(Photo: Jennifer Taylor) The Met Orchestra celebrated its second night of a two-part series at NYC’s Carnegie Hall on Wednesday, June 18, 2025 with a packed house. The evening’s performances included exciting works by Gabriela Ortiz, “Antrópolis” (2018; rev. 2019) with principal timpanist Parker Lee, Leonard Bernstein‘s Symphony No. 1 “Jeremiah,” featuring soprano Angel Blue, Terence Blanchard‘s NY Premiere of {…}
For its 2024-25 home season, Ensemble for These Times presents “Women in Transit.” This article only includes vocal performances. Opening the 17th anniversary season is “In Motion.” The concert features world premieres by Ursula Kwong-Brown, Darian Donovan Thomas, and Mary Bianco, as well as works by Benjamin Britten, York Bowen, Lisa Bielawa, Vivian Fung, Sage Shurman, and Zhou Tian, with {…}
The Ojai Music Festival, its Music Director, two-time Grammy Award-winner Rhiannon Giddens, and Festival Artistic and Executive Director Ara Guzelimian have shared the initial programming highlights for the upcoming Festival, which will include over 18 music events featuring a wide range of contemporary classical vocal and operatic works. The 77th edition of the Festival will be held from June 8-11, {…}
Boosey & Hawkes has signed a contract with Mexican composer Gabriela Ortiz. Renowned internationally, Ortiz is the winner of Mexico’s National Award for Arts and Literature and a Guggenheim Fellowship. The composer have been championed by none other than Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel, who has led premieres of Ortiz’s works with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. The Philharmonic is set to {…}