds spice to Firebird program
• 4/13 - For composer David DiChiera, his “Cyrano” is a romantic dream come true
• 4/12 - Reflections series offers strong Shostakovich and a Schoenberg rarity
• 4/11 - Low voices wind up the top winners in Palm Beach Opera’s Vocal Competition
• 4/10 - Poulenc’s powerhouse Organ Concerto highlights Miami Symphony program
• 4/10 - Deneve leads stylish and illuminating French program with New World Symphony
• 4/9 - Under Bělohlávek, Cleveland Orchestra wraps Miami season in virtuosic style
• 4/6 - After five years, the Cleveland Orchestra’s Miami residency remains both prized and controversial
• 4/6 - Pianist Lugansky provides sterling advocacy for Rachmaninoff
• 4/4 - Haiti Philharmonic musicians hope Florida benefit concerts will help them rebuild
• 4/3 - John Adams brings urban darkness to vivid life with the New World Symphony
• 3/31 - April Events
• 3/30 - En route with a package, John Adams reflects on the Met, film noir and young musicians
• 3/29 - Belcea Quartet brings fleet, incisive style to varied program
• 3/27 - Neale leads New World Symphony in rich and full-blooded Elgar
• 3/27 - Miami City Ballet closes 25th season with spectacular “Romeo and Juliet”
• 3/26 - Aprea and orchestra are the stars in Palm Beach Opera’s effective, well-sung “Tosca”
• 3/25 - Despite inspired choral singing, Master Chorale’s Verdi let down by dismal conducting and student orchestra
• 3/22 - Miami City Ballet to close 25th season in a big way with million-dollar “Romeo and Juliet”
• 3/21 - FAU’s minimalist “Bluebeard’s Castle” puts across Bartok’s opera with maximum impact
• 3/21 - Peled and Goldstein bring raw emotion to varied program
• 3/20 - Miami Symphony’s Spanish program introduces young composer and guitarist
• 3/19 - Seraphic Fire delivers an unforgettable St. John Passion
• 3/18 - Philip Glass brings his piano music to a packed New World Center
• 3/18 - James Galway’s technique (and flute) still golden at Broward Center
• 3/16 - Seraphic Fire set to tackle epic challenge of Bach’s “St. John Passion”
• 3/15 - Seraphic Fire to mark 10th season with expansion and varied lineup from Adams to Victoria
• 3/14 - Palm Beach Opera back to just three productions next season
• 3/13 - New World members show striking versatility in chamber program
• 3/11 - Sarasota Opera soars with Verdi’s underrated “I Lombardi”
• 3/11 - Tenor’s impressive debut sparks Miami Lyric Opera’s admirable “L’Amico Fritz”
• 3/10 - Frost Symphony serves up a diverse lineup of American music with local connections
• 3/9 - Sarasota Opera launches American series with a compelling “Crucible”
• 3/8 - Miami Lyric Opera set to debut rare Mascagni with a rarer Jewish element
• 3/8 - Arciuli delivers thrilling Ives performance at Miami Piano Festival
• 3/7 - Miami Piano Festival opens with a golden night of Liszt
• 3/7 - Stravinsky looms large in New World’s concerto program, part deux
• 3/7 - New World members soar like world-class soloists in concerto program
• 3/6 - Brazilian soprano, French ensemble close Baroque Festival in style
• 3/5 - Cleveland Orchestra, violinist shine in Romantic program
• 3/4 - Frost Opera Theater triumphs in delightful “Albert Herring”
• 3/2 - Cleveland Orchestra appoints Guerrero as Miami’s principal guest conductor
• 3/2 - Italian ensemble brings Romantic verve to concertos at Tropical Baroque Festival
• 3/1 - March Events
• 3/1 - Florida Grand Opera’s 2011-2012 season brings new music director, zarzuela
• 3/1 - With a shaky technique and fitful engagement, Perlman still packs them in at the Broward Center
• 2/26 - Worthy voices lift under-energized production in Palm Beach Opera’s “Cosi”
• 2/25 - Ballet Grand Prix’s young dancers and their mentors shine in varied program
• 2/24 - Sleeper’s chamber works show depth, wide variety at UM
• 2/21 - Mehta, Israel Philharmonic impress audience at Kravis Center
• 2/20 - Sir Neville Marriner sparks the New World in an energized night of Dvorak and Tchaikovsky
• 2/19 - Judy Drucker returns with impressive double serving of Cliburn winners
• 2/18 - Even with multiple changes, Paris Trio shines at New World Center
• 2/18 - Rimsky fares best in African orchestra’s American debut
• 2/16 - Amernet Quartet and friends deliver riveting Brahms and Schumann
• 2/14 - Couple’s ardent singing illuminates tragic operatic love
• 2/14 - New World Center proves ideal chamber venue in superbly varied program
• 2/13 - Miami Symphony program artfully blends music with images
• 2/12 - Versatile Miami City Ballet at their finest in varied program
• 2/11 - Cape Town orchestra tour is a first for America and Africa
• 2/10 - Seraphic Fire transcends the centuries with music of the Jewish Diaspora
• 2/8 - Thibaudet brings poetry and bravura to Liszt program at the Broward Center
• 2/8 - Pianist shines in mostly lackluster concert by Entremont, Deutsche orchestra
• 2/7 - A busy Philippe Entremont brings German orchestra to Florida
• 2/7 - Cleveland Orchestra hires its own “critic” in Miami
• 2/6 - Tetzlaff’s dazzling Bartok sparks New World Symphony, as the orchestra settles in to new home
