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League president to chair jury at Montreal Symphony’s 75th annual music competition
The Montreal Symphony Orchestra’s annual performance competition for young Canadian musicians—the OSM Standard Life Competition—will take place from November 18 to 22 in Montreal. The semifinal and final rounds...
November 17, 2014
Houston Symphony launches Spanish-language concert talks
Andrés Orozco-Estrada, music director of the Houston Symphony, will give a preconcert talk in Spanish before the orchestra’s November 16 performance of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony at Rice University’s Stude...
November 14, 2014
Young Concert Artists announces winners of 2014 international auditions
Young Concert Artists has announced six First Prize winners in its 2014 international auditions, selected from among eleven musicians participating in the finals held November 8 at New York’s...
November 14, 2014
Boston Baroque’s new internet radio station to live-stream concerts
The period-instrument ensemble Boston Baroque has launched Boston Baroque Radio, an internet radio station that will offer free live streams of each of five concerts this season.... ...
November 12, 2014
China’s Yang Liu wins Toronto International Piano Competition
Yang Liu, a 23-year-old pianist from Fuzhou, China, has won first prize in the second Toronto International Piano Competition. Her award includes a cash prize of US$15,000 and engagements...
November 11, 2014
New Jersey Symphony launches education partnership with NJPAC
The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra and New Jersey Performing Arts Center have launched a new music-education partnership, Music Advancement for Newark-Area Youth (MANY). The program will provide...
November 10, 2014
Maryland Symphony commissions concerto by pianist/composer
Music Director Elizabeth Schulze will lead the Maryland Symphony Orchestra in the world premiere of Flourishes, a piano concerto commissioned from pianist-composer Michael Brown, at the orchestra’s November 8...
November 7, 2014
Philadelphia Orchestra hosts China’s NCPA Orchestra during U.S. tour
China’s National Centre for the Performing Arts Orchestra is in the midst of a seven-city tour of the U.S. and Canada, marking the 35th anniversary of diplomatic relations between...
November 6, 2014
Second Rubin music-criticism institute gets underway in San Francisco
Anthony Tommasini, chief classical music critic of the New York Times, will give the keynote address at the biennial Rubin Institute for Music Criticism, being held this year from...
November 5, 2014
Peter Sellars named Artist of the Year by Musical America
Today, Musical America announced that opera director Peter Sellars has been named 2015 Artist of the Year. Sellars will receive his award at a ceremony in New York City...
November 4, 2014
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