Vivaldi News

The temperature levels were way below normal in Paris last Tuesday at the Cathedral of St.

Sinfonia Toronto's next Masterpiece Series concert will feature Antonio Vivaldi's The Four Seasons and the virtuosic Double Bass Concerto No.

There's a treasure trove of Vivaldi manuscripts, in fact the composer's own private library of scores, in the National University Library in Turin, and the Naive label joined with Italian musicologist Alberto Basso to create the Vivaldi Edition project, based on the scores.

There's a new trend catching on and bringing change to the tradition-bound classical music world.

Russian-born Baroque violinist Boris Begelman, who spends most of his time in Italy, returns to Israel to perform Antonio Vivaldi's with the Jerusalem Baroque Orchestra around the country between February 11 - 15.

Violinist Beth Chafey-Hon and pianist David Beck team up for a 'Romantic Recital' to benefit Nor Door Adult Day Services, aka Carl's Club.

Baroque Orchestra of New Jersey Selected as One of Eight Musical Events Around the World for Inclusion in Multicultural Music Day Listen for Life, a non-profit organization whose purpose is to restore music as a unifying force throughout the world, selected the January 8, 2012 concert of The Baroque Orchestra of New Jersey as one of its eight ... (more)

BEETHOVEN, Bach, Vivaldi and other masters get the jazz and rock treatment in two concerts by crossover violinists this month.

The sublime period-ensemble group Europa Galante is touring North America, and they're planning a stop at Atlanta's Spivey Hall on Saturday, February 4, at 8 p.m. Formed in Italy by violinist Fabio Biondi, the group has explored the work of mostly Italian composers on period stringed instruments since 1990.

Johann Sebastian Bach. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Antonio Vivaldi. Just a few of the world famous musicians who composed some pretty amazing music for the violin.

On Sunday afternoon, at Saint Andrew's United Church in Halifax, Symphony Nova Scotia's Richard Simoneau and Curtis Dietz showcased the silvery bite of these instruments in Antonio Vivaldi's Concerto for Two Trumpets in C major, RV 537.

Internationally-acclaimed violinist David Garrett will return to Pittsburgh on Sunday, January 29, 2012, at 8:00 p.m., at the Benedum Center.

Daughter of Union Finance Minister, Pranab Mukherjee, Sharmistha has performed in several other countries, but said that performing in Chennai made her a tad nervous.

Kansas City, Mo - infoZine - Mezzo-Soprano Vivica Genaux and Europa Galante chamber orchestra will celebrate Vivaldi with a "Pyrotechnics" concert at 8 p.m. Friday, February 3, at the Folly Theater in downtown Kansas City, Mo.

David Garrett's intoxicating interpretations of Vivaldi and Nirvana are what has made him, at 30, a global star in the classical crossover genre.

Lace up your skates and take part in the free ice skating and hockey clinics at the Radio Disney and Rink Side Family Fun Day at the Rink Side Family Entertainment Center in Gurnee.

"The Four Seasons'' are not performed live quite as often as you might think, perhaps because ensembles are chastened by the music's ubiquity in advertisements, shopping malls, and hotel lobbies across the land.

If you can't go to sunny Italy this winter, come to the Lake Forest Symphony's "Italian Fest," with warm and exciting music by Rossini, Respighi, Vivaldi, and the 20th century Hollywood film composer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco. And there's another very good reason to attend this concert.

No one attends an Itzhak Perlman concert expecting to hear historically informed performances of baroque and classical repertoire.

Eleven years after taking second prize in the Cleveland International Piano Competition, South Korean pianist Minsoo Sohn is back with this brilliant recording from Canada's Honens International Piano Competition, which he won in 2006.