• 2/3 - Kremlin ensemble offers mixed outing at Arsht Center
• 1/31 - February Events
• 1/31 - Zazovsky and Levin bring Sunday Afternoons series full circle in 30th anniversary concert
• 1/31 - New World Symphony’s video “Pictures” sometimes evocative, often distracting
• 1/29 - Heroic Strauss best in Cleveland Orchestra’s mixed Miami opener
• 1/28 - A convivial Schubert program shows that the New World Symphony finally has a congenial home for the voice
• 1/26 - New World Symphony opens new era with music of Wagner, Adès and Copland
• 1/26 - Soloists, Polish orchestra bring passion to national music at Kravis
• 1/26 - Libby Larsen’s wide-ranging music receives fine advocacy at Frost
• 1/26 - Curtain goes up at the New World Symphony’s new home
• 1/25 - Doreen Marx celebrates 30 years of bringing great music to Miami
• 1/24 - Miami Symphony serves up delightful Strauss-plus concert at the Arsht Center
• 1/23 - An inspired Futral and fine cast overcome the distractions in FGO’s mostly successful “Hoffmann”
• 1/22 - Two first-class voices spark Palm Beach Opera’s intimate “Orfeo”
• 1/21 - New World Symphony to create a new multimedia world in Gehry hall
• 1/19 - Joshua Bell brings lyricism and bravura to Romantic program at the Arsht Center
• 1/18 - Habermann to leave Master Chorale
• 1/17 - Palm Beach Opera, soloists soar in Verdi’s Requiem
• 1/17 - Pianist Barnes brings audacious program to FIU
• 1/12 - Toronto Symphony brings spontaneous fervor to Broward Center
• 1/9 - Miami City Ballet shines in two Balanchine classics
• 1/8 - Seraphic Fire brings raw lusty fervor to “Carmina Burana”
• 1/5 - Violinist Ehnes makes an acclaimed career from his Florida home
• 1/4 - KLR Trio shines brightly in Coral Gables
• 1/3 - The Delray Quartet offers a varied program with two Russian rarities

2010

• 12/31 - Julian Kreeger honored in Coral Gables
• 12/27 - January Events
• 12/26 - Top 10 Performances of 2010
• 12/22 - Seraphic Fire to travel north for Midwestern tour
• 12/20 - Despite injury, violinist Oliveira delivers distinguished recital
• 12/19 - New World Symphony bids farewell to the Lincoln Theatre in final concerts
• 12/19 - Seraphic Fire members bring individual distinction to “Messiah”
• 12/14 - The King’s Singers bring Christmas warmth to a chilly Florida night
• 12/13 - New World’s final chamber concert at Lincoln Theatre offers a varied feast
• 12/11 - Mostly excellent cast lifts Palm Beach Opera’s static “Nabucco”
• 12/11 - FIU School of Music’s Christmas concert offers a festive mix
• 12/9 - Seraphic Fire’s Christmas program proves moving and memorable
• 12/9 - Diaz Trio soars in Brahms and Dvorak with pianist Rodriguez
• 12/7 - Mark Rucker to bring a true Verdi baritone to Palm Beach Opera’s “Nabucco”
• 12/6 - Entremont’s debut as new conductor of Boca Symphonia draws rapturous audience response
• 12/5 - Knussen talks, conducts, and talks some more in rewarding program with New World Symphony
• 12/4 - Delray Quartet opens season with new member, richer sound
• 12/4 - Miami City Ballet’s “Nutcracker” opens with mixed performance at Kravis
• 12/1 - A superb artist, Kuerti brings a varied set of tools to Beethoven recital
• 11/30 - December Events
• 11/25 - Moscow Virtuosi’s warmth and bravura charm Arsht Center audience
• 11/23 - Ailing tenor misses two “Turandot” performances
• 11/21 - New World Symphony has a lackluster night in Baroque program
• 11/20 - Fine soloists and choral singing lift Master Chorale’s incomplete “Creation”
• 11/20 - Embattled South Florida Symphony cancels December concerts
• 11/17 - Spivakov, Moscow Virtuosi mark three challenging decades
• 11/17 - Russian State Symphony cancels tour, Broward Center event
• 11/16 - Big and brawny, Moscow State Symphony’s playing is Russian to the bone
• 11/14 - Florida Grand Opera opens season with lavish, richly sung “Turandot”
• 11/5 - Seraphic Fire members take a nostalgic journey
• 11/5 - Young cast sparks Frost Opera Theater’s clever punk version of “Beggar’s Opera”
• 11/1 - Santiago Rodriguez’s memorable recital worth waiting for
• 10/31 - November Events
• 10/31 - Ax, MTT and New World make collegial team in Brahms program
• 10/27 - Frost Chamber Players serve up a varied French feast
• 10/25 - Sandoval, Miami Symphony light up Arsht Center with new concerto
• 10/21 - UM festival to offer a world premiere made in and for Miami
• 10/20 - A reconstituted Amernet Quartet opens its season with memorable Debussy
• 10/20 - Frost Wind Ensemble serves up world premiere and retooled Bob Dylan
• 10/18 - A double helping of string quartets at Festival Miami
• 10/17 - Pianist Rodriguez being treated for flu
• 10/17 - New World Symphony opens season in stellar style with a bittersweet note
• 10/16 - Miami City Ballet opens 25th season in celebratory style
• 10/16 - Rodriguez falls ill, Tao Lin saves the day at Festival Miami
• 10/14 - Michael Tilson Thomas set to open an important New World Symphony season
• 10/13 - Frost faculty composers in the spotlight at Festival Miami
