Philadelphia Classical Music

Artemis Quartet

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Perelman Theater — Kimmel Center
Broad and Spruce Streets
Sunday, March 14, 2010, 8pm

Philadelphia Chamber Music Society

215-569-8080

The Berlin-based Artemis Quartet plays with all the intensity of feeling, warmth of expression and rhythmic precision of its continental cousins. Their performances “always head for the heart of the music” (Stuttgarter Nachrichten), and this all-Beethoven program will be no different.

More info: www.pcmsconcerts.org

CURTIS OPERA THEATRE

17 Mar 2010 23:30:00 GMT

Wednesday, March 17, 2010, 7:30pm

ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA

Presented in association with

Opera Company of Philadelphia

and Kimmel Center Presents

Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at 7:30pm

Friday, March 19, 2010 at 8pm

Sunday, March 21, 2010 at 2:30pm

Perelman Theater

Price: SOLD OUT

The love story of the ages, Antony and Cleopatra follows Marc Antony and Cleopatra as they weave their way through deception, political intrigue, and passions as hot as the sands of Egypt. The Curtis Opera Theatre produces this important 20th Century work to commemorate the 100th anniversary of composer Samuel Barber’s birth. Director Chas Rader-Shieber and designer David Zinn create an exciting new production starring students of Curtis Opera Theatre. Performed in English.

More info: www.kimmelcenter.org

BEETHOVEN’S “EROICA”

19 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
Thursday, March 18, 2010, 8pm

March 18 at 8:00 PM – Thursday evening – Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
March 19 at 2:00 PM – Friday afternoon – Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
March 20 at 8:00 PM – Saturday evening – Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
Russian conductor Vladimir Jurowski returns for a second week on The Philadelphia Orchestra’s 2009-10 season. He is joined by Benedetto Lupo, bronze medalist at the 1989 Van Cliburn Competition, who makes his Philadelphia Orchestra debut in the concerto Schumann composed for his wife, Clara, in the 1840s. The year 2010 marks the birth-bicentennial of Robert Schumann, whose powerful Romantic stamp on music has been felt ever since his untimely death in 1856. Maestro Jurowski maintains the tone of high drama with the Tragic Overture of Brahms—a composer the Schumanns discovered and promoted—and Beethoven’s ruggedly defiant “Eroica” Symphony.
The Philadelphia Orchestra Vladimir Jurowski Conductor Benedetto Lupo Piano
Brahms Schumann Beethoven
Tragic Overture
Piano Concerto Symphony No. 3 (“Eroica”)
Tickets: $10-$130, 215.893.1999 or .

More info: www.philorch.org

John O’Conor, piano

19 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

American Philosophical Society
427 Chestnut Street
Thursday, March 18, 2010, 8pm

Philadelphia Chamber Music Society

215-569-8080

Irish pianist John O'Conor has earned a worldwide reputation as a masterful interpreter of the Classic and early-Romantic repertoires. His program at the American Philosophical Society includes Berg, Beethoven and Schubert sonatas and three nocturnes by John Field.

More info: www.pcmsconcerts.org

BEETHOVEN’S “EROICA”

19 Mar 2010 18:00:00 GMT

Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
Friday, March 19, 2010, 2pm

March 18 at 8:00 PM – Thursday evening – Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
March 19 at 2:00 PM – Friday afternoon – Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
March 20 at 8:00 PM – Saturday evening – Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
Russian conductor Vladimir Jurowski returns for a second week on The Philadelphia Orchestra’s 2009-10 season. He is joined by Benedetto Lupo, bronze medalist at the 1989 Van Cliburn Competition, who makes his Philadelphia Orchestra debut in the concerto Schumann composed for his wife, Clara, in the 1840s. The year 2010 marks the birth-bicentennial of Robert Schumann, whose powerful Romantic stamp on music has been felt ever since his untimely death in 1856. Maestro Jurowski maintains the tone of high drama with the Tragic Overture of Brahms—a composer the Schumanns discovered and promoted—and Beethoven’s ruggedly defiant “Eroica” Symphony.
The Philadelphia Orchestra Vladimir Jurowski Conductor Benedetto Lupo Piano
Brahms Schumann Beethoven
Tragic Overture
Piano Concerto Symphony No. 3 (“Eroica”)
Tickets: $10-$130, 215.893.1999 or .

