Uncategorized

47 posts

Weilerstein carries Baltimore performance

Sharing a stage with a YouTube sensation might be intimidating. But if Joshua Weilerstein was nervous, he didn’t show it when he guest-conducted the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in late October. According to the Washington Post, the bill featured works by Mendelssohn, Mozart, and a 2013 work by Christopher Rouse, former […]

Feddeck conducts CSO with aplomb

For James Feddeck, no one day at work is like another. And for the conductor, who left the Cleveland Orchestra in 2013, guest conducting has become a way into concert halls from Stockholm and Berlin to Toronto and Detroit. His most recent subscription series debut, for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, […]

The Firebird: How one piece of music has shaped a conductor’s life

Vladimir Kulenovic walked through pools of fluorescent lights, scanning the dark shadows backstage. His pace was hurried, but light and relaxed as he searched for his baton after a guest appearance at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in late March. He stopped a man dressed in dark colors who was changing […]

Canellakis

Canellakis leads night of dance-accompanied music in Dallas

The Dallas Morning News called it the season’s most fun concert, and referred to Karina Canellakis as “both authoritative and musically expressive.” The Dallas Symphony Orchestra‘s Remix series presented two nights of music September 11 and 12, accompanied by members of Dallas Black Dance Theatre II. Scott Cantrell of the […]

Attar finds new home at Pennsylvania Centre Orchestra

After Yaniv Attar guest-conducted in State College during the Pennsylvania Centre Orchestra‘s 2014-2015 season, he says he was immediately impressed. “The music-making was completely natural with this group, and one can get to a very high level in quite a short time.” So when he was asked to take up […]

Kalia grapples for director position in Bakersfield

When Roger Kalia threw his hat in the ring for the role of music director at the Bakersfield Symphony in Bakersfield, California, he probably didn’t realize the audition would include wrestling. As a part of his initial visit to Bakersfield, Kalia had an opportunity to meet the community he hopes […]

Lecce-Chong and Macelaru sell out in Milwaukee

Cristian Macelaru joined associate conductor and fellow Solti award-winner Francesco Lecce-Chong at the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra last week. For Milwaukee’s music lovers, there was no dearth of options for great music, as legendary violinist Itzhak Perlman joined Lecce-Chong on stage Tuesday, April 28 to perform works by Felix Mendelssohn and […]

Feddeck returns to Cleveland for neighborhood concert

Our Lady of Lourdes Church in the Broadway Slavic neighborhood of Cleveland saw a packed house and works by Dvorak, Tchaikovsky, Rossini and Wagner for the Cleveland Orchestra’s “At Home” neighborhood residency program April 10. James Feddeck returned to the Cleveland Orchestra, where he served as assistant conductor four for […]

Weilerstein leads off 2015 with works in Great Britain and Michigan

So far, 2015’s been busy for Josh Weilerstein. First, a guest appearance in early January with the Grand Rapids Symphony in Grand Rapids, Michigan, featuring a piano concerto by Antonin Dvorak and an orchestral work by contemporary American composer Christopher Rouse, as well as Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 3. Then a puddle […]