The 19th-century Hungarian composer and organist Franz Liszt is somewhat of a great-grandfather to Jared Jacobsen.9 Jacobsen and Liszt are not related by blood, but
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How do you measure the impact of war? Is it enough to count the victories and loses? Pax, by Sara Pennypacker, explores the effects of
Week Eight’s theme is “War and Its Warriors: Contemporary Voices,” which brings military veterans such as Phil Klay and David H. Petraeus to the morning
Chautauqua Theater Company won’t settle for the same Shakespeare everyone else is doing. First came The Play’s the Thing, a one-man version of Hamlet
George Shearing was more than just a legendary blind British jazz pianist. He was a Chautauquan and Jared Jacobsen’s former housemate. At 12:15 p.m.
The Irish have Ulysses. The French have Les Misérables. The Russians have War and Peace and Crime and Punishment. The Spanish have Don Quixote. The
On August 16 in Elizabeth S. Lenna Hall, the art of dance will bridge the gap between Chautauqua Institution and the outside world. The Chautauqua Regional
Jason Vieaux has performed Joaquín Rodrigo’s “Concierto de Aranjuez” more times than he can keep track of. It is somewhere between 170 and 200, he
The idea of transition laced its way through the Charlotte Ballet’s final performance in the Amphitheater, a 123-year old structure that is scheduled
It’s not typical to be able to stand up after a dance performance and ask questions. It’s pretty much frowned upon. But in the
With all the talk about stopped clocks and their being right twice a day, what about clocks whose hands spin wildly? They must also
Composer Maurice Ravel rushed the finishing touches of his Piano Trio in A minor. It was 1914, the onset of World War I, and
On Aug. 14, 1936, Franklin Delano Roosevelt took the Amphitheater stage to give his famous “I Hate War” speech at Chautauqua Institution. At 10:45
The Music School Festival Orchestra’s sixth and final concert of the season includes a piece of music written with a summer evening of leisure
After he began losing his vision, and almost his ambition, violinist Stelth Ng gained new eyes for his work at Chautauqua’s School of Music. When
The students are becoming the masters in the Chautauqua School of Dance Choreographic Workshop. The workshop is at 4 p.m. August 13 in the Carnahan-Jackson Dance