Classical (14/04/2020) Brad Mehldau Performs From "After Bach" At Philharmonie De Paris Brad Mehldau brought his Three Pieces After Bach program to the Philharmonie de Paris back in April 2018. As with his album After Bach, released on Nonesuch in March of that year, the solo program pairs pieces from J.S. Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier with Mehldau's own works inspired by Bach. The concert, ...
| Classical (13/04/2020) Watch Andrea Bocelli's Livestreamed Performance From The Duomo In Milan Yesterday, April 12, Italian tenor and global music icon Andrea Bocelli gave a solo performance at the historic Duomo, the cathedral of Milan, Italy.
There was no audience present, and strictly no access for the public (in compliance with government regulations on Covid-19), but the concert was exclusively ...
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Classical (11/04/2020) Lambert Shares "Leicester" From His Forthcoming EP Alone II Following up his stunning True album of last year, Berlin-based composer and pianist Lambert is set to release a new EP Alone II on July 3rd on Mercury KX. Listen to "Leicester" from the forthcoming EP here, the piece was inspired by a visit to the English city of the same name, as Lambert explains:
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| Classical (11/04/2020) Pianist And Composer Chad Lawson Set To Release Major Label Debut EP Stay For Decca Records US Composer and pianist Chad Lawson announces the release of his major label solo piano debut, Stay, set for May 1 via Decca Records US. Where minimalism and melody meet, the five track EP and title track "Stay," is a paean to inner peace and a clarion call to just exhale and breathe.
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Classical (10/04/2020) Italian Composer & Pianist Federico Albanese Signs To Mercury Kx & Releases New Track "The Lantern" Today The Italian composer, artist and pianist Federico Albanese announces his signing to Mercury KX. Joining artists at the forefront of contemporary music, including Anoushka Shankar, Ólafur Arnalds and Keaton Henson, Albanese also releases his new track "The Lantern", which will feature on the new compilation ...
| Classical (09/04/2020) Jeremy Denk Launches Online Bach Series For The Greene Space With "Well-Tempered Clavier" Jeremy Denk launched Bach's Well-Tempered Lens, a three-part series of online events for WNYC/WQXR's The Greene Space in New York City, with "The Well-Tempered Clavier's Greatest Hits" on Tuesday. The ninety-minute event, from his barn in upstate New York, was a deep dive into several moments from Bach's ...
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Classical (08/04/2020) Arvo Part's Music Is An Oasis Of Peace And Serenity In Our Times. Arvo Pärt's music crosses all boundaries - from classical to jazz to pop and everything in between. There is something about the music of Arvo Pärt - his music affects all who listen. Whether you are searching for refreshment, find yourself in an impossible situation, or ache in a deep place beyond ...
| Classical (08/04/2020) BBC Radio 3 Broadcast Max Richter's Sleep - His 8-Hour Lullaby This Easter Weekend Max Richter's 8-hour work SLEEP will be broadcast globally on radio stations this Easter, offering listeners worldwide the chance to unite in a moment of meditative stillness.
It will be launched in the UK by BBC Radio 3 - the station which first broadcast the full work from the Wellcome Collection ...
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Classical (08/04/2020) Superstar Conductor/ Pianist Daniel Barenboim Brings New Chamber Music Series To Berlin's Pierre Boulez Saal "Moment Musical" Concerts Available Via Streaming Deutsche Grammophon and its peerless family of artists have responded with speed and ingenuity to today's challenge of presenting live performances. Together they have created "Moment Musical", a series of professional live streams and delayed relays of concerts that was launched on 27 March at Berlin's ...
| Classical (08/04/2020) Vikingur Olafsson's Latest Record Soars To The Top Of The Classical Charts Víkingur Ólafsson's latest recording for Deutsche Grammophon/Universal Music, has soared to the top of the classical charts in the United Kingdom and the United States within a week of its release on 27 March 2020. Debussy · Rameau, the Icelandic pianist's third solo album for the Yellow Label, raced ...
