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3 days ago · Leonard Bernstein ( / ˈbɜːrnstaɪn / BURN-styne) [1] (born Louis Bernstein; August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American conductor, composer, pianist, music educator, author, and humanitarian. Considered to be one of the most important conductors of his time, he was the first American-born conductor to receive international acclaim.
- Louis Bernstein, August 25, 1918, Lawrence, Massachusetts, U.S.
1 day ago · To know music, then, is to know a key part of western civilization. This brings us to our newest online course, “ The History of Classical Music: Pythagoras through Beethoven .”. The first in a two-part series on the great music of the West taught by professional pianist, Hyperion Knight, this first course traces western classical music ...
3 days ago · Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) The Complete Symphonies Camilla Tilling (soprano); Kelley O’Connor (mezzo-soprano); Issachah Savage ( tenor); Ryan McKinny (bass-baritone) The Washington Chorus National Symphony Orchestra/Gianandrea Noseda rec. live composite, 2022-23, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington D.C. German ...
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1 day ago · In musical form he was a considerable innovator, widening the scope of sonata, symphony, concerto, and quartet; while in the Ninth Symphony he combined the worlds of vocal and instrumental music in a manner never before attempted. His personal life was marked by a heroic struggle against encroaching deafness, and some of his most important ...
1 day ago · A prolific director-producer since his early years with Canada’s Rhombus Films (his first film, a short doc about a community orchestra, received an Oscar nomination in 1984), Weinstein has made numerous acclaimed creative music docs, including “Beethoven’s Hair,” a 2005 forensic adventure exploring the composer’s physical and psychic ...
2 days ago · Gustav Mahler, photographed in 1907 by Moritz Nähr at the end of his period as director of the Vienna Hofoper. Gustav Mahler ( German: [ˈɡʊstaf ˈmaːlɐ]; 7 July 1860 – 18 May 1911) was an Austro-Bohemian Romantic composer from Jewish descent [1], and one of the leading conductors of his generation. As a composer he acted as a bridge ...
4 days ago · 1824 – 2024: 200th anniversary of the first performance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony Uruguay 27.10.2020: Kärntnertortheater in Vienna and excerpt from the autograph for the 4th movement. On May 7, 2024 we will celebrate the 200th anniversary of the first performance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony in the Kärntnertortheater in Vienna.
