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'Manfred Honeck Replaces Riccardo Muti at CSO Open Rehearsal

Chicago Symphony Orchestra's open rehearsal for invited donors, community groups and the CSO's concerts has been set for February 18-20 with frequent guest conductor Manfred Honeck, Music Director of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, announced as the guest conductor. The CSO's own Music Director, Riccardo Muti, was scheduled to helm the event but had to withdraw from all February's concerts and activities in Chicago due to a recent accident and subsequent convalescence.
By Shane Jordan

  • 'Moscow Festival Ballet Brings ‘Romeo & Juliet’ to Brooklyn Center

    Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College continues its 2015-16 season with Moscow Festival Ballet's double bill of one-act ballets on Saturday, March 5, 2016 at 8pm. The program begins with a restaging of Shakespeare's tragedy 'Romeo and Juliet,' set to the music of Tchaikovsky and choreographed by legendary Bolshoi principle dancer Elena Radchenko. This will be followed by Alberto Alonso's fiery 'Carmen,' inspired by Bizet's sensuous and spirited opera.
    By Shane Jordan

  • 'Boston's Collage New Music Brings New Memorial Concert to MIT

    Boston based Collage New Music has announced the next concert in its 2015-2016, set for Valentine's Day, entitled Eddie's Musical Spheres Memorial Concert. In honor of Edward Cohen's enormous gifts and contributions to Boston's musical life on the whole and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's music department in particular, the Institute organized a series of concerts in Cohen's name. Collage New Music was asked to give the first of these concerts in 2006 and is now returning to present the 2016 concert held on February 14, at 4 p.m. in Killian Hall at MIT.
    By Shane Jordan
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