Overture to The Italian Girl in Algiers Gioacchino Rossini Gioacchino Rossini, the earliest of the geniuses of the bel canto
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Musicologists are still debating over the extent to which personal and creative forces shaped Tchaikovsky’s final symphony. Brazilian-born conductor Marcelo Lehninger takes a moderate view, acknowledging the acute depression of the composer’s final years did
Tuesday’s “Cuban Night” at the Amphitheater offered an explosion of rhythm, astounding pianism and an evening of rollicking enjoyment. The
The chill of a Norwegian winter may blow through the Amphitheater during the Massey Memorial Organ mini-concert Wednesday. The music
Aldo López-Gavilán was immersed in music before he was even born. His father is a conductor, his mother is a
Pablo Ziegler’s musical origins were typical. He began piano lessons at 5 years old, and eventually went on to study at the conservatory in Buenos Aires. He earned a music degree and, thanks to funding
Chautauqua Institution has a history of combining its professional and student companies in multipronged, collaborative efforts. “While these projects were
On paper, it first seemed a curious pairing: Ástor Piazzolla’s joyous The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires on the first
Fancy Free Leonard Bernstein Leonard Bernstein was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, on Aug. 25, 1918, and died in New York
Chautauqua Institution is a “gold mine” for young artists. “The possibilities are endless, and the sky’s the limit,” said Vartan
Richard Sherman is giving back to the community that nurtured him as a young artist. “This place is the centerpiece of my musical life,” said Sherman, winds and percussion chair and the Rita and Dunbar
Imagine an assembly of world leaders packed into a gleaming new concert hall for a performance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony
The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires (Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas) Ástor Piazzolla/Leonid Desyatnikov The Argentinian composer Ástor Piazzolla was born on
Though Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel never met in person, the legendary composers will go head-to-head in the
The late English comedian and vocalist Anna Russell was famous for having fun with, and sometimes at the expense of,
There’s no direct path to success. “It’s been an amazing, strange, wonderful journey that didn’t have a pattern in a traditional sense,” Jon Nakamatsu said. “I feel lucky every time I get to walk onto