Music

The worldwide known Opera Tosca by Giacomo Puccini released for the first time in 1900 will be performed by Miami Lyric Opera as a part of its current season. This Opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini with libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa will have Nathalie Avila as FLoria Tosca, Enrique Pina as Mario Cavaradossi, Nelson Martinez as Baron Scarpia … +

The acclaimed Mad Cat Live Band returns with their performance of Neil Young’s fifth studio album On The Beach, released in 1974. The album is the third installment in Young’s self-proclaimed “Ditch Trilogy” and follows Young’s disenfranchisement with the record industry and the state of the country at large. An unparalleled album for die-hard Neil Young fans. Aug 12, 2016, 8 pm … +

As a part of Miami Music Festival Soprano Christine Goerke and bass-baritone Alan Held, two of the world’s most pre-eminent Wagnerian singers will debut with festival’s inaugural Miami Wagner Institute. The first year of this unprecedented program culminates with a concert featuring excerpts from Wagner’s Die Walküre. Amongst the world’s most in-demand Wagnerians, Goerke (“Brünnhilde” in upcoming productions at the Metropolitan Opera), … +

The Community Arts Program (CAP) 2016 Summer Concert Series will take place featuring six extraordinary jazz and classical concerts. From the opening season with Doc Severinsen, passing to Sybarite5, Catherine Russell, Terri Lyne Carrington, to Peter & Will Anderson Jazz Trio to Angel Romero to summarize the season. Venue: Coral Gables Congregational United Church of Christ Performances: Every other Thursday at 8 … +

A live recreation of one of the greatest pop/rock albums ever made “Money”, “Breath”, “On the Run”, and “Time”. Classic Albums Live takes classic albums from the 60s and 70s and performs those albums live on stage note for note, cut for cut. Using the world’s best musicians, fans are treated to an exact replication of the album followed by a seconds … +

Black Violin is a blend of classical, hip-hop, rock, R&B, and bluegrass music.Classically trained, Wil Baptiste (viola) and KevMarcus (violin) are a string duo from Florida with equal footing in the world of hip-hop. Accompanied by ace turntable whiz DJ SPS and their drummer, Black Violin’s groundbreaking collaboration has seen them play for everybody from the troops in Iraq to President Barack … +

The Festival’s artistic director and celebrated pianist Marina Radiushina is joined by Israeli soprano sensation Chen Reiss and a chamber ensemble of musicians from the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Miami City Ballet’s dancers and choreographer Adriana Pierce. The program will include MOZART: A selection of Arias and Timeless Rose, a selection of works by Pärt, Rimsky-Korsakov, Mansell, Purcell, Shostakovich, Puccini and Saint-Saëns. … +

The vivacious Toots Lorraine draws from a repertoire of classic blues and jazz standards, delivers the vintage sounds of West Coast Jump Blues and Swing. Always rooted in the blues, Lorraine’ instrumentation includes hollow body guitars, reverb tanks, upright basses, harmonicas, pianos and organs. Along with classic blues covers of Big Mama Thornton, Howlin’ Wolf and Big Joe Turner, the concert will … +

Area Stage is proud to be hosting the Ecuador Earthquake Relief Concert featuring performances by international singing star Jon Secada, as well as up and coming talent such as Ecuadorian singer Nicole Pernigotti, Conservatory staff and students as well. The orchestra will be directed by award-winning musical director Jon Rose. Area Stage Company 1560 S. Dixie Hwy Coral Gables, FL 33146 305.666.2078 … +

Miami Music Club will offer a series of three shows over the summer of 2016, which will explore the porous boundary between rhythm and its dissolution. Taking place in June, July, and August, each show will present an experimental musical artist working outside Florida, paired with local acts of similar tendencies or mindsets. In this occasion Miami Music Club features Profligate from … +

“Weird Al” Yankovic, the kinky-haired prince of parody hilarity, has won four Grammy Awards and accolades galore for classics such as Eat It (Michael Jackson’s Beat It) and Like a Surgeon (Madonna’s Like a Virgin). The top-selling comedy recording artist of all time, Weird Al got his start as a shy, accordion-playing teenager. His 2014 rendition, Word Crimes (Robin Thicke’s Blurred Lines), … +

