City Showcase Announces Classical Night Featuring Jonathan Ansell - The Definitive Platform For New Talent
London, UK. (Top40 Charts/ City Showcase) - The former frontman of X-Factor 'Popera' group G4 will be delighting audiences on Thursday 5th June as he takes to the Classical showcase stage at the West End's local Church, St Giles in the Fields. With G4, Jonathan achieved 3 hit albums, record sales in ...
| Violinist/Composer Jeff Gauthier, Founder Of Cryptogramophone Records Releases His Third Album With His Acclaimed Goatette, House Of Return June 10, 2008
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Cryptogramophone Records) - It's rare to find a group that's maintained a consistent line-up for as long as fifteen years. Violinist and Cryptogramophone founder Jeff Gauthier (pronounced go-tee-ay) has been recording with the same quartet - keyboardist David Witham, bassist ...
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Detroit Symphony Orchestra Presents Yo-Yo Ma with Its Highest Achievement Award
DETROIT, MA. (Top40 Charts/ Detroit Symphony Orchestra) - Prior to a sold-out concert by Yo-Yo Ma and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra last night, the renowned cellist was presented with the Orchestra's "Changing Lives through Music" Highest Achievement Award. The award is bestowed to individuals in the ...
| Honda's ASIMO Robot Conducted Detroit Symphony Orchestra In 'Impossible Dream'
DETROIT, MA. (Top 40 Charts/ Honda) - On Tuesday night May 13 Honda's ASIMO humanoid robot brought attention to the newly established The Power of Dreams Music Education Fund for Detroit youth at the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) by conducting the orchestra as it performed 'The Impossible Dream' ...
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Local Musician Victor Simonson Stops By Churches While On National Tour
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Thelemaque Records) - After spending almost a year on the road with Oprah Winfrey's production of The Color Purple, Associate Conductor Victor Simonson is performing at the Hippodrome for one month in Baltimore during May before continuing the national tour, which will last ...
| New Live Pipe-Organ Accompaniment Released by The Pilgrim Press
CLEVELAND, OH. (Top40 Charts/ Pilgrim Press) - The largest music-related project undertaken by the national setting of the United Church of Christ (UCC) since the 1995 publication of The New Century Hymnal has been released by the denomination's trade publisher, The Pilgrim Press: The New Century Hymnal: ...
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After Years Behind the Scenes, Million-Selling Producer Steven C. Embarks on Solo Recording Career
Saint Paul, Minn. (Top40 Charts/ Steven C. Music) - You might not know his name, but you've likely heard his music. Minnesota pianist Steven C. has performed countless gigs in Minneapolis and Saint Paul (including private parties, churches, clubs, and a seven-year stint as the Timberwolves' keyboardist), ...
| Riccardo Muti Appointed Music Director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
CHICAGO, IL. (Top40 Charts/ Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association) - Today, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association - with the unanimous approval from its Board of Trustees and overwhelming support from the musicians of the CSO - appointed world-renowned conductor Riccardo Muti as its 10th music ...
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'A New Kind of Love' is Robin Spielberg's 15th CD and Her First of All-Original Work in Eight Years; It is Also Her Most Personal and Expressive Yet
Providence, RI. (Top40 Charts/ PlayMountain Music) - Robin Spielberg is one of America's most beloved pianist/composers. With an impressive tour schedule and hundreds of thousands of recordings sold, this Steinway Artist has been winning the hearts of listeners around the world with her compelling melodies ...
| New CD 'Musique De Chambre' From Serge Blenner Now Available
NEW YORK (Top 40 Charts/ MdeC Editions) - With "Musique de Chambre" Serge Blenner publishes his seventeenth and most demanding work. On this new album the master of electronic music sends a complete virtual chamber orchestra on stage. Came out is a sound enormous music- full of soul! Serge Blenner ...
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Kourentzis At The Paris Opera
MOSCOW, Russia (Top40 Charts/ Theodoros Kourentzis Official Website) - Moscow based Greek conductor, Theodoros Kourentzis, will direct the Paris Opera Orchestra in a concert on June 7th at the Bastille Opera in a performance of Verdi's "Don Carlo". The opera in four acts is based on Siller's political ...
| The Ten Tenors Pay Musical Tribute to Builders and Heroes on 'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition' Season Finale May 18
LOS ANGELES, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Rhino Entertainment) - The Ten Tenors will appear May 18 on the two-hour season finale of the ABC hit television show "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition." Host Ty Pennington and the show's designers will make the final stop on their 50-state tour as they head to New Orleans ...
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Boston Symphony Chamber Players to Perform Aboard Queen Mary 2, 2008
SOUTHAMPTON, UK (Top40 Charts/ Cunard Line) - The Boston Symphony Chamber Players, one of the world's most distinguished chamber music ensembles, will perform on Queen Mary 2's eastbound Transatlantic Crossing departing New York on September 4. Cunard Line, the "Official Cruise Line" of the Boston Symphony ...
| Ferguson Debuts Opus 1,2 & 3 Classical Composition CD
Portland, OR. (Top 40 Charts/ www.debone.com) - Multiple award winning musician/inventor Kevin Ferguson debuts his Opus 1,2 & 3 classical compositions in his fifth CD release entitled "Piano Concerto, Symphony & Sonata" via debone.com. The music is described as "Original classical style instrumental ...
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Lullaby For My Favorite Insomniac
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ SONY CLASSICS) - From the moment the Ahn Trio stepped onto the international music scene stage, they have defied categorization, broken musical barriers and revolutionized perceptions of classical music. They have become leaders in diversifying classical music in the 21st Century. ...
| Announcing The Debut CD Of Contemporary Classical Artist James Olszewski
Georgetown, TX. (Top40 Charts/ James Olszewski Official Website) - James Olszewski's debut album, 'Speaking In Whispers' has been a long time coming - and worth the wait. In a way, he has been working on it for most of his life. James has been a musician since he was five years old. He trained himself ...
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Christina Linhardt - Versatile Operatic Pop Singer, Actress, Dancer and Producer Dares Us to Beware the Enchantment of the 'Voodoo Princess' as She Conveys the Joy of Her Mystical Caribbean Journey
LOS ANGELES, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Linhardt Circus Music) - Keeping pace with the creative, jubilantly frenetic performing career of Christina Linhardt is a bit like playing pinball with a wild spirit that can assume any new role her muse inspires. One minute, she's a hip h'opera singer (as on her new ...
| Sarah Brightman's Symphony
Sydney, AU. (Top40 Charts/ EMI MUSIC Australia) - In a genre-defying music career that could be described as nothing less than spectacular, Sarah Brightman has established herself as the world's best selling soprano of all time. On Saturday Ms Brightman released a brand new album, Symphony - her first ...
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Deutsche Bank Sponsors Placido Domingo's Performance Tribute To Luciano Pavarotti In Boston
BOSTON, MA. (Top40 Charts/ Deutsche Bank) - Deutsche Bank today announced it is sponsoring Placido Domingo's first ever concert appearance in Boston which also serves as a Tribute to Luciano Pavarotti. The performance, which is part of Placido Domingo's 'Around the World Tour', will take place on April ...
| Sony Signs Sponsorship Contract With World-Renowned Pianist Lang Lang
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Sony Corporation) - Sony Corporation today announced that it has signed a three-year sponsorship agreement with world-renowned classical pianist Lang Lang. Through this relationship, which officially began on April 1, 2008, Lang Lang will appear in Sony events and campaigns and ...
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