The Turn of the Screw, Benjamin Britten’s dark chamber opera that is regarded by many as the finest of his stage-works, opens Eastman Opera Theatre’s new season starting Thursday, Nov. 6. “As a composer, Britten creates richly colored sonorities that envelope the listener and audience between the real and psychological world that the heroine (the…
German baritone Christian Gerhaher, a young singer who has been favorably compared to the giants of lieder singing, will perform at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 11, as part of the Kilbourn Concert Series at the Eastman School of Music. Accompanied by piano partner Gerold Huber, the singer will present a program that traverses 150 years…
Trumpeter Eugene “Snooky” Young, whose seven-decade career has included stints with Jimmie Lunceford, Count Basie, Lionel Hampton, and the Tonight Show band, will share his experience with Eastman School of Music students this month. Young will be in residence at Eastman from Monday, Oct. 20, through Wednesday, Oct. 22. He is scheduled to meet with…
Legendary jazz composer and performer Dave Brubeck will appear in two events that are free and open to the public during the Eastman School of Music’s upcoming Eastman Weekend. At 1 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 18, in Eastman Theatre, Brubeck will talk about his music and career with Harold Danko, professor and chair of the…
The signature ensemble of the famed Boston Early Music Festival opens the new season of the Kilbourn Concert Series at the Eastman School of Music at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 14, in Kilbourn Hall. Directed by Eastman Professor and lutenist Paul O’Dette and virtuoso violinist Robert Mealy, the Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Ensemble will…
From the first public concerts on a unique new pipe organ to the presentation of an honorary degree to jazz legend Dave Brubeck, the Eastman School of Music will celebrate the creativity, innovation, scholarship, and lifelong learning that occur within its classrooms and performance halls during Eastman Weekend. Eastman Weekend combines traditional events such as…
Eastman School of Music senior Ka Chun Gary Ngan will be one of 14 students from the nation’s leading conservatories performing at the Kennedy Center Sunday, Oct. 5, in a concert marking the fifth anniversary of the center’s Conservatory Project. A student of Professor of Violin Charles Castleman, Ngan will join other students selected to…
A work recorded at the Eastman School of Music and performed by an Eastman ensemble has been nominated for a Latin Grammy Award. “Barcelonazo,” which was performed by Musica Nova under conductor Mark Davis Scatterday, received a nomination for best classical contemporary composition in the 9th annual Latin Grammy Awards. The engineer on the recording,…
As a child, violinist David Oistrakh survived the upheavals and destruction of World War I and the Russian Revolution. During World War II, he performed for factory workers and for Russian soldiers on the front lines. Throughout the Cold War, he undertook a grueling performance and conducting schedule at home and abroad, his artistry exploited…