• 10/12 - Pianist Rodriguez’s life and career come full circle at University of Miami
• 10/10 - Trombonist takes the spotlight in New World Symphony’s chamber opener
• 10/10 - Soprano shines in Miami Lyric Opera’s “Traviata”
• 10/9 - Sandra Lopez opens Festival Miami on a wave of song
• 10/8 - South Florida Symphony makes impressive debut at Broward Center
• 10/3 - Of tax returns and “Traviata”: Miami soprano Susana Diaz balances her day job with an opera career
• 10/1 - October Events
• 10/1 - An expanded Seraphic Fire delves deep in Rachmaninoff’s “Vespers”
• 9/26 - New World’s preseason concert offers genre-crossing premiere
• 9/19 - Seraphic Fire to open season with Rachmaninoff rarity
• 9/13 - Frost Symphony scales the heights impressively with Bruckner
• 9/12 - The Pacifica Quartet opens Florida’s music season in style
• 9/3 - New World Symphony’s new venue tops a rich and diverse classical lineup
• 9/1 - With expanded concerts, the retooled South Florida Symphony is set to make an ambitious debut
• 8/29 - September Events
• 8/27 - Pianist Dowling sparks a lively evening of ragtime
• 8/16 - Soprano’s unhinged intensity proves overwhelming in Santa Fe Opera’s “Butterfly”
• 8/6 - Intimate program of spirituals lifts Seraphic Fire audience
• 8/3 - Palm Beach Opera adds Verdi Requiem to lineup
• 7/31 - Palm Beach Chamber Fest closes with rarities by Donizetti and Dvorak
• 7/30 - August Events
• 7/16 - Even with rough edges, Miami Lyric Opera’s “Boheme” hits the high notes
• 7/16 - Seraphic Fire presents intimate vocal rarities from the court of the Sun King
• 7/16 - Pianist Pratt brings old-fashioned virtuosity to Coral Gables
• 7/10 - Palm Beach Chamber Fest opens with adventurous, wide-ranging mix
• 6/29 - July Events
• 6/18 - Firing on all cylinders, Mark Kosower steals the thunder in a varied and vital chamber program
• 6/14 - Pianist Kudo’s gift in Chopin clear, even with technical lapses
• 6/13 - Elizabeth Caballero delights audience in wide-ranging recital
• 6/10 - Seraphic Fire kicks off summer series with enjoyable gospel program
• 6/7 - Amernet Quartet delivers high-voltage program at Mozart Festival
• 6/4 - Miami Lyric Opera’s concert brightens up a rainy night
• 6/1 - South Florida Theater Review set to open in July
• 5/31 - Minimal Mozart, yet Bergonzi Quartet serves up winning program
• 5/31 - June Events
• 5/24 - From Bach to Rach, Seraphic Fire will offer a diverse feast next season
• 5/24 - Amernet Quartet, cellist Hoffman shine in music of past and present
• 5/19 - Sunday Afternoons to close season with world premiere
• 5/17 - Mainly Mozart Fest opens with uneven outing by Miami Music Project quartet
• 5/17 - Empire Brass serves up breezy if lightweight afternoon of music
• 5/17 - Arsht classical series to have Russian flavor
• 5/16 - Spanish pianist reveals a master’s artistry at Miami Piano Festival
• 5/15 - Young Chinese pianist proves impressive in Miami debut
• 5/14 - Chopin-Schumann marathon opens Miami Piano Festival
• 5/14 - Seraphic Fire closes season in grand style with Monteverdi
• 5/11 - Monteverdi’s Vespers to close Seraphic Fire season
• 5/9 - Spanish pianist set to make a comeback at Miami Piano Festival
• 5/8 - Pianist makes terrific debut in Brahms with Miami Symphony
• 5/4 - New World Symphony to chart new videocentric course with opening of Gehry hall next season
• 5/3 - Mozart and Schumann quartets close season for Friends of Chamber Music
• 5/2 - Debussy fest finale closes New World season with broad portrait of the French composer
• 5/1 - MTT, New World explore more offbeat Debussy byways
• 4/28 - Julian Kreeger marks a quarter-century of bringing the finest chamber music to Miami
• 4/28 - May Events
• 4/26 - New World opens Debussy Festival with austere chamber works
• 4/26 - Maryland soprano takes top prize at Palm Beach Opera Vocal Competition
• 4/25 - Vocal fire overcomes furniture in FGO’s superbly sung “Carmen”
• 4/23 - Back to the future with Seraphic Fire’s evocative program of chant
• 4/23 - Miami Lyric Opera opens season with a delightful “Don Pasquale”
• 4/23 - Palm Beach Opera to return to four operas next season
• 4/17 - MTT, New World shine in Dvorak and Bartok with Yuja Wang
• 4/17 - Master Chorale gives moving life to Mozart’s Requiem
• 4/16 - Frost Opera Theater provides enthusiastic advocacy for two absorbing new works
• 4/11 - MTT, New World deliver resounding Mahler performance at Arsht Center
• 4/11 - Miami Symphony scores with Delius and Dvorak, while O’Connor concerto falls short
• 4/11 - Delray String Quartet’s Spanish-Russian program closes season on mixed note
• 4/10 - Even with its sultry Carmen, Palm Beach Opera’s Bizet fizzles rather than sizzles
• 4/2 - Pianist Jeremy Denk brings intelligent, irreverent approach to music and career
• 3/31 - April Events
• 3/30 - Lang Lang shows fire and maturity at Arsht Center
• 3/28 - McGegan, New World go for Baroque
• 3/27 - Fliter’s Chopin sparks Cleveland Orchestra’s Miami season finale
• 3/26 - Seraphic Fire soars with Handel’s “Israel in Egypt”
• 3/25 - Lang Lang finds balance between artistry and superstar status