More info: www.philorch.org

DANILO PÉREZ

20 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Verizon Hall
Friday, March 19, 2010, 8pm

21st Century Dizzy

Price: $26-64

Danilo Pérez creates a deeply personal evening reminiscing about one of the 20th Century’s great jazz influences, Dizzy Gillespie. Pérez’s first big break came about when he was asked to join Dizzy Gillespie’s United Nations Orchestra, which he worked with from 1989 until Gillespie’s passing in 1992. Pérez has assembled an international band featuring David Sanchez, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Amir Elsaffar, Jamey Haddad, Ben Street and Adam Cruz to perform new arrangements of classic Gillespie tunes in addition to original group compositions.

More info: www.kimmelcenter.org

The Philadelphia Chamber Ensemble

20 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Old Pine Street Presbyterian Church, 412 Pine Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106
Friday, March 19, 2010, 8pm

The Philadelphia Chamber Ensemble presents it's final concert series of the season, featuring works by Mozart, Pierne, Hindemith, Villa Lobos and Marinu.

All performers current or retired Philadelphia Orchestra members.

Friday evening, 8 PM and Sunday afternoon, 2 PM

Old Pine Street Presbyterian Church, 412 Pine Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106

Tickets - $25 at the door.

215-542-4890

www.pce.libertynet.org

More info: www.pce.libertynet.org

Tokyo Quartet-Benjamin Hochman, piano

20 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Independence Seaport Museum
211 S. Columbus Blvd
Friday, March 19, 2010, 8pm

Philadelphia Chamber Music Society

215-569-8080

If the Tokyo String Quartet isn't the world's greatest chamber music ensemble, says The Washington Post, it's hard to imagine which group is. For the second of their two PCMS appearances, the Tokyo will be joined

More info: www.pcmsconcerts.org

BEETHOVEN’S “EROICA”

21 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
Saturday, March 20, 2010, 8pm

March 18 at 8:00 PM – Thursday evening – Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
March 19 at 2:00 PM – Friday afternoon – Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
March 20 at 8:00 PM – Saturday evening – Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
Russian conductor Vladimir Jurowski returns for a second week on The Philadelphia Orchestra’s 2009-10 season. He is joined by Benedetto Lupo, bronze medalist at the 1989 Van Cliburn Competition, who makes his Philadelphia Orchestra debut in the concerto Schumann composed for his wife, Clara, in the 1840s. The year 2010 marks the birth-bicentennial of Robert Schumann, whose powerful Romantic stamp on music has been felt ever since his untimely death in 1856. Maestro Jurowski maintains the tone of high drama with the Tragic Overture of Brahms—a composer the Schumanns discovered and promoted—and Beethoven’s ruggedly defiant “Eroica” Symphony.
The Philadelphia Orchestra Vladimir Jurowski Conductor Benedetto Lupo Piano
Brahms Schumann Beethoven
Tragic Overture
Piano Concerto Symphony No. 3 (“Eroica”)
Tickets: $10-$130, 215.893.1999 or .

More info: www.philorch.org

The Naughton Sisters

21 Mar 2010 18:00:00 GMT

First Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia
Walnut and 21st Streets
Sunday, March 21, 2010, 2pm

Concerts @ First
March 21, 2010
2:00 p.m.
Free Admission

The Naughton Sisters
(Appearing courtesy of the Curtis Institute of Music)

Venue: First Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia
Walnut and 21st Streets

Christina and Michelle Naughton, Piano Duo

Christina and Michelle Naughton each began their piano studies at the age of 4. In the fall of 2007, both began studies at the Curtis Institute of Music on full merit scholarships. Christina was the bronze medalist at the quadrennial Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition and most recently won the gold medal at the Fischoff National Chamber Music competition. Michelle won first prize at the PianoArts Biennial National Piano concerto and solo competition and was the gold medal winner in the quadrennial Virginnia Waring International Piano competition. Both sisters have performed with Cleveland’s Red Orchestra, the Gulf Coast Symphony, the Madison Symphony, Chicago’s Ars Viva and Park Ridge orchestras. Each has performed extensively as a soloist, with orchestra and in piano duo with her twin sister.

The Philadelphia Chamber Ensemble

21 Mar 2010 18:00:00 GMT

Old Pine Street Presbyterian Church, 412 Pine Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106
Sunday, March 21, 2010, 2pm

The Philadelphia Chamber Ensemble presents it's final concert series of the season, featuring works by Mozart, Pierne, Hindemith, Villa Lobos and Marinu.

All performers current or retired Philadelphia Orchestra members.

Friday evening, 8 PM and Sunday afternoon, 2 PM

Old Pine Street Presbyterian Church, 412 Pine Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106

Tickets - $25 at the door.

