Classical Music

Ragtime By Armenian Composer Tigran Mansuryan

Armen Hareyan — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:34:54 -0600

This is a segment from an Armenian composer Tirgran Mansuryan's ballet Ice Queen. It is also known as "The Snow Maiden".

This is the National Chamber Orchestra of Armenia conducted by Aram Gharabekian at the Zvartnots Monument-Complex Gala Concert in 2006 in Armenia. This is the Ragtime, which is also known as Winter Games.

Early Mozart Music Found And Played

Armen Hareyan — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 20:54:51 -0500

Since the 1760s the fragmentary works sat scrawled at the back of a music book used by Mozart's sister to study keyboard. They were in the hand of their father, Leopold, but no composer's name was attached.

It may well be possible that young Mozart wrote these peaces for his sister to practice. The works were known before. However, no one knew who to attribute them.

Cleveland Orchestra, Conservatory Announce Competition

Armen Hareyan — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 09:46:24 -0500

The Oberlin Conservatory of Music and The Cleveland Orchestra announce a New International Piano and Violin Competition for young musicians. The inaugural year of the Thomas and Evon Cooper International Competition features piano, with finals scheduled for July 30, 2010, at Severance Hall, Home of the Cleveland Orchestra.

Speed Games: Premieres y Castillo, Jeleniauskas, Kessner and Vanoni

North-South Concerts — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 22:09:15 -0500

The grammy nominated North/South Chamber Orchestra conducted by Max Lifchitz performs four recent works by composers from Italy and the US on Tuesday, June 16 at 8 PM.

Summer Serenades in New York City

North-South Concerts — Sat, 30 May 2009 20:25:04 -0500

Max Lifchitz and the grammy nominated North/South Chamber Orchestra premiere five new works by composers from Canada, Japan, Mexico and the US on Tuesday, June 9 at 8 PM.

The Basso Moderno Duo performs its New York Recital Debut

North-South Concerts — Sat, 09 May 2009 15:23:06 -0500

Allan Von Schenkel and Kristen Williams perform 13 brief lyrical works for double bass and piano written especially for them by American composers.

Beethoven And Mahler: Behaviour Control

Armen Hareyan — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 22:23:38 -0500

It was in 1990 that American troops played deafening pop and heavy metal music day and night outside the Vatican Mission in to Panama City that Noriega surrendered. In the future this strategy might have to be changed.In the Guardian, U.K. on the 2nd of April,2009 Tom Service asked: Why we are shutting children out of classical music.

Who Invented Classical Opera?

Armen Hareyan — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 10:37:13 -0600

Opera was invented in Florence, Italy towards the latter part of the 16th century by a group of wealthy intellectuals and musicians. Their goal was to reproduce the dramas of the ancient Greeks using the plays and text that already existed. Europe was in the throes of the Renaissance period and during that time, architects, musicians, and writers became fascinated with ancient cultures, particularly the Greeks.

Ethnic Echoes: Music by composers from Germany, Greece, Israel, China on 2/9 at 8 PM

North-South Concerts — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 12:37:25 -0600

Klezmer clarinetist David Krakauer plays Ofer Ben Amots klezmer Concerto with the North/South Chamber Orchestra on Monday, February 9 at 8 PM in New York City.

Condi Rice Plays Piano Recital for the Queen

Michael Santo — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:00:16 -0600

If there's an expected event that I've read about in the past few, well, years, it's this one. Condoleezza Rice playing a piano recital for the Queen? Yes.

KOCE-TV to Broadcast Historic and Controversial "The New York Philharmonic: Live from North Korea"

Echo Media Group — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:04:47 -0600

Saturday, March 29 at 8 p.m. KOCE-TV will Air Ground-Breaking Footage from the First North Korean Visit by an American Cultural Organization since the Korean Peninsula was Divided

Parthenia performs works by living American composers on March 5.

North-South Concerts — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:29:52 -0600

Five American composers will hear their recent works for Viol performed by the well-known members of Parthenia.