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BY ALLAN POLICARPIO CONTRIBUTOR In these times where the fast, upbeat and catchy is preferred by young people, listening to complex three-movement piano concertos or one-hour symphonies is out of the question.

Andrew Adler Competition winners are supposed to be powerhouse performers, and in that respect, pianist Minsoo Sohn certainly qualified when he played earlier this month the University of Louisville School of Music.

Renowned classical pianist Andre Watts will appear in recital at the Kimmel Center's Verizon Hall at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Nov.

Tulsa Ballet has scared up one heck of a Halloween treat with its production of "Dracula." Ben Stevenson's ballet about the most famous vampire in literature is at once a bravura piece of dance theater that pushes performers to some startling limits of strength and stamina, and a work of pure theatrical razzle-dazzle. It also - and this was ...

Main French composer in full Charles-Camille Saint-Sans born Oct. 9, 1835, Paris, France died Dec.

Liszt, Faust, Mephistopheles and the augmented triad took center stage Saturday evening as the Springfield Symphony Orchestra opened its 66th season before an enthusiastic audience of 2,003 patrons.

There's a new sheriff in town, but he's packing a skinny little baton instead of a six-shooter. With the apparent demise of the Savannah Orchestra, and its chamber-music offshoot the Savannah Sinfonietta, the big man at the podium is Savannah Philharmonic conductor Peter Shannon.

From left, Japanese-Hungarian pianist Kaneko, Slovak conductor Rozsova and the Hungarian Meotis Quartet.

Home : Features : News : Lang Lang and Hancock; Music to Montreux Ears Lang Lang and Hancock; Music to Montreux Ears 6-Jul-2009 Written by: Stephanie Pappas The two internationally known pianists came together for a one-night performance in Switzerland.

A predisposition for performing classical music seems almost ingrained in the people of Hungary.