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Georgian Chamber Players unveil 2025-26 season | EarRelevant
EarRelevant Staff | 9 SEP 2025 ATLANTA, Georgia— The Georgian Chamber Players, a staple of Atlanta’s chamber music scene since 1984, will mark their 42nd season in 2025-26 with three concerts in venues ranging from an intimate Decatur club to a prominent Buckhead church and one of the city’s largest synagogues. Founded in 1984 by
Vega Quartet and guests open ECMSA’s 33rd season with Boccherini, Beethoven, and Brahms | EarRelevant
CONCERT REVIEW: Vega Quartet September 6, 2025 Emerson Hall, Schwartz Center for Performing Arts Atlanta, GA - USA "The 4 Bs - Boccherini, Beethoven, Brahms & Bailey" Vega Quartet (Emily Daggett Smith & Jessica Shuang Wu, violins; Joseph Skerik, viola; and Guang Wang, cello); Yinzi Kong, viola; Zuill Bailey, cello; William Ransom, piano. BOCCHERINI: String
Shokhakimov leads dazzling Stravinsky with Dallas Symphony | EarRelevant
Conductor Aziz Shokhakimov led the Dallas Symphony Orchestra in a spectacular performance of Stravinsky’s “Rite of Spring” and Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Capriccio Espagnole.”CONCERT REVIEW: Dallas Symphony Orchestra April 10 & 12, 2025 Meyerson Symphony Center Dallas, TX - USA Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Aziz Shokhakimov conductor; Jörgen van Rijen trombone. Nikolai RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Capriccio espagnole Samy MOUSSA: Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra (“Yericho”) Igor STRAVINSKY: Le Sacre du printemps Gregory Sullivan Isaacs | 15 SEP 2024 This past weekend,
Anne-Sophie Mutter and her Virtuosi celebrate Schwartz Center’s 20th with mostly Baroque program | EarRelevant
On Thursday evening, in celebration of its 20th Anniversary, the Schwartz Center for Performing Arts presented a concert by violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter and her Mutter Virtuosi to a packed house in Emerson Hall.
From banjo to balalaika, American and Slavic folk music share the stage in AAFFM coffeehouse concert | EarRelevant
CONCERT REVIEW:Fiddler’s Green (Atlanta Area Friends of Folk Music)December 17, 2022First Existentialist Church of AtlantaAtlanta, Georgia – USATom Eure & Amelia OsborneSelection of original and traditional folk songs and fiddle tunesBalalaika FantasieSelection of Russian, Ukranian, Gypsy, and Jewis
Applications open for The Atlanta Opera’s 96-Hour Opera Project | EarRelevant
EarRelevant Staff| 21 DEC 2022Atlanta, GA—The Atlanta Operahas announced that applications are now open for the second annual96-Hour Opera Project, a composition competition and showcase featuring teams of composers and librettists from historically underrepresented communities.Having completed and
2022 “Christmas with the ASO” draws a full house to take part in its holiday traditions | EarRelevant
CONCERT REVIEW:Christnas with the ASODecember 15, 16 & 18*, 2022(*two shows on Sunday)Atlanta Symphony Hall, Woodruff Arts CenterAtlanta, Georgia – USAAtlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Norman Mackenzie, conductor; Timothy Miller, tenor; Spivey Hall Children’s Chorus.PART ONE:Prophecy and AdventPA
Esfahani CD features three harpsichord concertos from modern Czech composers | EarRelevant
CD REVIEW:Martinů, Krása & Kalabis: Harpsichord ConcertosMahan Esfahani, harpsichord; Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Liebreich, conductor.Bohuslav MARTINŮ:Concerto for harpsichord and small orchestra, H246Hans KRÁSA:Kammermusik for harpsichord and seven instrumentsViktor KALABIS:Concerto
Earpiece #21: Caludio Arrau plays Beethoven Sonatas | EarRelevant
Mark Gresham| 15 DEC 2022Earpieceis a series of audio and video presentations curated by EarRelevant’s publisher and principal writer Mark Gresham.This week,Earpieceventures back to a couple of historical videos from the 1970Beethovenfest, a classical music festival in Bonn, Germany, the birthplace
Bent Frequency plays a six-pack of contemporary works, including three Southeastern premieres | EarRelevant
CONCERT REVIEW:Bent FrequencyDecember 10, 2022Eyedrum Art & Music GalleryAtlanta, GAJan Berry Baker, saxophone; Stuart Gerber, percussion; Amy Petrongelli, soprano; Erika Tazawa, piano; Daniel Tosky, double bass.Alvin SINGLETON:Every Next Day(2022)*Adam MIRZA:cracks(2019)Andrew STANILAND:Blue(2008)E
