Prokofiev News

His name screams "classical," but these days Gabriel Prokofiev is anything but. Grandson of the legendary Russian classical composer Sergi Prokofiev, Gabriel Prokofiev is a London-based composer, producer and founder of the NONCLASSICAL record label.

Courtesy of Vladimir Gurevich June Park, left, Madeline Olsopn and Michelle Zhang are this year's winners of the Young People's Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition.

A The Brandon Ballet returns to the stage with "Cinderella," a full-length, classical ballet scored by Sergei Sergeyevich A Prokofiev and billed as a "comical, yet grand and beautiful ballet sure to entertain and inspire your entire family." Founded by Alice Holden Bock, the Brandon Ballet is in residence at the Dance Center in Brandon, at 161 East ... (more)

The Princeton Symphony Orchestra gave its sold-out audience on Sunday afternoon a comprehensive lesson in Russian history.

Call it dark, but colour it new.New confidence, new dancers and dance - new energy.That's the word from Alberta Ballet artistic director and choreographer Jean Grand-Maitre on the eve of unveiling his new, improved Prokofiev-based Cinderella, which opens on Thursday at the Jubilee.

New York City Ballet's current winter season will have included, before its conclusion - in addition to a rotation of 21 ballets, most by founding choreographer George Balanchine - a reprise of "Ocean's Kingdom" , the still-unimpressive collaboration of composer Paul McCartney with NYCB ballet-master-in-chief Peter Martins; a triple bill by the ... (more)

In front of a relatively small crowd at Bass Hall on Friday night, the Fort Worth Symphony presented what might be the best program of the season.

Enjoy a classical concert at The Ferguson Library Sunday, February 19 at 2 p.m. when the Lumina String Quartet performs works by Prokofiev, Shostakovich and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. Admission is free.

With Vladimir Jurowski now at the helm, the London Philharmonic 's Prokofiev: Man of the People? series has finally acquired a sense of momentum and energy after its sluggish start under Alexander Vedernikov .

State Ballet Theatre of Russia Returns to NJPAC for Romeo and Juliet, February 3, 2012 at 8pm; Win Tickets on TheAlternativePress.com The State Ballet Theatre of Russia returns to the New Jersey Performing Arts Center's Prudential Hall on Friday, February 3, 2012 at 8pm for a one-night-only performance of Prokofiev and Lavrovsky's take on ... (more)

Prokofiev's 1940s comic opera is hardly ever done - the UK's only other professional production was at Glyndebourne in 2006 - so this Scottish Opera/Royal Conservatoire of Scotland collaboration was a chance to do something original.

The State Ballet Theatre of Russia returns to the New Jersey Performing Arts Center's Prudential Hall on Friday, Feb.

Musical fiesta: From the moment the bows touched the strings on Sergei Prokofiev's Symphony No.