215-542-4890

www.pce.libertynet.org

More info: www.pce.libertynet.org

MATTHEW BENGTSON, FORTE PIANO

21 Mar 2010 19:00:00 GMT

Founders Great Hall on the Haverford College Campus at 370 Lancaster Avenue in Haverford, PA.
Sunday, March 21, 2010, 3 – 4pm

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PERFORMS AT HAVERFORD COLLEGE

On Sunday, March 21st at 3 PM, the Haverford College Guest Artist Series presents Matthew Bengtson, fortepiano. His program will include Haydn’s Sonata in E-flat, and Andante with Variations in F minor, Johann Wilhelm Haessler’s Fantasia and Sonata in C major, CPE Bach’s Fantasia II in C major, JS Bach’s Prelude and Fugues Numbers 14, 19 & 20 from the Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II, and Mozart’s Sonata in B-Flat major. This concert will be held in Founders Great Hall on the Haverford College Campus at 370 Lancaster Avenue in Haverford, PA. Tickets are $15 (Gen), $12 (Sr), $8 (Students), $5 (7-17). For more information: (610) 896-1011

Critically acclaimed as a “musician’s pianist,” Matthew Bengtson has a unique combination of musical talents ranging from extraordinary pianist, to composer, analyst, and scholar of performance practice, and thus is in demand as both soloist and collaborator. As a La Gesse Fellow, he has been presented in concerts in France and Italy, Italy and Hungary, at Thomas Jefferson’s home Monticello, and in solo recitals at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall. He has performed with the Reading, Pottstown and Ridgefield Symphony Orchestras. He has appeared with violinist Joshua Bell on NPR’s “Performance Today” and XM Satellite Radio’s “Classical Confidential.”

An advocate of both contemporary and rarely performed music, he commands a diverse repertoire, ranging from William Byrd to Berio and Ligeti. One special interest is the music of the early twentieth century, especially that of Alexander Scriabin and Karol Szymanowski. His doctoral research and first studio recording were devoted to Szymanowski's 22 mazurkas. His interpretation of six Scriabin Sonatas can be heard on a recent release by Roméo Records. The American Record Guide relates his recording to performances by Horowitz and Richter, praises his “rich tonal colors and dazzling technique,” and asks, “Has Scriabin ever been played better?”

Mr. Bengtson studied piano performance as a Harvard undergraduate with Patricia Zander; he also studied contemporary literature with Stephen Drury, and chamber music and performance practice with Robert Levin. He earned his MM and DMA degrees in piano performance at the Peabody Conservatory of Music, studying with Ann Schein. He also studied harpsichord with Webb Wiggins, and fortepiano with Malcolm Bilson on a fellowship at Cornell University. He continues to perform on all three instruments, as soloist and as collaborator, as in the newly-formed Ensemble Aurelio. He is involved in an extensive recording project of early English instruments of the Charles West Wilson collection, for Griffin Renaissance Records.

Mr. Bengtson has participated in many American music festivals, such as the Aspen Music Festival, the Summer Institute for Contemporary Piano Performance (SICPP) at New England Conservatory, and the Classical Workshop and Baroque Performance Institute (BPI) at Oberlin Conservatory. In Europe, he studied at the Internationale Sommerakademie “Mozarteum” in Salzburg, Austria, and the Centre Acanthes in Avignon, with Claude Helffer and at the American Conservatory at Fontainebleau, France, with Philippe Entremont. In Salzburg, he performed Boulez’s Sonata no. 1 in the Wiener Saal, and at Fontainebleau, he was awarded the Prix de la Ville de Fontainebleau for his performances.

He teaches privately at the University of Pennsylvania and at Haverford and Bryn Mawr Colleges, and serves on the piano staff of the Curtis Institute of Music. Besides his musical attainments, Mr. Bengtson was educated at Harvard University with a focus in mathematics and computer science. He reads Latin and Greek, is a 3-handicap golfer, a dan-level go player, and a chess FIDE master (FM).

More info: www.haverford.edu

SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY

24 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Verizon Hall
Tuesday, March 23, 2010, 8pm

Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Laura Claycomb, soprano
Katarina Karneus, alto
The Westminster Choir
Price: $39-113

MAHLER: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor (“Resurrection”)

Renowned for his interpretations of Mahler’s symphonies, the dynamic and innovative Michael Tilson Thomas leads his San Francisco Symphony through the “Resurrection,” an emotionally intense work featuring Princeton’s powerful Westminster Choir. An extraordinary symphonic and vocal feat, this huge, dramatic work marked Mahler’s introduction to fame as a composer.

