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Brazilian pianist eager to share his art at Miami Piano Festival
The face of young Brazilian pianist Fabio Martino lights up when asked about his Saturday program for the Miami International Piano Festival’s Discovery Series, which opens Thursday evening and runs…
Tue May 15, 2012
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About to turn 30, Lang Lang looks to new challenges
Lang Lang was late for the telephone interview, having been busy at Carnegie Hall preparing for an upcoming recital. His mission at the hallowed concert hall: Choosing the right piano.…
Mon May 14, 2012
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MTT, New World to close season with Mahler’s Ninth
When Michael Tilson Thomas raises his baton Saturday evening to lead the New World Symphony in a performance of Mahler’s Ninth Symphony, it will be 100 years — almost to…
Wed May 02, 2012
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New World Symphony to expand the concert experience with four new works
With all due respect to Carnegie Hall and Vienna’s Musikverein, even those grand temples of classical music couldn’t handle the event planned this Friday by the New World Symphony.
The…
Wed Apr 18, 2012
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Drucker’s 44-year impresaria career to come full circle with return of Pinchas Zukerman
It’s fitting that the job of reopening the concert series of the legendary South Florida impresaria Judy Drucker should fall to Pinchas Zukerman.
A lifetime ago, as a 19-year-old violin…
Thu Mar 22, 2012
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Conductor Osmo Vänskä is intent on taking the Minnesota Orchestra to the very top
At a rehearsal of the Minnesota Orchestra, the conductor Osmo Vänskä did something shocking: He placed a metronome on the podium. While the battery-operated timekeeper is often used by and…
Thu Mar 08, 2012
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Dawn Upshaw to perform Golijov songs with Cleveland Orchestra
She grew up listening to Joni Mitchell, not Maria Callas. She is as likely to be found in deep conversation with a composer in an Upper West Side coffee shop…
Mon Feb 27, 2012
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Trpčeski to tackle intensely demanding program of Schubert and Liszt
Simon Trpčeski enjoys an adventure.
“I like to explore, most of all,” says the acclaimed Macedonian pianist, who performs Saturday evening at Gusman Concert Hall, as part of the Sunday Afternoons…
Thu Feb 23, 2012
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Nicole Cabell, the un-diva opera star, returns to Palm Beach for “Romeo et Juliette”
At a time when opera presenters are doing all they can to appear more populist and approachable, one reads countless examples of singers showing how down to earth they are…
Tue Feb 21, 2012
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Garrick Ohlsson, a Chopin player for all seasons
The watershed moment in Garrick Ohlsson’s career is often taken to be his 1970 victory in the International Frédéric Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw, where he became the first American…
Sun Feb 05, 2012
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FGO’s new conductor brings his meticulous spontaneity to Puccini’s “Rondine”
The glamour of another opening night at Florida Grand Opera originates in a gray warehouse district of Doral, with noisy flyovers by planes approaching Miami International Airport.
The company’s cavernous…
Thu Jan 19, 2012
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The Top 10 Performances of 2011
1. Michael Tilson Thomas and the New World Symphony in Mahler’s Symphony No. 6
Michael Tilson Thomas led a shattering performance of this grim, hard-driving work. Thirteen…
Wed Dec 21, 2011
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In a tough economy, a smaller, tighter Palm Beach Opera opens its 50th season with confidence
The empty tables at Palm Beach Opera’s pre-opening dinner for Rigoletto in 2008 suggested something was wrong. It turned out something was very wrong, and it would have consequences for…
Tue Dec 13, 2011
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Classical starpower in the spotlight for SoBe Arts string festival
Serendipity has become an artistic way of life for Carson Kievman.
The composer and educator first came to Miami in 1990 as resident composer for the now-defunct Florida Philharmonic Orchestra.…
Wed Nov 30, 2011
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Florida Grand Opera to open season in Spanish style with “Luisa Fernanda”
The idea had been percolating for a long time in Miami, and a casual conversation last year with superstar tenor Placido Domingo sealed the deal.
On Saturday night Florida Grand…
Tue Nov 08, 2011
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Hilary Hahn to make South Florida debut with new and familiar music
Hilary Hahn made an acclaimed recording debut at age 16 in music of Bach and, over her successful career, the American violinist’s career has concentrated on Classical and Romantic fiddle…
Tue Nov 01, 2011
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Patrick Quigley, Seraphic Fire in fine fettle as they open 10th season
At a typical concert of a symphony orchestra, the audience streams into a downtown performing arts center and the conductor opens the proceedings at 8 p.m. After…
Mon Oct 17, 2011
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Premiere to open New World Symphony season with a dual blast of diversity
Diversity may not have been planned as the official theme of the New World Symphony’s 24th season opener, but it is certainly the palpable result.
When Michael Tilson Thomas gives…
Thu Oct 06, 2011
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Gunther Schuller’s classical-jazz mix finds a home at Festival Miami
The key to the composer Gunther Schuller’s abundant productivity rests on personal habits that may not be for everyone.
Schuller, a jazz historian, conductor, musical administrator, record producer, music publisher…
Sat Sep 24, 2011
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Mahler’s 9th, Seraphic Fire’s 10th, and much more on tap in a busy music season
The 2011-12 concert season will see the debuts of new music directors at two of South Florida’s major classical organizations. It will bring a parade of celebrity…
Thu Sep 15, 2011
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