MIDEM Classical Awards 2009 Nominations
CANNES, France (Top40 Charts/ MIDEM) - The fifth edition of the MIDEM Classical Awards will take place on Tuesday 20 January 2009 at 8pm in the Debussy auditorium of the Palais des Festivals, Cannes, during the 43rd MIDEM music market. The MIDEM Classical Awards are the only international awards dedicated ...
| Denon Classics' Andre Rieu No 1 Top Selling Classical Artist in 2008!
SANTA MONICA, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Denon Classics) - Denon Classics, once again the U.S.'s No 1 independent Classical label is celebrating the announcement this week that Andre Rieu is the No 1 selling Classical artist for 2008 according to Billboard Magazine! Already well established as a top-seller ...
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IL DIVO & PETER CINCOTTI In A One Night EXCLUSIVE Performance Presented By THE INAUGURAL PURPLE BALL
WASHINGTON, DC. (Top40 Charts/ Eracism Foundation) - The Inaugural Purple Ball. The most spectacular and elite inauguration celebration' THE HOST COMMITTEE IN ATTENDANCE ACADEMY AWARD WINNER LOUIS GOSSETT Jr. (Co-Chair), ASAL MASOMI (Co-Chair), PATRICIA ARQUETTE, AMY BRENNEMAN, ED HARRIS, ASHLEY JUDD, ...
| Three Irish Priests = 4 U.S. No 1s!!!
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ RCA Music Group) - A vocal trio of three Roman Catholic priests from Ireland is creating an international musical sensation as The Priests. After a feature aired on CBS Sunday Morning this week, capturing The Priests while recording their album at the Vatican, their album ...
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Musica Reginae Productions Presents Charles Neidich Playing Clarinet Quintets of Brahms and Coleridge-Taylor
QUEENS, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Musica Reginae Productions) - Dedicated to presenting outstanding music performances in Queens and encouraging its young people to develop an interest in classical music, Musica Reginae Productions returns for its 9th season. On January 11, Musica Reginae will present Johannes ...
| The City Choir Of Washington Combines Classics And Carols In Upcoming Christmas Concerts
WASHINGTON, DC. (Top40 Charts/ City Choir Of Washington) - The City Choir of Washington, Robert Shafer, Artistic Director, will perform two Christmas concerts to celebrate the holiday season: Friday, December 19, 2008 at 8:00 p.m. and Saturday, December 20, 2008 at 3:00 p.m. Both performances will take ...
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Mark O'Connor Brings Prestigious String Camp To New York City For the First Time
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - Mark O'Connor will bring his prestigious string camp to New York City for the first time ever in 2009. O'Connor has gathered twenty of the world's top violinists, violists, cellists, and bassists to give aspiring string players as well as advanced and ...
| Highlights Of MIDEM Classical 2009
PARIS, France (Top40 Charts/ Reed MIDEM) - MIDEM Classical will put the spotlight on musical encounters of all shapes and sizes at the Palais des Festivals in Cannes from 18-21 January 2009. This wide-ranging event is designed to help professionals understand how the market is moving and allow them ...
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Oxana Yablonskaya's 70th Birthday Jubilee Celebration At Carnegie Hall
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Carnegie Hall) - World-renowned pianist Oxana Yablonskaya will celebrate her 70th birthday with a performance at Carnegie's Zankel Hall. The concert will feature the Manhattan Symfonia Chamber Players under the direction of Grammy-award nominee conductor and cellist Dmitry ...
| YouTube Announces 'YouTube Symphony Orchestra' Program With London Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas, Tan Dun, Carnegie Hall And Many Others
SAN BRUNO, CA. (Top40 Charts/ YouTube) - YouTube, the leading online video community that allows people to discover, watch and share original videos, today announced a collaboration with the London Symphony Orchestra, Carnegie Hall, Grammy Award-winning conductor Michael Tilson Thomas, Academy Award-winning ...
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Mark O'Connor & Rosanne Cash At The Library Of Congress
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - Mark O'Connor's recent concert at the Library of Congress with Rosanne Cash was a resounding success. Playing a priceless violin from the Library's own collection, the Guarnerius once owned by violinist/composer Frits Kreisler, O'Connor opened the show ...
| Modern Day Classical Music With Flavor
Albuquerque, New Mexico (Top40 Charts/ Domenic Di Cello Official Website) - So you've heard all the classics and want to hear something fresh, and all the 'modern-composers' these days are boring you? And you feel that classical music needs something more, ever wonder where the new composers are, and ...
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Acclaimed Harpist Yolanda Kondonassis, Oberlin Conservatory of Music to Donate Proceeds of New Award-Winning Recording to Environmental Defense Fund
OBERLIN, OH. (Top40 Charts/ Environmental Defense Fund) - The most recorded harpist in the world, Yolanda Kondonassis, and the Oberlin Conservatory of Music are donating a portion of their royalties from their new award-winning recording for Telarc, Air, to Environmental Defense Fund. A "Best Classical ...
| DSO Countdown Begins: 22 Days To Slatkin Era
DETROIT, MI. (Top40 Charts/ Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall) - Hundreds of music artists across every genre - R&B, rock, pop, jazz, blues, techno and classical - have called Motown home and now, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) welcomes another music superstar - Leonard Slatkin - to its ranks as ...
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'I Heard The Bells' Piano For Christmas - CD By David Alstead
LOS ANGELES (Top 40 Charts/ David Alstead Official Website) - Nationally recognized composer David Alstead has released "I Heard The Bells", his third solo piano CD. Unlike his first two, 'Piano For Both Ears' and 'Pieces Of Piano' which were original music, 'I Heard The Bells' has Dave taking traditional ...
| Andre Rieu Draws Record-Breaking Crowds
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Denon Records) - In the first week of his Australian Tour, chart-topping violinist Andre Rieu broke classical concert records when he packed Melbourne's Telstra Dome with 89,000 of his fans. At the last of his three Melbourne concerts, on November 15th, Rieu sold out the Dome ...
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Carlo Ponti Draws Younger Audience To Classical Music
New York, NY. (Top 40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - Famed conductor Carlo Ponti, the eldest son of timeless screen legend Sophia Loren and filmmaker Carlo Ponti Sr., releases his debut recording with the world-renowned Russian National Orchestra (RNO), December 2nd on PentaTone Classics. In his role ...
| Il Divo Tops UK Album Charts For The Third Time! 'The Promise' Shoots To No 1
LONDON, UK (Top40 Charts/ Sony Records) - The world's most successful operatic quartet topped the UK album charts for the third time, completing a memorable hat-trick as captivating new album 'The Promise' beat off competition from Stereophonics and Girls Aloud to clinch the number 1 spot. It's the ...
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Victor Romanul & Michael Zaretsky Release 'Duos For Violin And Viola'
Boston, MA. (Top 40 Charts/ Boston Symphony Orchestra) - Boston Symphony Orchestra members Victor Romanul, violin, and Michael Zaretsky, viola, have released a new two- disc CD on the Artona label, featuring the world premiere recording of John William's Duo Concertante, which was written for and dedicated ...
| Yo-Yo Ma's Recording Songs Of Joy & Peace Achieves Best-Ever One Week Sales Of Ma's 30-Year Career
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Sony Masterworks) - Sony Masterworks is pleased to announce that legendary artist Yo-Yo Ma's recently released holiday recording, Songs of Joy & Peace, has garnered more sales in one week than any other in the history of the cellist's 30-year recording career with Masterworks. ...
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