More info: www.kimmelcenter.org

Andrius Zlabys, piano

26 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

American Philosophical Society
427 Chestnut Street
Thursday, March 25, 2010, 8pm

Philadelphia Chamber Music Society

215-569-8080

Winner of the 2000 Astral National Auditions in Philadelphia, Andrius Zlabys has since gone on to appear with the New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony and the Cleveland Orchestra. His PCMS recital debut is an all-Bach affair with performances of six partitas (BWV 825-830).

More info: www.pcmsconcerts.org

MOZART AND ELGAR-The Philadelphia Orchestra

26 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Kmmel Center
Thursday, March 25, 2010, 8pm

March 25 at 8:00 PM – Thursday evening – Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
March 26 at 2:00 PM – Friday afternoon – Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
March 27 at 8:00 PM – Saturday evening – Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
The Philadelphia Orchestra welcomes the debut of the stellar American violinist and Avery Fisher Career Grant recipient Stefan Jackiw, who has left critics grasping for superlatives since his debut in London in 2000. “The 14-year-old violinist took the London music world by storm,” wrote the Strad of that London concert, which made the front page of the Times. On the podium is British maestro Andrew Davis, music director and principal conductor of the Lyric Opera of Chicago. He leads the extravagant First Symphony by his fellow Brit Edward Elgar, which bears a heroic quality that has led some to call it the composer’s “Eroica.”
The Philadelphia Orchestra Andrew Davis Conductor Stefan Jackiw Violin – PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA DEBUT
Mozart Mozart Elgar
Overture to La clemenza di Tito Violin Concerto No. 4 Symphony No. 1
These concerts are sponsored by UBS, a global financial services leader.
Tickets: $10-$130, 215.893.1999 or www.philorch.org.

More info: www.philorch.org

MOZART AND ELGAR-The Philadelphia Orchestra

26 Mar 2010 18:00:00 GMT

Kmmel Center
Friday, March 26, 2010, 2pm

March 25 at 8:00 PM – Thursday evening – Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
March 26 at 2:00 PM – Friday afternoon – Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
March 27 at 8:00 PM – Saturday evening – Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
The Philadelphia Orchestra welcomes the debut of the stellar American violinist and Avery Fisher Career Grant recipient Stefan Jackiw, who has left critics grasping for superlatives since his debut in London in 2000. “The 14-year-old violinist took the London music world by storm,” wrote the Strad of that London concert, which made the front page of the Times. On the podium is British maestro Andrew Davis, music director and principal conductor of the Lyric Opera of Chicago. He leads the extravagant First Symphony by his fellow Brit Edward Elgar, which bears a heroic quality that has led some to call it the composer’s “Eroica.”
The Philadelphia Orchestra Andrew Davis Conductor Stefan Jackiw Violin – PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA DEBUT
Mozart Mozart Elgar
Overture to La clemenza di Tito Violin Concerto No. 4 Symphony No. 1
These concerts are sponsored by UBS, a global financial services leader.
Tickets: $10-$130, 215.893.1999 or www.philorch.org.

More info: www.philorch.org

FAMILY: THE FIREBIRD-Phila Orch

27 Mar 2010 15:30:00 GMT

Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
Saturday, March 27, 2010, 11:30am

March 27 at 11:30 AM – Saturday morning –
Enchantment Theatre Company joins The Philadelphia Orchestra to bring to life this classic Russian folk tale of a magical bird with feathers that shine like fire. Follow the musical adventure of our hero, Prince Ivan, as he and the Firebird free 13 beautiful princesses from the evil Kastcheï the Deathless.
The Philadelphia Orchestra Danail Rachev Conductor John-Andrew Fernandez Baritone Enchantment Theatre Company
Prokofiev March from The Love for Three Oranges Korngold “Mein Sehnen, mein Wähnen,” from Die tote Stadt - FIRST
PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCE Stravinsky Excerpts from The Firebird
Following the March 27 Family Concert enjoy a family photo with musicians and members of the Enchantment Theater Company. Bring your camera to capture this special moment!
The Philadelphia Orchestra Family Concerts are funded in part by the Zisman Family Foundation. Family Photo Day sponsored by Macy’s Foundation. Tickets: $7-$46, 215.893.1999 or www.philorch.org

More info: www.philorch.org

Kimmel Center Youth Jazz Ensemble

27 Mar 2010 16:30:00 GMT

Commonwealth Plaza
Saturday, March 27, 2010, 12:30pm

In Honor of Music in Our Schools Month

Saturday, March 27, 2010 | 12:30pm

| Free at the Kimmel

FREE

This ensemble of young talented musicians, comprised primarily of middle school students, trains with accomplished jazz musicians and teachers to perform in the first regional ensemble specializing in jazz. These talented students are directed by Marc Johnson, and are performing in honor of Music in our Schools Month.

