Much has been made of the stylistic freedom composers now enjoy. The Gordian knot of the 12-note system has been…
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After the end of a short summer break and the inauguration of the autumn season, along with “La Traviata” and…
The Philadelphia Orchestra performs every summer at the Mann Center in Fairmount Park, but on June 24 it would be…
How you feel about the Marta Domingo production of La Traviata will probably be influenced by what you think about…
The Jazz Orchestra of Philadelphia was back in Verizon Hall with a concert built around an instrument not usually a…
The Philharmonia has been called one of the best orchestras in the world and its principal conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen may…
Pianists and violinists are the prime donne of classical music so where does that leave Damascus, Syria-born clarinetist Kinan Azmeh…
If you are feeling jaded by seeing too many Bohemes, Butterflies, and Carmens, but are unable to cuddle up to…
Piano reductions of symphonies were a hard sell in the twentieth century and still are in our twenty-first century but…
We like to that think music is easy as pie. Composers hear it in their heads, write it down, have…
When trumpeter Terell Stafford conducts the Jazz Orchestra of Philadelphia the stellar big jazz band he founded, he picks up…
Director: Michael Mayer; Designer: Christine Jones; Costumes: Susan Hilferty: Conductor: Yannick Neet-Seguin; Chorus Master: Michael Palumbo; with Diana Damrau, Juan…
Trumpeter Terell Stafford founded The Jazz Orchestra of Philadelphia in 2014 and in five years they have covered a lot…