(Photo Credit: Luque Photography) The Pasadena Chorale is set to present “The Golden Shore: Rachmaninoff and the Music of Displacement” on May 11, 2024. The showcase will feature the Rachmaninoff’s “All-Night Vigil” as well as music by Caroline Mallonee, Marques L.A. Garrett, Jeffrey Bernstein, and Vera Ivanova. “At the heart of the concert lies a performance of highlights from Rachmaninoff’s {…}
Spotlight Artists Management and Production will present “Christmas with Rachmaninoff” on Dec. 22, 2023 at Saint John’s in the Village. The program will star singers Zoya Gramagin, Sara Beth Pearson, and Jonathan R. Green. They are joined by pianists Alexander Chaplinskiy and Nataliya Medvedovskaya as well as saxophonist Nikolai Klotchkov. The first half features works by Rachmaninoff. Following the intermission, {…}
Clarion is set to present “Rachmaninoff @ 150: Songs and Romances” on Nov. 7, 2023. The showcase will feature baritone Aleksey Bogdanov, mezzo-soprano Megan Moore, and pianists Craig Ketter and Brian Zeger at the Park Avenue Christian Church in New York City. Among the works on offer are selected songs and romances as well as Piano Works for Four Hands, {…}
The Cultural Exchange Foundation is set to present “Celebrating 150 Years of Rachmaninoff” on Oct. 21, 2023 at the Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall. The showcase will feature a number of artists including sopranos Sarah Coburn, Elizaveta Ulakhovitch, Diana Skavronskaya, and Maia Gonzalez; baritone Navasard Hakobyan; bass-baritones Joseph Parrish and Ben Strong,; mezzo-soprano Ani Kushyan; tenor Victor {…}
The University Musical Society at the University of Michigan is set to present Renée Fleming and Inon Barnatan in concert. The recital, which is set to take place on Sept. 28, 2023 at Hill Auditorium in Ann Arbor, will be based around the soprano’s 2023 Grammy Award-winning recording “Voice of Nature: The Anthropocene.” The showcase will feature music by Caroline {…}
The University of Texas at Austin’s Butler School of Music has unveiled its 2023-24 season. Here is a rundown of the vocal performances. The season opens with a concert starring soprano Leah Crocetto. The showcase, which will be conducted by Douglas Kinney Frost, will include the world premiere of Clarice Assad’s “Baião n’ Blues,” Barber’s “Knoxville: Summer of 1915, and Brahms’ {…}
Mezzo-soprano Irina Sherazadashvili will perform at the fifth edition of the Tsinandali Festival. The mezzo will perform on Sept. 2, 2023 alongside pianists Nino Jvania, Alexander Malofeyev, and Behzod Abduriamov. Their program features works by Rachmaninoff including “In the Silence of the Secret Night” (Op. 4, No. 3), “Sing not to Me, Beautiful Maiden (Georgian Song)” (Op. 4, No. 4), {…}
On May 8, 2023, Young Concert Artists (YCA) held their 62nd Annual Gala at Jazz at Lincoln Center. This year’s gala honored Deborah Borda, the President and CEO of the New York Philharmonic, for her accomplishments in service to the arts. The concert was hosted by Kevin Joyce, who gave opening remarks before introducing YCA President Daniel Kellogg. “Tonight we {…}
(Credit: Courtesy of Bowman Media) On April 20, 2023, Grammy Award-winning baritone John Brancy will give a recital of works at Café Carlysle. Joined by pianist Peter Dugan, the program will feature selections from Weill, Ravel, Porter, Brel, Hahn, Gershwin, and Rachmaninoff, among others. The duo has recently taken their journey to reinvent the recital to venues such as Carnegie {…}
La Monnaie / De Munt is set to present a recital featuring soprano Olga Peretyatko alongside pianist Matthia Samuil on May 15, 2023. The duo will present “Slavic Songs,” a recital featuring music by Tchaikovsky, Chopin, Rimsky-Korsakov, Dvorak, and Rachmaninoff. The concert will also feature music by two Ukrainian composers – Mykhaylo Zherbin and Heorhiy Mayboroda. The soprano will also {…}
On September 25, 2022, Odyssey Opera will return to live performances with the American premiere of Rachmaninoff’s “Troika.” This concert performance will feature the three one-act operas which comprise the trilogy: “Aleko,” “The Miserly Knight,” and “Francesca da Rimini.” Company founder Gil Rose will conduct a cast including tenors Yegishe Manucharyan, Andrew Bidlack and Spencer Hamlin; basses Mikhail Svetlov, and {…}