More info: www.kimmelcenter.org

BROOKLYN RIDER AND 2 FOOT YARD

27 Mar 2010 23:30:00 GMT

Perelman Theater
Saturday, March 27, 2010, 7:30pm

Price: $19-32

The vital and creative ensemble Brooklyn Rider is dedicated to both in-depth interpretation of existing quartet music and to the creation of new works. They are joined by the trio 2 Foot Yard featuring dynamic violinist and vocalist Carla Kihlstedt, who was recently hailed by Stereophile magazine as an artist who “inventively straddles the classical and vernacular worlds without compromise to either side.” These two groups will perform separately and then together for a new jointly written composition.

The Fresh Ink series is funded by The Pew Center for Arts and Heritage, through the Philadelphia Music Project.

More info: www.kimmelcenter.org

MOZART AND ELGAR-The Philadelphia Orchestra

28 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Kmmel Center
Saturday, March 27, 2010, 8pm

March 25 at 8:00 PM – Thursday evening – Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
March 26 at 2:00 PM – Friday afternoon – Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
March 27 at 8:00 PM – Saturday evening – Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
The Philadelphia Orchestra welcomes the debut of the stellar American violinist and Avery Fisher Career Grant recipient Stefan Jackiw, who has left critics grasping for superlatives since his debut in London in 2000. “The 14-year-old violinist took the London music world by storm,” wrote the Strad of that London concert, which made the front page of the Times. On the podium is British maestro Andrew Davis, music director and principal conductor of the Lyric Opera of Chicago. He leads the extravagant First Symphony by his fellow Brit Edward Elgar, which bears a heroic quality that has led some to call it the composer’s “Eroica.”
The Philadelphia Orchestra Andrew Davis Conductor Stefan Jackiw Violin – PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA DEBUT
Mozart Mozart Elgar
Overture to La clemenza di Tito Violin Concerto No. 4 Symphony No. 1
These concerts are sponsored by UBS, a global financial services leader.
Tickets: $10-$130, 215.893.1999 or www.philorch.org.

More info: www.philorch.org

SRUTI-The India Music and Dance Society

28 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Montgomery County Community College Science Center Theater

Blue Bell, PA
Saturday, March 27, 2010, 8pm

in collaboration with Montgomery County Community College presents

The Nrityagram Dance Ensemble

Saturday, March 27 2010 at 8 P.M.

Book Tickets Online

Reserved Seating Tickets ($20, $25, $35)

Students and Senior citizens with valid ID receive $5 off on their ticket

Sruti Core Members receive $10 off on their ticket

Discounts may be redeemed at box office even for tickets bought online

For information contact: Venkat Kilambi at 610-631-2291, Raji Venkatesan at 610-630-1878

More info: www.sruti.org

Eugene Albulescu and Friends

28 Mar 2010 19:00:00 GMT

Zoellner Arts Cente
Sunday, March 28, 2010, 3pm

The Lehigh University Music Department presents Albulescu and Friends The award-winning pianist will be joined by Christopher Collins Lee on violin and Andrey Tchekmazov on cello as he returns to Baker Hall’s Steinway to perform in a program of solo piano and chamber music. Pieces include Turina: Circulo, Beethoven’s “Ghost” Piano Trio and Mendelssohn Piano Trio No. 2 in C Minor. Tickets are $15.

Romanian-born pianist Eugene Albulescu ia an award-winning Steinway Artist who combines a blazing technique with the artistic integrity and originality to express musical emotions at their most personal level. Albulescu started his piano studies in Romania at the age of six, at the Enescu Music School in Bucharest. His family moved to New Zealand in 1984 to escape Romania’s Communist regime.

Celebrated critic Harold C. Schonberg hailed Albulescu’s “power and infallible fingers of steel,” declaring that “nothing anywhere has any terrors for him.” Albulescu follows a distinguished line of “pianists turned conductors,” including Christop Eschenbach, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Daniel Barenboim and many more. He currently teaches on the Music Faculty at Lehigh University and is the director of the LU Philharmonic Orchestra since August 2007.

He completed his musical studies at Indiana University where, at nineteen, he was the youngest person ever to reach as an assistant instructor. He emerged on the international scene in 1994 when his debut CD was awarded the International Grand Prix Liszt, adding Albulescu’s name to the list of winners which include Brendel, Arrau, Horowitz and Bolet. Since then Albulescu has performed worldwide, including concerts at the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts in Chicago, Bargemusic in New York, the Purely Piano series in Auckland, New Zealand, the Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall in New York, as well as the International Liszt Festival of the American Liszt Society. Having been invited to the White House to perform for the Millennium celebrations, he also performed at the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.

