Music

Ciro Fodere is the pianist of the Miami Symphony and piano professor at the New World School of the Arts. As an enthusiast of the 21st century a-vant-garde approach to MISO’s performances, and as the First Prize winner of the XIV Bartok-Kabalevsky-Prokofieff International Competition, Ciro’s latest performances have been described as “masterful, electric, by turns fiery and lyrical” by The Post and … +

Inspired by the writings of the great Gabriel García Márquez (One Hundred Years of Solitude), and Mexican composer Daniel Catán, Florida Grand Opera will premiere Florencia en el Amazonas (Florence in the Amazon), which is considered one of the most lyrical and melodious new operas of the past 30 years, embraced by critics and audiences everywhere it has played. This story of … +

From Purcell to Vaughan Williams, countless composers throughout the centuries have found inspiration in William Shakespeare. Actress Siobhan Doherty and Seraphic Fire explore this magnificent canon of settings based on the great Elizabethan bard’s timeless words. Concerts and Venues Tue, May 8, 7:00pm Vanderbilt Presbyterian 1225 Piper Blvd, Naples, FL 34110 Wed, May 9, 7:30pm St. Sophia Greek Orthodox 2401 SW 3rd … +

This is our 21st season of presenting exceptional international artists and offering them to the South Florida community. Many of our past finds have gone on to achieve major careers and world-wide fame. Alexander Gavrylyuk is such an artist, one who has been acclaimed worldwide and invited to the world’s most prestigious venues. “Alexander Gavylyuk is one of the greatest discoveries of … +

A heavyweight in the Latin music world, classical composer and pianist Jorge Mejia releases An Open Book: A Memoir in Music on Sony Music on May 4, 2018. This ambitious genre-bending project, born of Mejia’s devotion to storytelling in all its forms, is an audiobook alternating narrative vignettes with orchestral preludes recorded by the composer with the Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra. Also … +

British pianist Benjamin Grosvenor will play Works by Bach, Brahms, Debussy, Ravel, Berg, and Dean. Internationally recognized for his electrifying performances and insightful interpretations; Grosvenor’ virtuosic command over the most strenuous technical complexities. Benjamin is renowned for his distinctive sound, described as ‘poetic and gently ironic, brilliant yet clear-minded, intelligent but not without humour, all translated through a beautifully clear and singing … +

As a part of MISO’s Current Season, under Conductor Eduardo Marturet, The Hidden Love of Clara & JOHANNES will include Brahms – Variations on a Theme of Haydn; Schumann – Concerto for Piano and Orchestra; Brahms – Symphony No1; with Inna Faliks (Piano). Inna Faliks’s distinguished career has taken her to thousands of recitals and concerti throughout the US, Asia, and Europe. … +

Inspired by the writings of the great Gabriel García Márquez (One Hundred Years of Solitude), Daniel Catán’s Florencia en el Amazonas is one of the most lyrical and melodious new operas of the past 30 years, embraced by critics and audiences everywhere it has played. This story of a Brazilian soprano’s emotionally fraught journey back to her homeland offers a brilliant display … +

The Broward Symphony Orchestra  celebrates its current season Grand Finale with a program that will include variations on a Theme by Haydn – Johannes Brahms; The Planets – Gustav Holst; Mars: The Bringer of War; Venus: The Bringer of Peace; Jupiter: The Bringer of Jolity; Saturn: The Bringer of Old Age; and  Little Fugue in G minor – Bach/Stokowski
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Culminating our 20th season is a celebration of Israel’s 70th Anniversary with the music of Borenstein’s If You Will It, It Is No Dream, based on the writings of Theodor Herzl. Renowned Cuban pianist Aldo López-Gavilán joins the Symphony performing Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G ending the Symphony’s celebrated 20th Anniversary Season with Berlioz’s spectacular Symphonie Fantastique. Symphonie fantastique is an epic … +

