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Seraphic Fire to close season with Kile Smith’s new-old “Vespers”

For early music ensembles, it can be a challenge to present […]

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Fri May 01, 2015
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A musical farewell to Gary Green is among the rich plethora of April UM Frost events

Contemporary music takes center stage at the University of Miami’s Frost […]

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Tue Apr 14, 2015
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Requiem for a great friend who also happened to be a great composer

When I moved from Chicago to take up a new job […]

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Mon Mar 30, 2015
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Young maestro’s vision stretches beyond the concert hall

Teddy Abrams is a young conductor with huge ideas. The twenty-seven-year-old […]

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Thu Mar 19, 2015
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Diaz and Spano bring Higdon’s new Viola Concerto to Miami

The lowest form of humor may be the pun. But for […]

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Mon Mar 09, 2015
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Tropical Baroque Music Festival to serve up a wide range of repertoire

To the leaders of the Tropical Baroque Music Festival, the strengths […]

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Thu Feb 26, 2015
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Welser-Möst set to explore Beethoven-Shostakovich nexus with Cleveland Orchestra

Hiking in the Himalayan Mountains, where others might contemplate icy vistas […]

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Thu Feb 19, 2015
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Critic’s Choice

The first world premiere in the history of Palm Beach Opera […]

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Tue Feb 17, 2015
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Composer Michael Gordon to celebrate Miami Beach with New World Symphony premiere 

Michael Gordon is still bombarded with visual memories of his Miami […]

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Thu Jan 22, 2015
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Critic’s Choice

The violin concertos of Karol Szymanowski almost never appear on South […]

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Wed Jan 21, 2015
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Top Ten Performances of 2014

1. Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio for Friends of Chamber Music The venerable trio […]

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Wed Dec 24, 2014
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In a crucial season, Florida Grand Opera hopes to get its finances back on track

In 2006 Florida Grand Opera moved from the drab, mildewed Miami-Dade […]

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Tue Nov 11, 2014
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Broward Center hopes Bell will ring in new era for classical series

A sold-out crowd jammed the Broward Center for the Performing Arts […]

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Tue Oct 28, 2014
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Festival Miami to lead off with music made in America

The American composer Paul Creston showed fine penmanship in writing down […]

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Wed Oct 01, 2014
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A rich season of orchestras, Mahler and Shostakovich is on tap for 2014-15

This season will bring to South Florida plenty of Shostakovich and […]

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Mon Sep 15, 2014
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American Music Project to launch with world premiere in Chicago

UPDATED [Read the New York Times article about the American Music […]

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Mon Aug 04, 2014
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Charismatic mezzo Isabel Leonard to star in final event for Sunday Afternoons of Music

Isabel Leonard is a glamorous young opera star, svelte and vivacious, […]

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Tue May 13, 2014
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His Tourette’s controlled, Nick van Bloss to make U.S. debut at Miami Piano Festival

When the British pianist Nick van Bloss walks on stage next […]

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Sat May 10, 2014
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FGO readies a sex-and-sand season finale with Massenet’s “Thaïs”

Contrasts play an important role in many of Jules Massenet’s operas, […]

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Thu Apr 24, 2014
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Frost Opera Theater to flash back to the 1960s with Daugherty’s “Jackie O”

Contemporary operas tend to have a short performance life. A world […]

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Tue Apr 08, 2014
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