• 3/24 - 21-year-old pianist shows mature, magnificent artistry
• 3/23 - Seraphic Fire in its element with Handel’s “Israel in Egypt”
• 3/22 - New World members brings impressive commitment to varied American program
• 3/22 - Boca Symphonia closes season on a mixed note
• 3/21 - Kern brings Romantic Russian flair to overflow crowd at Gusman
• 3/21 - Miami Symphony mixes it up, from Vienna to Venezuela
• 3/18 - Olga Kern finds the Russian heart of music in Rachmaninoff
• 3/16 - David Finckel and Wu Han find the right balance on and off the stage
• 3/15 - Touring “Porgy and Bess” proves musically inspired but dramatically superficial
• 3/13 - Buffalo Philharmonic delivers rich-toned performances of Russian favorites
• 3/13 - Walton’s Viola Concerto in spotlight with New World Symphony
• 3/10 - Growing up with the Buffalo Philharmonic
• 3/10 - “Magic Flute” provides a mostly delightful Mozart evening in Sarasota
• 3/10 - Her famous voice still in admirable shape, Kiri charms audience at the Broward Center
• 3/10 - Sarasota Opera to launch American opera series in 2011
• 3/9 - Not much prime Verdi at stake in “Giovanna d’Arco” but Sarasota Opera provides worthy advocacy
• 3/9 - Onay ends impressively with Chopin and Ravel at Miami Piano Fest
• 3/8 - In a cynical age, Sarasota Opera’s “Hansel und Gretel” works its traditional magic
• 3/8 - Itin opens Miami Piano Festival with explosive wartime Prokofiev
• 3/8 - Hot Ginastera comes off best in uneven Delray Quartet program
• 3/7 - Fleming shines at Boca Raton’s Festival of the Arts
• 3/6 - Sarasota Opera’s “Cav & Pag” proves a varied bag of verismo
• 3/6 - Renée Fleming stresses hard work and ease of production at Frost master class
• 3/6 - Broward Center to expand classical series in 2010-2011
• 3/4 - Celebrated soprano Kiri te Kanawa returns to Broward Center Tuesday
• 3/4 - Artemis Quartet delivers a night of memorable Beethoven
• 3/4 - Yuja Wang strikes sparks at Kravis with Russian National Orchestra
• 3/1 - New World’s Chopin tribute undone by rough and unready playing
• 3/1 - March Events
• 2/28 - 19-year-old captures top prize at National Chopin Competition
• 2/28 - Soprano Kiehr and colleagues open Tropical Baroque Festival in style
• 2/27 - Inspired cast and creative staging put a new gloss on an old villain in Palm Beach Opera’s “Don Giovanni”
• 2/27 - Bach to the future with Firebird’s delightful take on the Brandenburgs
• 2/26 - With steep highs and lows, FGO’s tribute to Heuer reflects his quarter-century at the helm
• 2/24 - Ying Quartet offers depth and brilliance in rarities at Frost
• 2/21 - Fine singing upstaged–again–by crude stage direction in FGO’s “Barber”
• 2/21 - FGO to stay with four-opera season in 2010-2011
• 2/21 - Sleeper’s “Xenia” receives worthy premiere alongside showpieces by Bartok and Rimsky
• 2/21 - Spano and New World unite in blazing performance at Arsht Center
• 2/20 - With an alarming moment, Miami Symphony provides gleaming performances of Prokofiev and de Falla
• 2/19 - Miami’s Chopin Competition to showcase top American pianists
• 2/18 - Paris Piano Trio shines in Brahms and Rachmaninoff
• 2/16 - Joshua Bell displays lively Romantic fervor at the Broward Center
• 2/15 - Platt’s farewell concert with Boca Symphonia a worthy showcase
• 2/11 - Slatkin, Detroit Symphony deliver a sumptuous performance at Kravis Center
• 2/9 - Claremont Trio turns in uneven performance in Palm Beach
• 2/9 - Historic Lincoln Theatre to be gutted, converted to retail
• 2/7 - Eroica Trio serves up gleaming performances of Dvorak and Cassado
• 2/7 - Glazunov given warm advocacy by revamped Delray Quartet
• 2/6 - Koh shines in Adams’ Violin Concerto with New World Symphony
• 2/3 - Leonard Slatkin seems the right conductor at the right time to lead the Detroit Symphony Orchestra
• 2/1 - NASA film mixed with Houston Symphony’s “Planets” is a blast
• 1/31 - February Events
• 1/30 - Cleveland Orchestra provides worthy mix with Beethoven and Bernstein
• 1/30 - Slimmed-down Seraphic Fire a bit too chaste in mixing the sensual and spiritual
• 1/27 - Third-rate playing creates static for Moscow Radio Symphony at Kravis
• 1/25 - Fauré Piano Quartet delivers unforgettable performance in Palm Beach
• 1/25 - Haiti benefit to be presented by Cleveland Orchestra and New World Symphony
• 1/25 - Malkki, New World bring extraordinary focus to Finnish music
• 1/24 - Fine cast in FGO’s “Lucia” undermined by obtrusive stage direction
• 1/23 - Palm Beach Opera scores with intense and powerful production of Verdi’s “Otello”
• 1/23 - Josefowicz soars in Adès concerto with Cleveland Orchestra
• 1/19 - Agreement reached in Cleveland Orchestra strike
• 1/18 - In any language, Bruno Aprea is making an impact at Palm Beach Opera
• 1/18 - Zwilich’s new Septet receives a brilliant Florida premiere
• 1/18 - Cleveland Orchestra is on strike
• 1/16 - Firebird Chamber Orchestra provides high-voltage jump to Vivaldi
• 1/14 - Richard Goode brings insight and intimacy to Bach and Haydn in Palm Beach
• 1/13 - Perlman’s recital at Arsht Center charms capacity audience
