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BIG NEWS! The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay will OPEN @MetOpera's 2025–25 Season Sunday, September 21!!!
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"On its surface, the beginning stanza of the poem appears to be a beautiful pastoral evocation of nature. As the poem unfolds, you realize that it is the story of a soldier in a place far away from his beloved. " – Rick Perdian, @OperawireNews
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So honored that my piano Concerto is included on the stunning survey of American music by @daniil_trifonov, our greatest living pianist. He brings such depth and elegance, matched with a mercurial sensibility, to everything he does.
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Some happy news for classical music about @ARSymphony, where the symphony orchestra will have a new $12 million home! Bravo to CEO @cllcello for her creative thinking and also to Simon Woods of @OrchLeague for his insights!
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To lovers of classical music, the headline "Classical music as powerful as anti-depressants" comes as no surprise. Superhuman powers can be found in a Bach cantata, a Ravel tone poem, or an ethereal vocal work by Hildegard.
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Thrilled that @pghsymphony released Resurrexit, which brings to life the biblical story with magic and propulsion. The piece begins with Mary mourning after the Crucifixion and then moves into a quicksilver depiction of reanimation and resurrection.
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Fascinating exploration of the way new operas on provocative subjects are received critically ... would love to experience Ruinous Gods at Spoletto and see for myself!
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Everyone from solo artists to large organizations should check out this FREE masterclass from @AubreyBergauer, whose innovative ideas about growing audiences are balanced with a deep commitment to the core offerings of our field. 6/20 at 10AM PDT: bit.ly/4bMsANU
“An imaginative, functional work like this is likely to have a lasting shelf-life. “Fantasia” certainly has.”
Thank you to @PittsburghPG's Jeremy Reynolds for this review of Philharmonia Fantastique with @pghsymphony!
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How cool is this!? @usairforce Band just played Mothership under Colonel Don Schofield! Mothership imagines the orchestra as a spaceship - which seems quite fitting. Wishing I could have been there to cheer them on and super honored to have been programmed!
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On Monday night, the Civic Orchestra of Chicago joined forces with Grammy Award-winning sextet @eighthblackbird for a program of contemporary music led by @Linitaconductor, anchored by @masonbates' mystical Anthology of Fantastic Zoology.
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Huge thanks to Civic Orchestra of Chicago and @Linitaconductor for bringing to life my psychedelic bestiary Anthology of Fantastic Zoology in Chicago – love this orchestra and the amazing energy of the players!
Great article from a superb outlet about an extraordinary human being… #AnneAkikoMeyers has done so much advance classical music into the 21st Century. @SFCV
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Bart Sher is an absolute master and worked wonders with The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay when we recently workshop it @MetOpera. Absolutely cannot wait to dive into this further!
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One more performance left of my new violin concerto with the extraordinary @philorch, led by @nezetseguin and performed by @GilShaham – and thank you to @PhillyInquirer for this wonderful review!
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