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After spending three years in the audience, Vincent Ip is ready to take to the Amphitheater stage. The 2016 Sigma Alpha Iota Competition winner for piano will perform Sergei Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3 with
It was tempting when sitting down to write this piece to review the aesthetics and acoustics of the new Amp,
For pianist Orion Weiss, playing Mozart is sort of like playing a video game. “The more you learn and the
Muse Christopher Theofanidis American composer Christopher Theofanidis was born on Dec. 18, 1967, in Dallas, Texas, and currently serves on
Tuesday night at the new Amphitheater was a celebration in so many ways of Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux, himself a Chautauqua “institution.” The first part of the festivities came from the new Amphitheater, with long-awaited and better
Tuesday night’s performance will be, in its own way, a pas de deux. The Charlotte Ballet, under the direction of
Malcolm Bilson plays music the way 18th-century composers intended. The fortepiano expert plays on pianos modeled after the instruments composers
The term “acropolis” conjures up the image of an ancient Greek city on a hill walled off from its surroundings.
Alexander Gavrylyuk isn’t giving himself a break. Less than a week after performing Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with the
While the Tallman Tracker Organ is Chautauqua Institution’s smaller organ, it is also the most patriotic. At 12:15 p.m. Monday in the Hall of Christ, Jared Jacobsen will create a uniquely American experience for the
Invention never sounds better than the Ninth. Topping off the opening week’s theme of “Invention” in the Amphitheater Saturday night
Columbus Symphony Chorus Director Ron Jenkins has a theory about why Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 is so popular. “There are
A new Amphitheater … and new hall. The debate over the replacement of the old (so strange to write!) Amphitheater
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 (“Choral”) Ludwig van Beethoven One of history’s pivotal composers, Ludwig van Beethoven
Anyone lucky enough to wander into Alexander Gavrylyuk’s studio while he’s practicing might be surprised to find Tolstoy instead of Tchaikovsky on the music rack. As a young student, Gavrylyuk quickly got bored with technical