• 1/11 - Firebird Rising: chamber orchestra to open second season with a fresh look at Vivaldi
• 1/11 - Cleveland Duo and saxophonist make strong case for offbeat trio
• 1/9 - MTT makes rare appearance as pianist in substantially Scandinavian program
• 1/8 - Cleveland Orchestra close to strike, threatening Miami concerts
• 1/6 - Ehnes, Diaz and Lisitsa team up for unified chamber program
• 1/3 - Delray Quartet shows maturity and richness in Ravel and Villa-Lobos

2009

• 12/29 - January Events
• 12/24 - Top 10 Performances of 2009
• 12/22 - Last-minute lineup saves the day for Friends of Chamber Music
• 12/21 - Seraphic Fire’s intimate take on “Messiah” well suited to All Saints
• 12/21 - Isabel Bayrakdarian showers her luxuriant voice on Gusman Hall
• 12/17 - With Zukerman and Forsyth as star power, Israel Philharmonic shines with warmth and elegance
• 12/14 - Pianist Giltburg proves most in synch with the 20th century
• 12/14 - Tempest Trio creates electrifying storm at Four Arts in Palm Beach
• 12/13 - Zukerman and Forsyth, partners on stage and off
• 12/12 - Soloists take flight in Palm Beach Opera’s Beethoven Ninth
• 12/11 - Seraphic Fire presents sacred, refreshingly retro Christmas program
• 12/10 - Seraphic Fire to launch new Christmas series tonight
• 12/6 - James Judd returns to Broward Center in triumphant “Messiah”
• 12/5 - Vanskä leads New World Symphony in performances of bracing power and flexibility
• 12/5 - Delray String Quartet displays grace and energy in Coral Gables debut
• 12/3 - Seraphic Fire to tour Mexico next spring
• 11/29 - At a time of cutbacks, a Florida string quartet expands to three counties
• 11/28 - December Events
• 11/23 - After eight years, James Judd returns to Florida podium to conduct “Messiah”
• 11/22 - Young conductor, Frost orchestra triumph over potential disaster, brilliantly
• 11/21 - Villa-Lobos tribute launches Brazilian music series at Arsht Center
• 11/18 - Entremont to replace Platt as Boca Symphonia conductor
• 11/15 - Florida Grand’s “Pag and Suor” opener a distinctly mixed bag
• 11/15 - Golijov’s moving “Isaac” sparks memorable New World program
• 11/9 - Boca Symphonia opens with Mendelssohn and a violinist’s impressive debut
• 11/8 - Multimedia “Gotham” is a high-voltage whirl of sight and sound
• 11/7 - Seraphic Fire swings and soars in gospel program
• 11/3 - New World Symphony to get a New York state of mind this weekend
• 11/1 - New World stumbles with lifeless Mozart in chamber opener
• 10/31 - Festival Miami closes in style with all that jazz
• 10/31 - November Events
• 10/29 - Pianist Kenner displays exceptional gifts in music of Chopin and others
• 10/25 - New World’s Beethoven soars under Tilson Thomas, soloists
• 10/22 - A Venezuela-born Italian bass is rising to great heights
• 10/20 - At 15, Miami cellist is on the road to success
• 10/19 - Miami Symphony opens 21st season impressively
• 10/17 - Beethoven’s Ninth, a symbol for good and ill throughout two centuries
• 10/15 - Frost Wind Ensemble gives superb Ticheli symphony a new look
• 10/14 - For those who think operas are too long, Frost Opera Theater offers a brisk alternative
• 10/12 - Lesser known works prove most compelling with Frost Chamber Players
• 10/11 - New World Symphony opens season with fiery showpieces
• 10/9 - David Garrett—when classical violin goes crossover
• 10/7 - String theory at Funky Buddha
• 10/3 - Festival Miami opens with exciting Beethoven and Brahms
• 10/2 - Seraphic Fire opens new season with ancient music
• 9/30 - October Events
• 9/25 - Miami Lyric Opera’s concert “Carmen” a mixed bag of Bizet
• 9/23 - Hard-working conductor a triple-threat advantage for UM’s Frost School
• 9/23 - Met’s “Tosca” opens season with hoary new cliches
• 9/14 - Violinist McDuffie shows wide range in lightish program
• 9/11 - Renee and the Russians to be in the spotlight at 2010 Boca festival
• 9/6 - Restless violinist Robert McDuffie keeps searching for new challenges
• 8/31 - September Events
• 8/28 - Pianist Dowling brings classical finesse to ragtime
• 8/23 - Vickers’ Moor revisited and Domingo’s “Otello” farewell
• 8/19 - Festival Miami scales back for 26th season
• 8/12 - Habermann and the Desert Chorale do Handel right
• 8/7 - Hyperactive Dessay upstages Violetta in soprano’s “Traviata” debut
• 8/5 - Santa Fe Opera shoots and scores with opera noir “The Letter”
• 8/3 - Fine cast, glitzy production provide mixed rewards in Santa Fe’s “Alceste”
• 8/1 - Strings to the fore in stellar closing program of PB Chamber Festival
• 8/1 - August Events
• 7/31 - Miami Lyric Opera uncovers a Spanish gem with Arrieta’s charming “Marina”
• 7/26 - Lang Lang, Perlman featured in Arsht Center’s new classical series
• 7/25 - Close acoustic makes for jarring results at Palm Beach Chamber Fest
• 7/24 - Tableau Baroque enlightens with music of Handel and his contemporaries
• 7/22 - Miami Lyric Opera to present Arrieta’s rarely heard “Marina”
• 7/18 - Young Beethoven shines brightest at Palm Beach Chamber Festival
• 7/17 - Guitarist Isbin shows her mastery in Coral Gables
