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Vienna Philharmonic pays birthday tribute to Maazel

2010-03-04T10:19:56Z

<div><p>American conductor Lorin Maazel celebrates his 80th birthday this weekend conducting the Vienna Philharmonic in the Austrian capital.</p><p>Topping the programme of Saturday's performance at the Musikverein concert hall will be the world premiere of a suite taken from Maazel's opera "1984", based on the novel of the same...

Chicago Symphony Muti

2010-02-25T16:31:42Z

Chicago Symphony Orchestra Music Director Designate Riccardo Muti, right, responds to a question with CSO Association President Deborah F. Rutter during a news conference where he was introduced Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010 in Chicago. Muti will begin his t...

Muti reveals lineup for 1st CSO season in new role

2010-02-25T16:30:20Z

<div id="subtitle">Riccardo Muti reveals Chicago Symphony Orchestra plans: outreach, 'Otello' and original works</div><div><p>Conductor Riccardo Muti won't take over as 10th music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra until Sept. 19, but he proved Thursday that he already can lead the city's critics and musical public into laug...

Lang Lang, Mahler, highlight UK Southbank season

2010-02-22T08:12:49Z

&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;LONDON (Reuters Life!) - London's Southbank Center, home to four orchestras, announced a new season on Friday featuring Chinese piano superstar Lang Lang, vast amounts of Mahler and so much music that recession seemed banish...

Philadelphia Orchestra Celebrates Academy Of Music's 153rd Anniversary

2010-01-30T22:31:32Z

PHILADELPHIA - JANUARY 30: Sting performs with the Philadelphia Orchestra during the orchestra's 153rd anniversary celebration at the Academy of Music January 30, 2010 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by William Thomas Cain/Seiji Ozawa said on Thursday he has been diagnosed with oesophageal cancer.</p><p>The conductor has cancelled his schedule for at least six months to undergo treatment.</p><p>Ozawa, the 74-year-old musical director at the Vienna State Opera, said he was dia...

CORRECTION Japan Ozawa

2010-01-07T04:16:48Z

FILE-In this Feb. 3, 2005, file photo, Viennese State Opera music director Seiji Ozawa is seen at the traditional Opera Ball in Vienna, Austria. Japan's maestro Seiji Ozawa says he has been diagnosed with esophageal cancer. The 74-year-old Ozawa said Thursday, Jan. 7, 2010, at a news conference he will cancel all his concerts from Janu...

Japan Ozawa

2010-01-07T01:48:40Z

FILE-In this Feb. 3, 2005, file photo, Viennese State Opera music director Seiji Ozawa is seen at the traditional Opera Ball in Vienna, Austria. Japan's maestro Seiji Ozawa says he has been diagnosed with esophageal cancer. The 74-year-old Ozawa said Thursday, Jan. 7, 2009, at a news conference he will cancel all his concerts from Janu...

LA lawyers put objections aside to make music

2010-02-23T08:56:53Z

<div id="subtitle">No objections sustained when the LA Lawyers Philharmonic decides it's time to play</div><div><p>If a defense attorney, a prosecutor and a judge were to walk into a music hall what would be the first thing they'd do?</p><p>"Spend a half-hour arguing legal motions," veteran Los Angeles lawyer

Judging The Music

2009-12-28T02:45:19Z

In this photo taken on Monday, Sept. 21, 2009, the Los Angeles Lawyers Philharmonic founder-conductor Gary Greene conducts at the Wilshire United Methodist Church in Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Lawyers Philharmonic is the only classical music aggregation in Chicago, Yo-Yo Ma, world renowned cellist and founder of the Silk road Project, a cross cultural awareness and exchange program, waves as he is introduced at the opening of the Art Institute of Chicago's 'Silk Road Chicago' exhibit. As of January, Ma will become creative consultan...

Jackson, Cohen to get Grammy lifetime nods

2010-02-23T17:26:54Z

<div><p>Pop icon Michael Jackson and Canadian singer Leonard Cohen will headline a group of talent receiving lifetime achievement awards at the Grammys in January, organizers announced Thursday.</p><p>The late King of Pop, a 13-time Grammy winner, and singer-songwri...

New Schoenberg score stolen in Hungary: report

2010-02-23T21:21:40Z

<div><p>Thieves on Thursday stole a laptop computer from Hungarian conductor Zoltan Kocsis containing his version of Arnold Schoenberg's unfinished opera "Moses und Aron", MTI news agency reported.</p><p>Kocsis said the thieves broke ...

NM symphony reaches agreement with musicians

2010-02-23T22:50:24Z

<div id="subtitle">Musicians from New Mexico Symphony Orchestra agree to management's term, concerts to resume</div><div><p>The New Mexico Symphony Orchestra's management and musicians have reached an agreement that will allow the concert season to resume.</p><p>Management and the musicians have been negotiating a new contract since...

French maestro Pretre to conduct Vienna's New Year's Concert

2010-02-23T22:54:57Z

<div><p>French maestro Georges Pretre is to conduct the Vienna Philharmonic's legendary New Year's Concert on January 1, the orchestra announced Monday.</p><p>It will be the second time that the 84-year-old conductor has been invited to take the podium of the world's best-known and most sought...

Philharmonic shows poise in weekend aural safari

2010-02-24T00:20:44Z

<div><p> B?la Bart—kÕs Concerto for Orchestra has become a familiar staple for orchestras since it premiered in Boston in 1944, but it received its first Las Vegas airing 65 years later, at UNLVÕs Artemus Ham Hall on Saturday night.</p><p>The Las Vegas Philharmonic presented a confident doubleheader of concertos by 20th-century composers, with the ...

NY Philharmonic marries great music with fine food

2010-02-24T03:19:51Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - If you want to hear one of the world's leading orchestras and taste a menu created by a renowned chef, the New York Philharmonic may have the answer.</p><p>Beginning early next year the orchestra will host musical suppers -- post-concert meals with menus by chefs inclu...

Conductor Slatkin to skip November DSO concerts

2010-02-24T06:41:55Z

<div id="subtitle">Conductor Slatkin to miss November concerts with Detroit Symphony following heart attack</div><div><p>Renowned conductor Leonard Slatkin will skip appearances this month with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra as he recovers from a heart attack.</p><p>Sla...

Simon Rattle, Berlin Philharmonic to tour US

2010-02-24T07:58:23Z

<div id="subtitle">AP Interview: Rattle looks to digital for classical future; tours US with Berlin Philharmonic</div><div><p>Sir Simon Rattle's new contract with the Berlin Philharmonic is just days old but already he's looking ahead — to ...

Joshua Bell plays for Poland's Jewish Museum

2010-02-24T16:02:37Z

<div id="subtitle">Violinist Joshua Bell gives charity concert for Jewish History Museum in Poland</div><div><p>The U.S. violin virtuoso Joshua Bell helped raise funds Wednesday for a Jewish History museum in Polan...