Music director

While most of the guest soloists who perform with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra travel hundreds of miles to remote cities around the world, Jorge Federico Osorio will only need a 10-minute drive. The 70-year-old pianist, who lives in Highland Park about five miles from the 36-acre Ravinia festival grounds, will …

Susan Werner. Photo by Denise Maccaferri Susan werner7:30 p.m. Thursday. Opera House at Boothbay Harbor, 86 Townsend Ave., $ 30. standbayoperahouse.comSinger-songwriter Susan Werner has released over 15 albums since her 1993 debut, “Midwestern Saturday Night”. His most recent is last year’s “Flyover Country”, which crosses America and country and features …

Thrissur: Antony Eastman, who was revered as a multi-faceted movie personality, died here on Saturday following cardiac arrest. He was 74 years old. Eastman had ventured into filmmaking as a still photographer, and later made significant contributions as a director, producer and screenwriter. Eastman is credited with introducing popular star …

Three major chamber music festivals are taking three different approaches to their return to performing this summer. At Tanglewood, Rockport Music and the Newport Music Festival, audiences will return in July after a one-year hiatus. The performance pickup arrives with a mix of indoor, outdoor and streaming options. Shortened performance, …

Louis Andriessen was born on June 6, 1939 to a Catholic family in Utrecht, the Netherlands. His father, Hendrik Franciscus Andriessen, was a composer and organist who became director of the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. His mother, Johanna Justina Anschütz, was a pianist. Louis was the youngest of six …

(Photo credit: Vera Hartmann) The American conductor will conduct two opera productions and two symphony programs each season over the next four years with the Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, the resident orchestra of the opera. In addition to this post, he was recently appointed Senior Guest Chef of the …

A man walks past the Lyric Theater in London’s West End, amid the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in London, Britain August 13, 2020. REUTERS / Henry Nicholls / File Photo LONDON, June 29 (Reuters) – The UK government is expected to announce in the coming weeks an insurance program …

The show that launched Theater 55 three years ago will help us all break free from our stranded lives of last year and usher in a bright new era! The show is presented as an outdoor concert at the Caponi Art Park Amphitheater in Eagan, MN. This bucolic space is …

ROCHESTER – Spaulding High School principal Justin Roy drove a golf cart for Joanne Houston and Cheryl Richardson to Hugh Bolin Field, where people filling the stands greeted them with full-blown cheers. Houston and Richardson retired as musical directors from the school this month after 37 years for Houston in …

The artists show viewers how the dragon prop works in a sensory performance of Sleeping Beauty. Courtesy of Maine State Music Theater Maine State Music Theater artistic director Curt Dale Clark said he first recognized the need for sensory performances about seven years ago, after a member of the audience …