• 7/11 - Palm Beach Chamber Fest opens with bracing mix of rarities
• 7/3 - Lisitsa returns for a hair-raising display of piano fireworks
• 6/23 - July Calendar
• 6/22 - New classical series to debut at Broward Center this fall
• 6/19 - Violinist Meyers brings a musical smile to a summer night
• 6/15 - Violinist Schmidt displays depth and maturity
• 6/12 - Seraphic Fire breaks up the summer doldrums with that old-time religion
• 6/11 - Young violinist strives to bring back the Golden Age
• 6/8 - Orchestra Miami concert cancelled, evening of art and music to take its place
• 6/1 - A compelling Sunday afternoon of music, mostly from the Holocaust
• 6/1 - June Calendar
• 5/29 - Miami Lyric Opera delivers impassioned double bill of “Cav” and “Suor”
• 5/25 - Frost School musicians highlighted on new CD
• 5/18 - Pablo Ziegler closes piano festival with a whole lot of tango
• 5/17 - Hungarian pianist Szokolay stronger on bravura than poetry
• 5/16 - Stephen Beus brings daring virtuosity to Miami Piano Festival
• 5/16 - Pianist Ning An makes exciting impact with Orchestra Miami
• 5/15 - Seraphic Fire closes with Jewish and Christian Renaissance
• 5/15 - Eckardstein opens Piano Festival with power and poetry
• 5/9 - KLR Trio closes chamber season with stylish Schubert
• 5/8 - Coral Gables Congregational Church announces summer lineup
• 5/7 - New Frost program will put a stamp on ensemble musicianship
• 5/3 - MTT, New World wrap season with blazing Tchaikovsky
• 5/2 - A brief personal note
• 5/2 - Miami Symphony wraps season with music of Spain and the spheres
• 5/1 - May Calendar
• 4/28 - From humpback whales to Broadway swagger, New World closes chamber season with genuine American diversity
• 4/27 - Canadian soprano nabs top prize in Palm Beach Opera Vocal Competition
• 4/26 - Chinese soprano is unforgettable in Florida Grand Opera’s shattering “Butterfly”
• 4/25 - Financially pressed Florida Grand Opera ditches its concert series after just one season
• 4/25 - Master Chorale closes season with American music
• 4/23 - At 70 (no, really), Ellen Taaffe Zwilich remains as energetic and youthful as her music
• 4/23 - Sunday Afternoons of Music to open 2009-2010 with McDuffie
• 4/20 - Boca Symphonia wraps season with guest conductor and new concerto
• 4/19 - New World goes Dutch in modern style with conductor de Leeuw
• 4/19 - Frost Symphony rises to the challenge with a stirring Mahler Fifth
• 4/18 - Seraphic Fire offers sacred and scary takes on motherhood
• 4/16 - Met’s fascinating documentary wins “The Audition”
• 4/12 - Cellist Weilerstein provides intense advocacy for Golijov
• 4/11 - Spivakov, virtuosic Russian orchestra bedazzle the Arsht Center audience
• 4/10 - Arsht Center to launch new classical series this fall
• 4/7 - Bryn Terfel’s voice and magnetism provide a memorable night
• 4/7 - Sublime to ridiculous, Miami Symphony offers a movable feast
• 4/6 - Delray Quartet closes season with the darker side of Mendelssohn
• 4/4 - French soprano lifts Palm Beach Opera’s “La Boheme”
• 4/4 - Violinist’s Brahms sparks Cleveland’s final season stand
• 4/3 - A Daring Turn of the “Ring”
• 4/3 - Amici Quartet surmounts Beethoven’s complexity
• 4/2 - April Concert Calendar
• 4/2 - Fidel goes to the opera
• 3/31 - Guarneri String Quartet bids farewell with Beethoven
• 3/28 - Oundjian, New World triumphant in Nielsen symphony
• 3/27 - Composer stokes the flames of revolution with Castro opera
• 3/27 - Orchestra Miami will present two late-season concerts
• 3/27 - Miami Lyric Opera opens season ambitiously with Bellini
• 3/26 - Piano dances, eloquent and thought provoking, courtesy of Richard Goode
• 3/25 - Apart from that, Mr. Lincoln, refined chamber music from Ravinia
• 3/24 - Mahler and a young piano virtuoso, served up by the Miami Symphony
• 3/23 - An afternoon with Brahms, done with insight and style
• 3/23 - Boca Symphonia does well by Beethoven (Mozart and Shostakovich too)
• 3/22 - Mozart loses in FGO’s charmless, slipshod “Figaro”
• 3/21 - March concert listings
• 3/18 - Back to the future: A familiar city, a new beginning
• 3/18 - A time for Butterflys
• 3/18 - Young Polish quartet makes admirable debut at Kravis
• 3/17 - Libetta shows fire and poetry at piano festival
• 3/16 - Gekic opens piano festival with remarkable marathon feat
• 3/16 - Perlman, as conductor, closes Boca festival with stirring Beethoven
• 3/15 - A memorable Saturday night from Sunday Afternoons of Music
• 3/15 - Uncorked Donizetti rendered with youthful charm
• 3/14 - Once again, a riveting “Tosca” to remember in Sarasota
• 3/12 - A Mascagni love story with no knives or ear-biting
• 3/11 - Verdi on the grand scale, gloriously sung
• 3/11 - Estonian orchestra a distinct success with help from young pianist
• 3/10 - Tenor Giordani triumphant at Arsht Center
• 3/10 - Voice giving out, Carreras halts Kravis concert
• 3/9 - Belcea Quartet balances power and refinement in dramatic style
• 3/9 - Fine Arts Quartet lives up to its name and tradition
• 3/8 - New World serves up a mixed bag of Baroque
• 3/8 - Perlman opens Boca Festival with Beethoven amid usual audience rudeness