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Classical (08/04/2020) Andrea Bocelli Music For Hope, Streaming Worldwide Exclusively On Youtube From The Duomo In Milan On Easter Sunday On Easter Sunday (April 12, 2020), Italian tenor and global music icon Andrea Bocelli will give a solo performance at the historic Duomo, the cathedral of Milan, Italy, by invitation of the City and of the cathedral, and thanks to the hospitality of the Archpriest and the Veneranda Fabbrica del Duomo.
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| Classical (06/04/2020) Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Launches Virtual Music Lab Today the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra (FWSO) announced the launch of its virtual performance platform, the Music Lab. This unique digital platform will allow the community to enjoy the love of music, share music from multiple sources, access educational tools, and experience unique digital programs.
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Classical (04/04/2020) The World Premiere Recording Of John Adams', Must The Devil Have All The Good Tunes?, With Soloist Yuja Wang Announced Must the Devil Have All the Good Tunes? is American composer John Adams' latest creation for piano, and continues his provocative exploration of that instrument heard in Grand Pianola Music (1983) and Hallelujah Junction (2001). Deutsche Grammophon/Universal Music's recording of Adams' first piano concerto ...
| Classical (03/04/2020) Pianist Lara Downes Journeys Through America's Musical Heritage On Some Of These Days, Out Today Today, internationally acclaimed pianist Lara Downes - genre-fluid chart-topping recording artist and concert soloist, arts advocate and activist- releases Some Of These Days(Flipside), her revival of some of America's most important traditional freedom songs and Spirituals. Across classical, jazz, ...
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Classical (03/04/2020) Jeremy Denk To Lead Three Live Streamed Events On Bach For The Greene Space Jeremy Denk will lead a three-part series of online events for the Jerome L. Greene Performance Space, the live event space and broadcast studio from WNYC and WQXR in New York City, starting this Monday, April 6, at 7pm ET, all at thegreenespace.org. The series, titled Bach's Well-Tempered Lens, features ...
| Classical (03/04/2020) Redi Hasa Presents, The Stolen Cello, New Album Out September 4 A new album from Decca Records and the team behind global sensation Ludovico Einaudi is to be released exploring the inspiring story of a young man caught up in the Albanian conflict in the early 1990s, as he navigates his new life in Italy with his most prized possession: a stolen cello.
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Classical (01/04/2020) Brad Mehldau Performs From "After Bach" At Philharmonie De Paris Brad Mehldau brought his Three Pieces After Bach program to the Philharmonie de Paris back in April 2018. As with his album After Bach, released on Nonesuch in March of that year, the solo program pairs pieces from J.S. Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier with Mehldau's own works inspired by Bach. The concert, ...
| Classical (01/04/2020) Timo Andres Performs From "I Still Play" For Qobuz Facebook Live Composer and pianist Timo Andres performed a Facebook Live concert for Qobuz USA from his home in Brooklyn this afternoon. He played five pieces from the forthcoming album I Still Play: Brad Mehldau's L.A. Pastorale, Nico Muhly's Move, his own Wise Words, Donnacha Dennehy's Her Wits (About Him), and ...
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Classical (31/03/2020) Deutsche Grammophon's World Piano Day Virtual Festival Reaches Audience Of 4 Million In Over 100 Countries Ten Yellow Label artists came together to mark World Piano Day on Saturday 28 March by pre-recording intimate live performances on smartphone video - from the safety of their current locations - which were then streamed online to create a unique international virtual festival.
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| Classical (27/03/2020) Seiji Ozawa & Martha Argerich Present Beehoven: Piano Concerto No. 2 Decca Classics announce the second official joint recording from Seiji Ozawa and Martha Argerich, presenting Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.2 in his 250th anniversary year, and Ozawa's first-ever recording of Grieg's Holberg Suite. Following the unprecedented success of their debut collaboration in 2018, ...
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