The AfriClassical Concert by The Vesta Orchestra returns for Easter. This edition has a stellar musical lineup featuring Piano Concertos composed by Seun - BellaNaija.com. March 24, 2023
On Oct. 21, pianist and musicologist Dr. Samantha Ege will join Principal Conductor Peter Oundjian and the Yale Philharmonia for the world orchestral premiere of Helen Hagan’s Piano Concerto in C minor, featuring a new orchestration by composer and distinguished YSM alum Soomin Kim ’21MM ’22MMA. We spoke with Ege and Kim about Hagan, who, in 1912, became the first Black woman to graduate from the Yale School of Music, and about the Concerto in C minor.
Classical and late-romantic piano music, plus 20th century symphonies and a sprightly nonagenarian. Classical CDs reviews by Graham Rickson and Sebastian Scotney