Debussy News

The winning dress by The School of Fashion Design student Kowoon Jeong explored the depths of emotion in Debussy's music.

Faun or fawn, man or woman, human or other - ambiguity is at the heart of Sonsheree Giles' "Was It a Dream I Loved," which the Oakland artist collective This Sweet Nothing performs this weekend at the Fox Theater.

A man walked into a bar, and a string quartet was playing There's no punchline, because this is no joke.

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.

The Metro Transit system is playing classical music in the covered lobby's of Lake Street light rail station in hope of discouraging loiterers.

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

If you're a pianist - or any musician, really - who's planning a CD containing multiple works, you can pick related pieces by the same composer and create an entry for the library shelf, or you can structure it like a recital, with a variety of compositions to show off your chops and keep the audience interested through a continuous playing.

Besides being regarded as one of the greatest founding fathers of 20th-century modernism, Claude Debussy is also one of music's most intriguing might-have-beens. When he died in 1918, at the age of 55, Debussy seemed to be on the verge of discovering a wholly new musical world.

The first was mastering Claude Debussy's String Quartet in G Minor, written in 1889 and a sensual, pivotal work that freed chamber music from old rules regarding structure and classical harmony.

Quatuor Zade visits Classical New England's Fraser Performance Studio with host Cathy Fuller.

CLUE Various guests, a butler and a maid meet at Hill House, where murder ensues.

Tickets are $37 a pop to see 28-year-old Joshua Roman play his cello at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music next Sunday - and you can be assured of splendid delivery of a tantalizing program: sonatas by Debussy and Brahms, a tango arrangement by Piazzolla, and a thoroughly modern selection from Americana , by Roman's friend and peer, Dan ... (more)

The Davis Art Center presents its 3rd Annual Classical Guitar Ensemble Series, featuring unique performances on four concert dates from February through May.

Keys player - LISE DE LA SALLE - The young French pianist makes her Boston recital debut with a program of works by Ravel, Debussy, and Beethoven.

At his most recent performance, Bar Harbor pianist Masanobu Ikemiya proved himself not only a talented musician but an entertaining narrator of music history and of the creative life he leads with his wife, Tomoko.

When Imani Winds comes to town, the group will be performing works by Pavel Haas, Brian DuFord, and Valerie Coleman, well as arrangements by Debussy and Stravinsky.

If Paris had a soundtrack this would be the classical version -- Debussy's "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun" and Ravel's "Bolero." There's more, too, which is why the Pittsburgh Symphony is celebrating "The Paris Festival," a three-week series of concerts for $90. Thursday evening the Paris Festival Ambassadors met at Heinz Hall to kick off the ... (more)

When he sensed that the baby's cries were distracting the musicians, conductor Neal Gittleman decided something needed to be done.

While eating the unapologetically awful chips at Mi Cocina last night, I was dreaming about the chips from El Rancho Grande in Fort Worth.

Tom Harrell is without question one of the most important jazz trumpet players now working.