The Cleveland Orchestra with Franz Welser-Möst as conductor, the soprano Erin Wall, the mezzo-soprano Jennifer Johnston, the tenor Norbert Ernst, the bass baritone Eric Owens, and the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus will perform Stabat Mater by Dvořák. Stabat Mater, the Latin text describing Mary’s anguish as she stood before the cross is considered a profound, masterful setting of the expression of loss and … +

For the Gran Season Finale Concert, Greater Miami Symphonic Band will host Brian Neal, the trumpet virtuoso formerly from The Dallas Brass and soloist at numerous national and international events. The Band will play with him “La Virgen de La Macarena” and “Gabriel’s oboe”. Also the program will include “Twelfth Night”; “Star Wars:The Force Awakens” and other classical band pieces and famous … +

Now in its seventh edition FUNDarte’s Out in the Tropics performance series will feature artists who address gender, sexuality and issues of interest to the art community and their allies. Toshi Reagon and her band BIGLovely, based in New York, will be in a one-night-only concert. The New York Times has described her blend as “…a love of mixing things up…[her] vocal … +

Praised by Le Figaro for his “unequaled touch, perfectly harmonious phrasing and breathtaking virtuosity” pianist Sergei Babayan will present a recital of works by Bach and Mozart. He will be joined by the festival artistic director and his former student at the Cleveland Instittue of Music, Marina Radiushina for a few duo piano selections. Gusman Concert Hall University of Miami University of … +

The Miami Chamber Music Society presents the Mainly Mozart Festival Inaugural Lecture Series with musicologist Frank Cooper. A celebration in learning, designed to heighten your experience of the music of history’s greatest prodigy Mozart, in the 250th Anniversary of his birth. Frank Cooper, award-winning Research Professor Emeritus (Musicology) at the University of Miami, Florida has appeared in the U.S, Canada, Mexico, the … +

The native of Trinidad and Tobago: Leon Foster Thomas is considered a unique force in modern jazz. All About Jazz has labeled him as “the next big thing on his instrument”. His latest release, Brand New Mischief, highlights his penchant for lyricism, his creativity as a composer and has been receiving rave reviews all around. Leon holds a Master in Music degree … +

MISO welcomes back the stunningly beautiful virtuoso pianist Lola Astanova, performing Mozart’s first piano concerto ever written in a minor key. The South Florida premiere of Lefrak’s “Nothing Left” and Sibelius’ epic Fifth Symphony culminate a heroic, optimistic conclusion to MISO’s 2015/2016 season. Eduardo Marturet as conductor. Knight Concert Hall The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts 1300 Biscayne Blvd. Miami, … +

Johann Sebastian Bach’ John Passion with BWV 245 Dr. Donald Oglesby, Director Featuring: University of Miami Collegium Musicum Trinity Cathedral Anglican Chorale Miami Bach Society Chamber Orchestra. Soloists: Javier Abreu, tenor, Evangelist Steven Wilson, baritone, Jesus David Pegel, baritone, Pilate Vindhya Khare, soprano Stephen Rickards, countertenor and Andrew York, baritone. These performances are dedicated in memory of former University of Miami President … +

The Florida Guitar Foundation is proud to present the multi-prize winner Irina Kulikova in concert. The Russian guitar virtuoso will close the 2015-2016 Season with a program featuring her arrangement of Bach’s Cello Suite No. 1, and guitar treasures from Paraguay, Spain, and Russia. This special evening will feature performances by the Select Guitars of BAAM (Bridgeprep Academy of Arts and Minds), … +

Mother’s Day Jazz in the Bay will present Jazz Vocalist Kevin Mahogany, Bobby Watson All-Star Quartet and Curtis Lundy, and the Richmond Heights Middle School Jazz Band for this one time only event celebrating Mother’s Day. Bobby Watson is a saxophonist, composer, arranger and educator, he grew up in Kansas City, and trained formally at the University of Miami. Curtis Lundy is … +