Topic: Orchestral Music
With sweetness and soul, Aretha Franklin and Condoleezza Rice make music at Philly concertThe Queen of Soul and a former U.S. secretary of state are pairing in a rare joint concert in Philadelphia to raise money for inner-city youth. The Aretha Franklin-Condoleezza ...
Conductor Sir Charles Mackerras dies of cancer at 84, agent saysThe symphony and opera conductor Sir Charles Mackerras has died of cancer at age 84. The death was announced Thursday by his management firm, Askonas Holt. The company said Mackerras died Wednesday ...
Grammy-winning Russian pianist-conductor Pletnev charged with pedophilia in Thai beach townInternationally acclaimed Russian pianist and conductor Mikhail Vasillievich Pletnev has been charged with raping a 14-year-old boy in a Thai beach town, police said Wednesday. Mikhail Vasilievich Pletnev, the founder of the ...
Music maestro Zubin Mehta will direct the Israel Philharmonic at a concert on Monday within rocket range of Gaza in support of captive soldier Gilad Shalit, held in the Hamas-ruled enclave for more than four years. The free performance will take place ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bramwell Tovey, the conductor leading the popular Summertime Classics series at the New York Philharmonic this month, finds it amusing that a British musician is heading a concert to celebrate U.S. Independence Day. "I feel as if I ...
Acclaimed Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa, who is suffering from cancer, has cancelled a six-month tour with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra that was due to open in December, an aide said Thursday. The announcement came less than a month after he cancelled a ...
BELGRADE (Reuters Life!) - Hoping to raise its profile, the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra last week named Chinese musician Muhai Tang as its chief conductor for the 2010-11 season. In an interview Tang, who also serves as the artistic director of the Shanghai ...
Canadian conductor Yannick Nezet-Seguin, 35, has been named music director of the Philadelphia Orchestra, where he will take the baton in 2012 for a five-year stint, officials said Monday. Allison Vulgamore, president of the Philadelphia Orchestra issued a statement announcing the appointment ...
Boston symphony conductor, recovering from back surgery, withdraws from summer concertsBoston Symphony Orchestra conductor James Levine (luh-VYNE') is withdrawing from his summer concerts to continue recovering from back surgery. The 66-year-old Levine said in a statement Tuesday he's canceling the dates at ...
Canadian conductor Yannick Nezet-Seguin to helm Philadelphia Orchestra as 8th music directorThe Philadelphia Orchestra has chosen 35-year-old Canadian conductor Yannick Nezet-Seguin (Yah-NEEK' Neh-ZAY'-Say-GUN') to become its eighth music director. Under the appointment expected to be approved by the orchestra's board Monday, Nezet-Seguin ...
