On Jan. 16, 2022, The Cleveland Orchestra will present its annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Concert at the Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel Concert Hall at the Severance Music Center. Led by Associate Conductor Vinay Parameswaran, the concert will feature soprano Jacqueline Echols and the Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Chorus and an all-volunteer community chorus directed by Dr. {…}
The Cleveland Orchestra has announced that its has received a $50 million from the Cleveland-based Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation. This gift is the largest in the orchestra’s 103-year history, and the largest given in the 68 years of the foundation. The company has announced that $30 million will be dedicated to endowment funds, strengthening its impact in the {…}
The Cleveland Orchestra has announced its 2021-22 season. For the purposes of this performance, our focus will be mainly on operatic and vocal performances. It all starts with Andrea Carroll’s Severance Hall debut alongside bass-baritone Dashon Burton as the two perform a two-piano arrangement of Brahms’ “Ein Deutsches Requiem.” Lisa Wong conducts the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus. Performance Date: Oct. 28, {…}
(Credit: Cleveland Orchestra official website) The Cleveland Orchestra announced that due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic concerns, the orchestra will not be able to have audiences in the Severance Hall from March to June 2021, as originally planned. “Performing live concerts for our community, has been our goal throughout this unusual season, but only when we could guarantee the health {…}
The Cleveland Orchestra has announced details for its 2021 Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration, which will take place virtually due to the ongoing pandemic. In the organization’s 41st year of offering music to celebrate and reflect on the life and legacy of Dr. King, the orchestra will provide different experiences for audiences from Jan. 14 through early February. In a {…}
The Cleveland Orchestra’s Education & Community Engagement Programs has announced updates for its 2020-21 season, comprised of a number of free and family-friendly videos and resources. Over the summer and fall, the orchestra performed 30 concerts across regional medical centers in support of health workers, as well as 50 socially-distanced pop-up concerts in public spaces. Free to all schools, Digital {…}
The Cleveland Orchestra has announced that it will not perform for live audiences in January or February due to ongoing concerns over the spread of COVID-19. “Our guiding principal throughout the Covid-19 pandemic is the health and safety of The Cleveland Orchestra’s musicians, staff, guests and volunteers,” said André Gremillet, President & CEO of The Cleveland Orchestra, in a press release. {…}
Musicians of the Cleveland Orchestra have created the “Music Medicine Initiative” series. The video series of seven to 10 videos features several musicians from the ensemble as they share music with healthcare workers, patients, and community members affected by COVID-19. The project was led by assistant concertmaster Jessica Lee and will be released weekly. “As the pandemic hit us, I {…}
On September 1, 2020, The Cleveland Orchestra will launch the second season its “On a Personal Note” Podcast. This weekly series will feature artists sharing their personal experiences through words as well as music. “On a Personal Note” premiered last spring, and has since been downloaded more than 17,000 times throughout the U.S., Canada, Japan, Germany, Austria, and other countries. {…}
(Credit: Jennifer Taylor) On Thursday, August 20, 2020, The Cleveland Orchestra launched its third collection of full-length concerts on TCO Classics, showcasing some of the orchestra’s most memorable performances across its first half-century at the Blossom Music Center. The collection spotlights performances by Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland, clarinetist Benny Goodman, pianist Van Cliburn, violinist Itzhak Perlman, soprano Roberta Peters, and {…}
(Credit: © Julia Wesely) The Cleveland Orchestra has launched the second collection of their concert audio recordings, featuring their celebrated “Prometheus Project.” Dedicated to exploring the works of Beethoven, this festival closed out the orchestra’s centennial season in 2018. The “TCO Classics” can be streamed for free on the company’s website. This collection of recordings includes all nine of Beethoven’s {…}