Christopher Collins Lee, violinist, became a protegè of Zino Francescatti at the age of sixteen, traveling with him throughout Europe on his final tours. Lee studied violin and composition at Curtis and Juilliard, earned a Doctorate degree, was a Fulbright Scholar, and has been awarded four Honorary Doctorate degrees. His principal teachers were Dorothy DeLay, Joseph Fuchs, Henryk Szeryng and Nathan Milstein. Lee has received many honors including Prizes in the Carl Flesch International Violin Competition, the Tibor Varga International Competition, and the J.S. Bach International Competition, The Lion D’or of the French government, a Guggenheim Grant, The Belgian American Award, and the Fritz Kreisler Prize. As an Official Musical Ambassador of the U.S. Department of State for two decades, he has played thousands of concerts under their auspices worldwide, forty solo tours to the Far East alone. One of his recordings was chosen to represent human culture on the Voyager Time Capsule, launched into space in 1977, just now leaving our solar system.

Lee has performed as violin soloist with Leopold Stokowski, Leonard Bernstein, Sergiu Commissiona, Lucas Foss, and Arthur Fiedler conducting. He is the Ronald J. Ulrich Concertmaster-in-Residence with the Lehigh University Philharmonic this season.

Cellist Andrey Tchekmazov is known for his versatility as a soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician and hailed by critics as an “extraordinary musician” (Washington Post). The Grand Prize winner of Vittorio Gui International Chamber Music Competition and the Premio Trio di Trieste, Tchekmazov has performed extensively with orchestras such as Sao Paolo Symphony, Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Kiev Philharmonic and Teatro Alfa Symphony. Among his other prizes and awards are the Koussevitsky Cello Competition in New York, Stadt, Artist International, Premio della Critica in Trieste, and Russian National Competition in Moscow. Since his critically acclaimed debut at Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall, Tchekmazov has enjoyed an active career as recitalist and chamber musician, performing at such renowned venues as Barge Music, Jupiter Chamber Players in New York Phillips Collection, Washigton D.C, Rhode Island Chamber Music Series, Bar Harbor Festival, Merkin Concert Hall in New York City, and Hampden Sydney where he was invited to perform by the members of the Emerson String Quartet.

Tickets are $15 for Albulescu and Friends. For information, call 610-758-2787 (7LU-ARTS); visit Zoellner Ticket Services, Tuesday 12-6 pm, Wednesday through Friday from 12-5 pm, Saturday 1l am -1 pm, and 90 minutes before curtain, or order online at www.zoellnerartscenter.org. Senior, student, group and LVAIC discounts are available.

More info: www.zoellnerartscenter.org

Miró Quartet

28 Mar 2010 19:00:00 GMT

American Philosophical Society
427 Chestnut Street
Sunday, March 28, 2010, 3pm

Philadelphia Chamber Music Society

215-569-8080
www.pcmsconcerts.org

Hailed by The Seattle Post-Intelligencer for its flawless playing and richness of sound, the Miro Quartet is one of the finest young ensembles in classical music today. Known for their complete Beethoven Op. 18 recordings, they'll present an all-Beethoven program in their PCMS return.

More info: www.pcmsconcerts.org

Wister Quartet-The German Society of Pa

28 Mar 2010 19:00:00 GMT

611 Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia.
Sunday, March 28, 2010, 3pm

The German Society of Pennsylvania will present a concert by the Wister Quartet on Sunday, 28 March 2010, at 3:00 pm at the Society in its newly and beautifully restored Albert and Hete Barthelme's Auditorium, at the German Society's headquarters, 611 Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia. The program includes Mozart's exuberant early Quartet K 160, Haydn's eloquent "Emperor" Quartet, and Mendelssohn's brilliantly extroverted Quartet in D. Major.

Since its founding in 1987, the Wister Quartet (Nancy Bean and Davyd Booth, violins, Pamela Fay, viola, and Lloyd Smith cello) has earned high praise from critics and audiences alike for its superb musicianship and memorable performances. Daniel Webster of the Philadelphia Inquirer has written that the Wister Quartet "has become the foremost (Philadelphia) chamber music ensemble." And David Patrick Stearns, also the Inquirer, recently wrote, "Fierce, satisfying...This was a long-cultivated group personality for which there should always be a place, no matter how busy the musical community becomes."