• 3/8 - Lorraine Hunt Lieberson—an artist for the ages, remembered at Ravinia
• 3/7 - When Beethoven traditions collide—magnificently
• 3/5 - Marcello Giordani keeps the Italian tenor flame ablaze
• 3/5 - New World Symphony’s 2009-10 season, a bracing mix with stellar guest artists
• 3/3 - Savall in excelsis
• 3/2 - Haydn in plain sight
• 2/28 - Mozart’s “Figaro” proves mostly heavenly in Palm Beach
• 2/28 - Checkmate swapping
• 2/28 - As economy dives, Florida Grand Opera plays it even safer in 2009-2010
• 2/27 - New York state of mind
• 2/25 - New song cycle highlights Curtis on Tour program
• 2/24 - St. Lawrence Quartet at its height in Mozart and Mendelssohn
• 2/23 - Denk’s blazing artistry makes the case for Ives’ “Concord” sonata
• 2/22 - Leah Partridge provides fleeting sparks in lackluster “Lakme”
• 2/22 - New World offers rarity with Ives’ “Holidays Symphony”
• 2/21 - Ives Festival opener provides array of works, mixed rewards
• 2/19 - Robertson to depart Florida Grand Opera at the end of this season
• 2/17 - American Iconoclast
• 2/14 - Lakme rises again to sing like a bell and die by a flower
• 2/14 - Unorthodox Seraphic Fire soars in Orthodox music
• 2/14 - Concert Association makes it official
• 2/12 - Talich Quartet brings Czech postcards from the edge
• 2/11 - Concert Association’s demise appears imminent with the rest of the season an open question
• 2/9 - Miami Symphony brassy and boisterous in amply American program
• 2/9 - Platt, Boca Symphonia serve up rarities with charm and style
• 2/8 - Fiery performances close concerto weekend in style
• 2/7 - Strings in the spotlight at New World’s Concerto Showcase
• 2/5 - Alasdair Neale finds a comfortable fit as New World’s principal podium guest
• 2/5 - Curtain to ring down for FGO’s Stewart Robertson
• 2/4 - Remembrance of a Genius (Lukas Foss 1922-2009)
• 2/3 - A remarkable Schubert journey with Radu Lupu
• 2/2 - Delray Quartet provides intense advocacy for Sleeper premiere
• 2/1 - February Concert Calendar
• 1/31 - Welser-Most, Cleveland Orchestra victorious in Shostakovich
• 1/29 - Budapest orchestra shows fiery brilliance in lightish program
• 1/28 - Soprano approaches life with Wagnerian intensity
• 1/26 - Florida Grand does Rossini right with charming, delightful “Cenerentola”
• 1/25 - Second cast “Norma” proves first class in Palm Beach
• 1/25 - Bell shines brightly, Mahler a mess with New World Symphony
• 1/24 - Love and death among the Druids: Swenson lifts a routine “Norma” in Palm Beach
• 1/22 - Pianist Sudbin shows power, not always poetry
• 1/22 - Santa Fe Guitar Quartet bring Latin warmth to Flagler Museum
• 1/21 - Concert Association to abandon its Broward Center series
• 1/19 - Fast-track Russian pianist to make Miami debut
• 1/19 - Mozart-Salieri smackdown closes Firebird’s debut season in style
• 1/19 - Naples Philharmonic makes decent if nonrevelatory showing at Kravis
• 1/18 - Evan Ziporyn opens New Music fest with jazzy flair
• 1/18 - Joshua Bell returns for first New World date in two decades
• 1/15 - Rising mezzo Kate Lindsey shows first-class artistry
• 1/15 - Irish orchestra makes rough-edged debut in Russian program
• 1/14 - Florida Grand Opera to cut back productions in 2009-2010
• 1/13 - Perlman scolds, cajoles, and charms Kravis audience
• 1/12 - Platt, Boca Symphonia glorious in Dvorak rarity
• 1/12 - Oliveira’s intense style best in Brahms and Bloch
• 1/11 - Hvorostovsky’s dramatic firepower ignites Arsht Center
• 1/10 - A viola called Harold lifts New World’s French program
• 1/5 - Soprano Gutierrez opens year on several high notes
• 1/5 - Delray Quartet uneven in Mozart and Borodin
• 1/2 - January Concert Calendar

2008

• 12/24 - Classical Year in Review
• 12/22 - Two hornists to the fore in New World chamber finale
• 12/20 - The Gringo’s, er, Dummy’s Guide to zarzuela
• 12/20 - Seraphic Fire serves up a stylish, springy “Messiah”
• 12/19 - New “Amahl” makes a timely Christmas treat
• 12/18 - Young cellist Weilerstein shows mature artistry in Dvorak
• 12/16 - The fourth hunchback is the charm
• 12/15 - Dvorak shines brightest in Delray Quartet opener
• 12/14 - MTT and Ax close year with powerful Brahms and gracious Beethoven
• 12/13 - Russian soprano luminous in Palm Beach “Rigoletto”
• 12/13 - Master Chorale and friends bring a joyful holiday spirit
• 12/12 - Plain Dealer music critic sues, wants his paper and Cleveland Orchestra to face the music
• 12/10 - Pianist shows poetry, needs interpretive seasoning
• 12/9 - Basel weekend brings varied palette of Beethoven
• 12/8 - Gluzman’s Tchaikovsky ignites Boca Symphonia opener
• 12/7 - Florida Symphony makes impressive debut in mixed program
• 12/7 - Miami Symphony, harmonica soloist mix it up with Latin flair
• 12/6 - Feldman’s “Rothko Chapel” a fascinating journey
• 12/4 - Feldman’s “Rothko Chapel” on tap Friday night
• 12/2 - December Concert Calendar
• 12/1 - Conductor Judd receives $1 million grant to start Miami music project
• 12/1 - New World adds more concerts to season
• 12/1 - Convivial Chameleon opens season in high spirits
