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Florida Grand Opera to go back to the Cold War future with “The Consul”

A grim city haunted by secret police. A dissident on the […]

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Tue May 05, 2015
at 11:51 am
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Miami Symphony closes season with piano extravaganza

Six pianos, six pianists, 12 hands, 528 keys. One by one […]

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Mon May 04, 2015
at 10:45 am
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Mainly Mozart Festival opens in exuberant fashion

As the South Florida classical music season winds down, one series […]

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Sun Apr 26, 2015
at 7:30 pm
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Australian Chamber Orchestra closes Broward classical season on high note

A dark and ghostly performance of Mozart’s Symphony No. 40 was […]

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Thu Apr 23, 2015
at 12:17 pm
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A new classical ensemble specializing in contemporary music makes its debut […]

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Wed Apr 01, 2015
at 12:22 pm
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Chochieva opens Miami Piano Festival with rich-toned sensitivity

They emerged from the twilight of Russian romanticism and forged wildly […]

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Mon Mar 23, 2015
at 12:20 pm
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The late tenor Luciano Pavarotti earned the nickname “King of the […]

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Wed Mar 18, 2015
at 12:51 pm
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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
at 2:34 pm
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Sorrell sparks terrific Baroque concert in New World debut

Standing in front of a harpsichord Saturday on the New World […]

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Sun Mar 08, 2015
at 11:55 am
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A single work will be on the program of the Cleveland […]

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Wed Mar 04, 2015
at 7:55 pm
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Paula Robison displays flute’s power and range with New World Symphony

The popular image of the flute as a gentle, dreamy, pastoral […]

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Sun Feb 22, 2015
at 11:56 am
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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
at 6:21 pm
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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
at 12:58 pm
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Hugo Wolf Quartet brings dramatic intensity to Smetana

No one could accuse the Hugo Wolf Quartet of underplaying the […]

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Sun Feb 08, 2015
at 11:31 am
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Russia’s famed Mariinsky Orchestra comes to South Florida this week for […]

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Mon Feb 02, 2015
at 2:17 pm
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New World members bring sense of fresh discovery to the solo spotlight

Listening to musicians play works they genuinely love imparts something special […]

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Sun Jan 25, 2015
at 11:49 am
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American Chamber Players serve up rarities at Four Arts

Aside from a guy named Beethoven, the composers heard on the […]

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Sun Jan 11, 2015
at 8:01 pm
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Geoffrey Gordon is second composer commissioned by the American Music Project

A Clarinet Quintet by Geoffrey Gordon is the second work commissioned […]

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Tue Dec 16, 2014
at 2:52 pm
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Takács Quartet delivers first-class performance at Kravis Center

Four students at Budapest’s famed Franz Liszt Academy of Music came […]

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Fri Dec 12, 2014
at 11:39 am
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MTT, San Francisco Symphony bring polish and vigor to lightish program

After a gap of 19 years, the San Francisco Symphony returned […]

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Sun Nov 23, 2014
at 2:02 pm
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