Single tickets are $20, and may be purchased by calling 215-627-2332 or at the door. All attendees are invited to a reception following the concert in the Society's Ratskeller for coffee, cake, and an opportunity to meet with the musicians. The ticket price includes the post-concert reception, there is no additional charge.
Elderly or guests requiring assistance will be able to use the Society's newly-installed elevator, that makes all levels of the Society's building fully accessible.

For further information, call 215-627-2332, or e-mail at info@germansociety.org, or visit the Society's website at .

More info: www.germansociety.org

Vox Ama Deus presents the Ama Deus Ensemble

28 Mar 2010 23:00:00 GMT

Daylesford Abbey, 220 South Valley Road, Paoli, PA
Sunday, March 28, 2010, 7pm

Valentin Radu, Artistic Director and Conductor

What: Two Performances of…
JOHANNES BRAHMS REQUIEM and VIOLIN CONCERTO

Concerto for Violin in D Major, Op. 77
Thomas DiSarlo, violin Valentin Radu, conductor

Ein deutsches Requiem ( A German Requiem ), Op. 45
Tatyana Galitskaya, soprano Ed Bara, bass
Valentin Radu, conductor

1st Performance
When: Palm Sunday, March 28th at 7:00 PM
Where: Daylesford Abbey, 220 South Valley Road, Paoli, PA
Tickets: $25 General Admission / $20 Seniors / $10 Students
Available online, by phone or at the door subject to availability. For tickets,
group sales and information: www.voxamadeus.org or 610-688-2800

2nd Performance
When: Good Friday, April 2nd at 8:00 PM
Where: Kimmel Center – Perelman Theater, Broad and Spruce Streets, Philadelphia, PA
Tickets: $60 / $40 / $20 Available online at KimmelCenter.org and VoxAmaDeus.org
by phone 215-893-1999 (Kimmel Box Office) and at the door, subject to availability.
For group sales call 610-688-2800.

Music historians and music appreciation classes often link the name of the quintessential cerebral German composer Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) with those of the late Baroque era German master, Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), and Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), the musical titan and first true Romantic composer. Thus the well worn musical acronym:
The Three B’s

More info: www.voxamadeus.org

Vox Ama Deus presents the Ama Deus Ensemble

03 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Kimmel Center – Perelman Theater, Broad and Spruce Streets, Philadelphia, PA
Friday, April 2, 2010, 8pm

Valentin Radu, Artistic Director and Conductor

What: Two Performances of…
JOHANNES BRAHMS REQUIEM and VIOLIN CONCERTO

Concerto for Violin in D Major, Op. 77
Thomas DiSarlo, violin Valentin Radu, conductor

Ein deutsches Requiem ( A German Requiem ), Op. 45
Tatyana Galitskaya, soprano Ed Bara, bass
Valentin Radu, conductor

1st Performance
When: Palm Sunday, March 28th at 7:00 PM
Where: Daylesford Abbey, 220 South Valley Road, Paoli, PA
Tickets: $25 General Admission / $20 Seniors / $10 Students
Available online, by phone or at the door subject to availability. For tickets,
group sales and information: www.voxamadeus.org or 610-688-2800

2nd Performance
When: Good Friday, April 2nd at 8:00 PM
Where: Kimmel Center – Perelman Theater, Broad and Spruce Streets, Philadelphia, PA
Tickets: $60 / $40 / $20 Available online at KimmelCenter.org and VoxAmaDeus.org
by phone 215-893-1999 (Kimmel Box Office) and at the door, subject to availability.
For group sales call 610-688-2800.

Music historians and music appreciation classes often link the name of the quintessential cerebral German composer Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) with those of the late Baroque era German master, Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), and Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), the musical titan and first true Romantic composer. Thus the well worn musical acronym:
The Three B’s

More info: www.voxamadeus.org

CHULRUA

03 Apr 2010 23:30:00 GMT

Calvary United Methodist Church
Crossroads Music
801 South 48th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19143
Saturday, April 3, 2010, 7:30pm

Saturday, April 3, 2010 at 7:30 pm

Irish traditional music
“Adept at finding unusual tunes and variants, and in celebrating the individual
voice in the flow of traditional practice… a reminder of the things that matter
in Irish traditional music.” – Irish Music

More info: www.crossroadsconcerts.org

Rising Stars

07 Apr 2010 23:30:00 GMT

Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Broad & Spruce Streets
Wednesday, April 7, 2010, 7:30pm

Saeka Matsuyama, violin; Susan Babini, cello; Dísella Làrusdóttir, soprano; Symphony In C & Rossen Milanov, Music Director
Program:
Bruch Scottish Fantasy in E-flat Major, Op. 46, for Violin and Orchestra
Sibelius Luonnotar, Op. 70, for Soprano and Orchestra
Aaron Jay Kernis Colored Field for Cello and Orchestra (East Coast première)
Visit TicketPhiladelphia.org or call Ticket Philadelphia at 215-893-1999 after September 1, 2009 to reserve your tickets!

