Mussorgsky News

The Granada proved an ideal venue for the orchestra's sumptuous sound, both in western and eastern musical selections.

Leif Ove Andsnes, pianist On Friday night, sponsored by the Washington Performing Arts Society , pianist Leif Ove Andsnes and South African visual artist Robin Rhode presented Pictures Reframed , a multimedia concert centered on Modest Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition at the Kennedy Center Terrace Theater .

LEIF OVE ANDSNES WAS winning piano competitions at an age when most of us were competing only in the confines of the school gym.

On Friday, the Granada hosts what may be the most interesting and unusual classical concert of the season.

Chapel Hill Pictures Reframed Memorial Hall, UNC Campus - Pictures Reframed is an incredibly ambitious and intuitive multimedia collaboration between Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes and Berlin-based visual artist Robin Rhode.

Long Yu, newly appointed conductor of the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, brooks no nonsense from critics who assert that Chinese musicians interpret standard Western classical music differently from their European or American counterparts.

Renowned pianist Tian Ying will perform selections from Chopin and Mussorgsky at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the Watson Theater of Coker College's Elizabeth Boatwright Coker Performing Arts Center.

Great collaborations are the stuff of legend. Scorcese and De Niro. Aerosmith and Run DMC.

It could be one of the most disturbing images in classical music since Charlotte Moorman played the cello in the nude and brought out the New York City vice squad.

Echo & The Bunnymen: The Fountain Whatever they think of the re-formed group's output following the classic era , Echo & The Bunnymen fans tend to agree that the band has become a two-headed beast: one stalwart flame-keeper that doles out old post-punk gems in concert, as the... Vic Chesnutt: At The Cut The second album that cult hero Vic Chesnutt ...

Zombies and orchestral music do not mix well. So might go a common misconception that UCSB musicians are seeking to correct.

Lovers of piano are welcome Saturday night at a concert sponsored by the Woodbridge Music Club.

KEVIN BARTRAM was scanning his e-mail inbox one day when he came across a message that got right to the point.

The Orchestra of Northern New York will celebrate the opening of its 22nd concert season at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in the Helen M. Hosmer Concert Hall at SUNY Potsdam.

There's no doubt that music and art inspire. But what happens when the two are combined? You get the Sarasota Orchestra's opening Masterworks series concert "At Exhibition," featuring an artistic take on Modest Mussorgsky's famous "Pictures at an Exhibition." It's music that's inspired by the art of Russian architect Viktor Hartmann, a close friend ...

Syracuse, NY -- Already one of the most recognizable and comprehensible pieces in the classical cannon, Modest Mussorgsky's "Pictures From an Exhibition," becomes even more accessible through "Beyond The Score." This multimedia introduction is produced by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra to deepen understanding for classical music lovers and to ...

The long, wry face of Bohuslav Martinu gives little away. Posed for a studio portrait, cigarette clamped between his fingers, standing to the side of a concert poster in Boston or strolling through Central Park, here is a quiet man from a small, distant country.

Posted 8 hours, 54 minutes ago at 2:19 pm. Niles hosted 13 bands Oct. 7 for the annual District 6 Southwestern Michigan Band and Orchestra Association Marching Band Festival.

The final evening of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra season opening Pictures at an Exhibition at the Tennessee Theatre On the program is: The American Scene: The South by William Grant Still Knoxville: Summer of 1915 by Samuel Barber Suite from The Reivers by John Williams Pictures at an Exhibition by Modest Mussorgsky, orchestrated Maurice Ravel ...

Some classical-music questions never die, chief among them: how to translate this strictly audio art, whose power and mystery comes from its invisibility, for the DVD age? The great orchestras of the world don't worry so much: There's always a charismatic conductor for the camera to focus upon.