Stutzmann leads “classical lite” concert of Bizet and Tchaikovsky, but magic is missing | EarRelevant
CONCERT REVIEW:Atlanta Symphony OrchestraDecember 8, 10 & 11*, 2022Atlanta Symphony Hall, Woodruff Arts CenterAtlanta, Georgia – USANathalie Stutzmann, conductor (*Sunday: Jerry Hou, conductor).Georges BIZET: Prelude to Act I fromCarmenGeorges BIZET: Symphony in C majorPyotr TCHAIKOVSKY:The Nutcrack
ASO’s holiday choral concerts are a vibrant “living tradition” | EarRelevant
Mark Gresham| 12 DEC 2022Among the various holiday programspresented by theAtlanta Symphony Orchestrain December are a pair of choral-orchestral concerts that have a long-honored legacy in this city.First isChristmas with the ASO, created by the late Robert Shaw, originally calledChristmas with Robe
Earpiece #20: Beethoven and Brahms from the Kon-Tiki Chamber Music Festival | EarRelevant
Mark Gresham| 8 DEC 2022Earpieceis a series of audio and video presentations curated by EarRelevant’s publisher and principal writer Mark Gresham.TheKon-Tiki Chamber Music Festivaltakes place on Bygdøy, a peninsula on the western side of Oslo, Norway. From 2011 through 2019, performances took place
Leif Ove Andsnes takes on devilish Dvořák miniatures in new CD | EarRelevant
CD REVIEW:Dvořák: Poetic Tone Pictures, Op. 85Leif Ove Andsnes, piano.Antonín DVOŘÁK:Poetic Tone Pictures, Op.85Sony Classical 19439912092Release Date: October 28, 2022Format: PhysicalDuration: 56:10Giorgio Koukl| 22 NOV 2022On thisSony Classical album, pianistLeif Ove Andsnesfinally realizes his dr
Hahn excels in Tchaikovsky, while Chan and the ASO find their better half in Shostakovich | EarRelevant
CONCERT REVIEW:Atlanta Symphony OrchestraDecember 1 & 3, 2022Atlanta Symphony Hall, Woodruff Arts CenterAtlanta, Georgia – USAElim Chan (陳以琳), conductor; Hilary Hahn, violin.Pyotr TCHAIKOVSKY:Violin ConcertoDmitri SHOSTAKOVICH:Symphony No. 10Mark Gresham| 2 DEC 2022On Thursday evening,theAtlanta Sym
Earpiece #19: A tribute to Ned Rorem | EarRelevant
Mark Gresham| 1 DEC 2022Earpieceis a series of audio and video presentations curated by EarRelevant’s publisher and principal writer Mark Gresham.American composer and authorNed Rorem(1923 – 2022) died on November 18 at his home in Manhattan at age 99. The Richmond, Indiana native composed symphonie
Robert Henry features piano classics and film themes in solo recital | EarRelevant
CONCERT REVIEW:Robert HenryNovember 28, 2022Morgan Hall, Bailey Performance CenterKennesaw State UnivesityKennesaw, GARobert Henry, piano.Ryuichi SAKAMOTO: “Bolerish” from the film Femme Fatale (2002)Dave GRUSIN: “On Golden Pond” from the film On Golden Pond (1981)Franz Joseph HAYDN: Variations in F
Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival launches 22nd season in January | EarRelevant
Mark Gresham | 28 NOV 2022Amelia Islandis the northernmost of the barrier islands along Florida’s Atlantic coast and the southernmost of the Sea Islands chain stretching up through Georgia into South Carolina.It’s about a six-hour drive southeast of Atlanta, depending on which of several routes you
Takács Quartet CD features music of Hough, Dutilleux, and Ravel | EarRelevant
CD REVIEW:Hough, Dutilleux & Ravel: String QuartetsTakács Quartet: Edward Dusinberre & Harumi Rhodes, violins; Richard O’Neill, viola; András Fejér, cello.Stephen HOUGH:String Quartet No. 1Henri DUTILLEUX:Ainsi la NuitMaiurice RAVEL:SouvenirsHyperion CDA68400Release Date: January 6, 2023Format: Phys
Happy Thanksgiving | EarRelevant
Mark Gresham| 24 NOV 2022Todayis Thanksgiving Day here in the United States, celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November. Although Thanksgiving has its historical roots in religious and cultural traditions, it has long been celebrated as a secular holiday as well. Whatever way you conceive of “giv
Giving Tuesday | EarRelevant
Mark Gresham| 29 NOV 2022Today is “Giving Tuesday,” andEarRelevantis NOT asking you for a donation! Instead, we encourage you to donate to your favorite non-profit performing arts organizations, large or small.#GivingTuesday is “a global day of giving fueled by the power of social media and collabor