More info: www.astralartists.org

Turtle Island String Quartet

09 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Sellersville Theater
Main & Temple Street
Sellersville, PA 18960
Thursday, April 8, 2010, 8pm

Chamber Music with an
American Accent

Thursday, April 8, 2010
8:00pm
Cabaret: $39.50*
Regular: $25.00*
(Cabaret Reserved for Members until 2/8/10)

Multiple Grammy Winners Turtle Island Quartet have been a singular force in the creation of bold, new trends in cross-over music since 1985. The Quartet’s birth was the result of violinist David Balakrishnan’s brainstorming explorations & compositional vision with forays into folk, bluegrass, swing, be-bop, funk, R&B, new age, rock and hip-hop. They’ve contributed to film soundtracks and their radio & TV credits include the Today Show, All Things Considered, Prairie Home Companion & Morning Edition plus were featured in People & Newsweek. They’ll be performing their Grammy winning A Love Supreme: The Legacy of John Coltrane.

More info: www.st94.com…

Candelight Dessert Tea and concert

09 Apr 2010 22:30:00 GMT

The Talking Tea Cup
301 W. Butler Ave.
Chalfont, PA 18914
Friday, April 9, 2010, 6:30pm

April 9, 2010, 6:30-8 pm
Candelight Dessert Tea and concert
Mindy Cutcher, harpist

$25 for dessert and autographed CD
Reservations: 215-997-8441

SILENT PARTNERS-Network For New Music

10 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Philadelphia Ethical Society
1906 S. Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia
Friday, April 9, 2010, 8pm

Sometimes words speak the loudest when they can't be heard. Finding inspiration in text that’s sometimes intimate, sometimes sublime, composers Michael Hersch and Stephen Jaffe take words as silent partners in sensitive and eloquent musical explorations of the worlds they find in the language of Bruno Schulz and others.

Program: Network for New Music commission by Michael Hersch
Network for New Music commission by Stephen Jaffe
Lines from Poetry by Ronald Caltabiano

Sunday, April 11, 2010, 7:30 PM
Marshall Auditorium, Haverford College (free)

More info: www.networkfornewmusic.prg

Yefim Bronfman, piano

10 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Perelman Theater — Kimmel Center
Broad and Spruce Streets
Friday, April 9, 2010, 8pm

Philadelphia Chamber Music Society

215-569-8080

Grammy Award-winning pianist Yefim Bronfman is widely regarded as one of the most talented virtuosos performing today. His commanding technique and exceptional lyrical gifts have won him consistent critical acclaim, and both will be present at the Perelman Theater in a program featuring Beethoven, Schumann, Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky.

More info: www.pcmsconcerts.org

Mindy Cutcher, harpist

10 Apr 2010 18:00:00 GMT

A Taste of Britain, Eagle Village Shops
503 W. Lancaster Ave.
Wayne, PA 19087
Saturday, April 10, 2010, 2 – 4pm

April 10, 2010, 2-4 pm
Afternoon Tea performance
Mindy Cutcher, harpist

Reservations: 610-971-0390

Jupiter Quartet

11 Apr 2010 19:00:00 GMT

Independence Seaport Museum
211 S. Columbus Blvd
Sunday, April 11, 2010, 3pm

Jupiter Quartet w/ Michael Tree, viola & Peter Wiley, cello

Philadelphia Chamber Music Society

215-569-8080

One of America's best young quartets teams up with two classical veterans for a memorable spring concert. They'll be joined by Michael Tree and Peter Wiley of the Guarneri Quartet for Strauss's Sextet from Capriccio, Op. 85 and will also present works by Haydn, Janacek and Schoenberg.

More info: www.blackpearlco.org

SILENT PARTNERS-Network For New Music

11 Apr 2010 23:30:00 GMT

Marshall Auditorium, Haverford College (free)
Sunday, April 11, 2010, 7:30pm

Sometimes words speak the loudest when they can't be heard. Finding inspiration in text that’s sometimes intimate, sometimes sublime, composers Michael Hersch and Stephen Jaffe take words as silent partners in sensitive and eloquent musical explorations of the worlds they find in the language of Bruno Schulz and others.

Program: Network for New Music commission by Michael Hersch
Network for New Music commission by Stephen Jaffe
Lines from Poetry by Ronald Caltabiano

More info: www.networkfornewmusic.prg