The Monterey Symphony continued its 77th season last weekend with a riveting program of storytelling music conducted by Jayce Ogren. At its heart, the much-anticipated world premiere of the piano concerto by composer-in-residence John Wineglass revealed again the Emmy winner’s skill in holding a mirror to injustice within a container of hope, unwavering in both […]
Pianist Marc-André Hamelin will headline the final program on Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra's engaging Chamber Series, curated by Concertmaster and Director of Chamber Music Margaret Batjer, on Saturday, March 2, 7:30 pm, at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, and Sunday, March 3, 7:30 pm, at Zipper Hall in downtown Los Angeles.
The Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music at Northwestern University has awarded Maria João Pires the $50,000 Jean Gimbel Lane Prize in Piano Performance. Established in 2005, the biennial Jean Gimbel Lane Prize in Piano Performance honors pianists who have achieved the highest levels of national and international recognition. Previous winners include Richard Goode (2006), Stephen Hough (2008), […]
Toni-Marie Montgomery, dean of the Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music at Northwestern University since 2003, will step down at the end of the 2022-23 academic year after a distinguished two-decade tenure.