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The original of Artemisia Gentilischi's 'La VA©nus endormie' on top, and the slimmed down, Photoshopped version by Giordano on bottom.

IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO TELL AT AGE NINE WHO WILL BE A CHAMPION. That being said, even at that age there are a few who stand out -- for technical superiority, for extreme difficulty, for artistic merit, for some combination of all three.

If you were asked what is the most often performed classical music piano concerto in the United States, you probably wouldn't be very far off the mark if you guessed that it was the Tchaikovsky Concerto No.1 in B-flat minor, Op.

For its mid-winter concert of the 2011-2012 Lexus Classic Series, the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra under Music Director Jose-Luis Novo is presenting an interesting mix of music by French, Argentinean and German composers.

Ars Nova announces a jam-packed February lineup featuring exciting new comedy, music and theater programming.

Jeans 'n' Classics performed the entire album Friday at the Cohn during the second half of their show - part of Symphony Nova Scotia's Retro Pops series - titled The Music of Pink Floyd: The Darker Side of the Moon.

We are in one of the most conservative musical times in the history of jazz, at least in the US, where most of this wonderful, genius music was created.

CONCERT stages around Shanghai will be filled with numerous performances featuring romance and love for Valentine's Day.

BOSTON -- You don't have to be a British monarch or a Mad Hatter to enjoy a good tea party these days.

Brassy Big Mama Marilyn Maye performs through Saturday at The Colony Hotel, 155 Hammon Ave.

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PHILADELPHIA, PA: Audiences are invited to experience music and art together at Woodmere Art Museum in historic Chestnut Hill.

San Francisco Ballet's Onegin is supremely elegant. The score, beautifully rendered by conductor Martin West and the SF Ballet Orchestra, is an amalgamation of various works by Tchaikovsky rather than music taken from his opera.

Patrick Warburton is hosting a golf tournament to benefit St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital.

Desert Island Discs host Roy Plomley, left, is seen in 1979 with one of his guests on the longrunning radio show: former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher.

Classic Stage Company's upcoming production of Bertolt Brecht's GALILEO starring Academy Award winner F. Murray Abraham, which begins previews Tuesday evening, February 1, will extend by one additional week through Sunday, March 18.

Start the weekend off with a Winterlicious meal as the citywide culinary extravaganza celebrates 10 years of tickling Torontonians' taste buds.

The classic Tchaikovsky ballet, Swan Lake , is coming to Mississauga next month.

By Mauli Buch, Mumbai, Jan 20 : As renowned German film orchestra Babelsberg recreates the music of A.R. Rahman on stage in Mumbai, India's famous composer says it was enriching to translate his works for this genre and he wants to educate the youth on orchestra music.

Well, let us just say that Micheal Castaldo has left my heart full of song and my soul craving more from his album Olive You : Classic Italian Songs to Feed the Heart & Soul.