Deutsche Grammophon News

A Songs from Central and South America. With Downs; Cassar, arranger and musical director.

President's Piano Series audiences poured into Meany Theater expecting to hear another teen Wunderkind, a term that often translates as "one who plays very fast and very loud." Instead, there was 16-year-old Jan Lisiecki, a pianist who is already a fully formed concert artist of astonishing maturity and depth.

True, the drawing card is Matt Haimovitz and we could go on at length about the acclaimed Israeli-born cellist who debuted at age 13 in 1984 with the Israel Philharmonic under Zubin Mehta.

For Stokowski's centenary, the young music director will offer ambitious programs and a surprise - a series at the Academy of Music.

Daniel Hope and Deutsche Grammophon today announced a long-term extension to their recording agreement, reaffirming Daniel Hope's continuing exclusive relationship with the world's most renowned classical label.