Enjoy an enchanting evening with the Frost Symphony Orchestra (FSO) featuring guest piano soloist Zoe Zeniodi, who has appeared in major concerts halls throughout the world, as she performs Finzi’s Eclogue for Piano and String Orchestra and Romance for String Orchestra; Elgar’s Serenade for Strings; and Britten’s Simple Symphony led by conductor Thomas Sleeper. Revel in the beauty of some of the … +

Nu Deco kicks off their multi-year commissioning series at the New World Center with multi-instrumentalist, singer, composer and violin looper Kishi Bashi. This catalyst of this performance will be the world-premiere of Bashi’s multimedia piece, Improvisations on EO 9066, based on Executive Order 9066, the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II. The concert will also include music of Mason Bates, Shostakovich, … +

Winner of six GRAMMY® and three Latin GRAMMY® Awards, the Cuban pianist, composer and arranger Chucho Valdés is the most influential figure in modern Afro-Cuban jazz. Chucho Valdés: Irakere 45 is a celebration of Irakere, the Cuban band that, with its bold fusion of Afro-Cuban ritual music, popular Afro-Cuban music styles, jazz and rock, marked a before and after in Latin jazz. … +

English composers such as Gerald Finzi, Sir Edward William Elgar, and Benjamin Britten have written some of the most moving works for strings in the classical repertoire. Revel in their beauty as The Frost Symphony Orchestra and guest piano soloist Zoe Zeniodi perform Finzi’s Eclogue for Piano and String Orchestra and Romance for String Orchestra; Elgar’s Serenade for Strings; and Britten’s Simple … +

French music authority and Music Director-Designate of the St. Louis Symphony, Stéphane Denève makes his anticipated return to lead an in-depth exploration of the music of Maurice Ravel, one of the most extraordinary composers of the 20th century. Discover Ravel’s rich body of work in a three-part event that highlights his style and influences, from childlike charm to American jazz to glittering exoticism. Writer … +

In this Beethoven program, the quartet will show the splendid span of music from this genre-defining composer from his early, middle and late periods. The program features Beethoven’s “String Quartet No. 3,” “String Quartet No. 7” and “String Quartet No. 14.” With three Danes and one Norwegian cellist, this chamber music ensemble truly is a Scandinavian treasure. The high technical and musical … +

Recreating the look, sound, pomp and showmanship of Queen and its flamboyant frontman Freddie Mercury, this amazing tribute band showcases rock royalty’s greatest hits with amazing authenticity. You’ll relive all the classics you love with songs like “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “Killer Queen,” “Crazy Little Thing Called Love,” “We Are the Champions” and many more. Known for their staggeringly convincing shows, Gary Mullen and … +

Gullah originated in West Africa and means “a people blessed by God.” And Ranky Tanky translates loosely as “work it” or “get funky”! It’s in this spirit that jazz musicians Quentin Baxter, Kevin Hamilton, Charlton Singleton and Clay Ross, with celebrated Lowcountry singer Quiana Parler, perform Gullah music that evolved from the coastal region of South Carolina and Georgia. Selections range from … +

Ensemble Ibis performs a concert of contemporary American music by Christopher Theofanidis, the 2018 Frost Distinguished Visiting Composer-in-Residence, Frost faculty composers Charles Mason and Lansing McLoskey, and the seminal American composer John Adams. Featured guest performers include Frost faculty clarinet professor Margaret Donaghue, and Florida International University’s cello professor Jason Calloway. Shawn Crouch (director). Concert: Mason: Turning and Turning in the Widening Gyre … +

Works by Mozart, Beethoven Chopin and Schumann by Rafal Blechacz, piano (co-presented with the Chopin Foundation of the United States). Blechacz won the victory in the 15th International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw in 2005, achieveing today a position as a truly world-famous artist. His outstanding talent has been appreciated by the audiences of Europe, America, Asia, by music critics, great conductors … +

Mounted in collaboration with the Frost Symphony Orchestra, this Frost Opera production offers a rare opportunity -two nights only- to enjoy a performance of Jules Massenet’s imaginative operatic setting of the Cinderella story, based on the 1697 French version of the fairy tale by Charles Perrault. Alan Johnson, program and music director Jeffrey Buchman, stage director *Performed in French with English supertitles UM … +