Shostakovich News

IT'S been something of a Weinberg feast in the last week. First, there was the world premiere of the uproarious one-act opera, Lady Magnesia.

The charismatic St. Petersburg-born Vasily Petrenko has really been turning things around at the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra since he took over as Principal Conductor in 2005.

I'm learning a very short piece by Shostakovich for a class and am impressed yet again by how it is that people who challenged tonality came up with ideas that influenced people like Sonic Youth and that through them percolated through society in ways that the composers themselves probably couldn't imagine would be possible.

GLASGOW ROYAL CONCERT HALL **** ARGENTINE pianist Ingrid Fliter has what could only be described as the magic touch.

What: Grammy Award winning composer Juan J. Colomer presents the world premiere of Convergencias in conjunction with the famed Festival de las Artes Espana-Venezuela. This special debut performance of Convergencias will be performed by Gustavo Duadamel's very own Orchestra Simon Bolivar under the baton of Music Director of IberOpera, Pablo Mielgo.

The first note in Moulin Rouge -- The Ballet is sounded by an open-air accordion player.

I am getting things going this week with articles about Girl Groups. Coming to Billings and The Alberta Bair Theatre at 7:30 p.m. on 24 October 2009 are the Ahn Trio, sisters who perform classical music.

Cello soloist Julie Albers and guest conductor Eri Klas joined the San Diego Symphony in an all-Shostakovich program.

The Alabama Symphony Orchestra accompanies a showing of a classic Eisenstein film.

When you craft a Louisville Orchestra program comprising Haydn's Symphony No. 82 in the first half followed by Shostakovich's Symphony No.

Superstar violinist Gilles Apap and Caroline Campbell, the Santa Barbara Symphony's concertmaster, joined forces at the Lobero Theatre on Thursday night for a concert of demanding solo and duet selections.

As the Minnesota Orchestra's Tchaikovsky-heavy "Russian Spectacular" concludes this weekend, the St.

The Palm Beach Symphony will play Shostakovich during a January showing of the silent film 'Battleship Potemkin.' BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN Kravis Center, Jan.

San Diego Symphony tickets, downloads and more are part of a new iPhone application.

Four stars out of five ALABAMA SYMPHONY Carlos Miguel Prietos, guest conductor; Andrew von Oeyen, pianist Friday, Alys Stephens Center Repeats today at 8 p.m. Taking a hiatus from edgy programming from the late 20th and early 21st centuries, the Alabama Symphony served up meat and potatoes at its MasterWorks concert Friday.

9, 1975, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R. Main Russian composer, renowned particularly for his 15 symphonies, numerous chamber works, and concerti, many of them written under the pressures of government-imposed standards of Soviet art.

The wind instrument formation headed by the oboe player Adrian Petrescu, "Romanian Brass," will concert today at 17.00 h., at the Romanian Athenaeum, in the "cameral concerts" series.

COUNTRYSIDE campaigners are raising money by staging a classical music concert in a Winchester church.

Three powerhouse composers - Stravinsky, Beethoven and Shostakovich - promise a thrilled-packed night of music as the Virginia Symphony opens its 2009-2010 season with a weekend of concerts.

CLASSICAL: The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra kicks off its autumn/winter season with a nod to conductor Vasily Petrenko's, above, heritage.