• 11/30 - Fleming soars in Strauss songs
• 11/29 - Dances with two pianos, somewhat out of step
• 11/26 - Weak start, moving finish for second-cast Violetta
• 11/25 - Refined Mahler from a Dutch master
• 11/24 - Serial man-killer
• 11/23 - Ades leads New World in bracing blast of the modern
• 11/22 - Death becomes the Firebird Chamber Orchestra
• 11/20 - 15 illegal minutes with Thomas Ades
• 11/19 - “Porgy and Bess” scores a triumph in belated Chicago debut
• 11/19 - Pianist Prats and Singing Sons best in mixed SOA concert
• 11/17 - Vivaldi rarities on display at St. Paul’s
• 11/16 - Sumptuous “Traviata” kicks off season with Verdian drama and radiant vocalism
• 11/15 - Chorale opens new era with impressive “Elijah”
• 11/13 - Hometown favorite Gutierrez to open opera season in “Traviata”
• 11/10 - Chamber Soloists present intimate take on Mahler and Tchaikovsky
• 11/9 - Violinist Gluzman provides spark to mixed American program
• 11/7 - Chorale’s new master a popular choice
• 11/7 - American music, aptly, on tap this weekend
• 11/7 - Beethoven at Basel
• 11/5 - Gergiev and Mariinsky mix it up at Kravis
• 11/4 - Russians open in Broward with drama on stage and off
• 11/4 - Festival Miami closes with Ginastera “magica”
• 11/3 - Ginastera fest opens with fire at the Frost
• 11/3 - New World chamber season opens with extraordinary Schubert
• 11/1 - Seraphic Fire’s New Orleans trip an uneasy mix of populist music and personal narrative
• 10/31 - Ginastera Rising: Festival Miami to close with tribute to Argentinian composer
• 10/30 - From the Big Easy to the Russian Steppes
• 10/28 - Soprano soars in Seattle “Elektra”
• 10/26 - Musical philosophy and hero worship, majestically served by New World
• 10/24 - October Events
• 10/24 - Happy 85th birthday, Ned Rorem
• 10/23 - New World Symphony 2008-09 Season
• 10/23 - Miami Symphony Orchestra 2008-09 season
• 10/23 - Friends of Chamber Music of Miami 2008-2009 season
• 10/19 - Miami Symphony turns 20 with brassy verve
• 10/19 - A short ride in an Indian machine
• 10/18 - Young pianist soars in New World opener
• 10/16 - A magical night of Ravel from the Frost Opera Theater
• 10/15 - No launch day but today
• 10/15 - Chamber music opener a memorable night
• 10/12 - Ivan Davis says farewell with Schumann
• 10/11 - Firebird Orchestra makes its first flight
• 10/11 - Festival Miami puts on the Ritz
• 10/10 - Corigliano premiere opens Festival Miami with brassy power
• 10/10 - Fast-rising pianist to open New World season in style
• 10/9 - Festival Miami opens music season tonight
• 10/7 - Firebird Chamber Orchestra takes wing
• 10/3 - Corigliano to the Maximus
• 10/2 - Plain Dealer’s silencing of music critic shows it’s plain gutless
• 9/30 - African rhythms and musical sonograms
• 9/28 - "Bonesetter" cuts to the marrow of Chinese experience
• 9/27 - Back on the Beach Beat
• 9/26 - Seraphic Fire opens with Cuban Baroque
• 9/25 - Realpolitik circa 14th-century Genoa
• 9/24 - Korngold’s haunting opera revived in style
• 9/24 - Met opener an opaque experience
• 9/21 - Plugged into African music
• 9/21 - El Fuego Serafico
• 9/19 - Renee Fleming live from New York
• 9/19 - Brave (and free) New World preview
• 9/14 - Season Preview 2008-2009
• 9/11 - American string quartets, lost and found
• 9/10 - A rare foray into Mexican classical music
• 9/9 - Mexican Orpheus
• 9/5 - Oliveira erased by Ike
• 9/4 - Season opens Sunday with violinist Oliveira
• 8/30 - New-look Festival Miami to open at Arsht Center with tribute to Corigliano
• 8/27 - Chorale to have new master this season
• 8/26 - A big box for an exquisite vox
• 8/26 - Perlman and Boca together again
• 8/24 - Miami Lyric Opera closes season in style
• 8/22 - Late summer arias on Lincoln Road
• 8/20 - A box of Heifetz
• 8/18 - Requiescat in pace
• 8/16 - The desert song
• 8/10 - Violence without, family secrets within—and endless debate about both
• 8/9 - Bizarro Handel plot mended by stylish staging, glorious singing
• 8/7 - Good vs. evil on the high seas, set to music by Britten
• 8/6 - Memorable Mozart singing let down by subpar conducting
• 8/5 - A fat, drunken English knight in the New Mexico desert
• 8/3 - The Concert Association column you did not read in the Miami Herald
• 8/2 - Chamber Festival closing on several high notes
• 8/1 - Cellist strikes a fire in Coral Gables
• 7/28 - Cellist’s offbeat tastes are hitting the mark
• 7/27 - Miami Lyric’s "Butterfly" takes a late flight
• 7/26 - "Boheme" times two
• 7/24 - South Beach "Butterfly"
• 7/24 - From Mozart to Martinu
• 7/19 - Sounds of near-silence
• 7/19 - A festive musical repast
• 7/17 - Cafe Table and musical chairs
• 7/17 - Love songs, live from Aspen
• 7/15 - Exiting the stage
• 7/12 - Beethoven rarities spark Chamber Fest opener
• 7/11 - Copland from the Heartland
• 7/10 - Got Ludwig if you want it
• 7/6 - CD Review
• 7/4 - CD Review Lara goes Australian
• 7/4 - Critics in a hostile world
• 7/3 - Independence Day
• 6/27 - American Edge Tonight on South Beach
• 6/26 - MusicalAmerica.com story
• 6/25 - Un-Heralded Beginnings