Award-Winning Investigative Filmmakers Kirby Dick & Amy Ziering And Amy Herdy Reveal The Private Story Of One Of Hollywood’s Most Notorious And Public Scandals HBO Documentary Film’s Allen V. Farrow, from award-winning investigative filmmakers Kirby
Sphinx Virtuosi explores voices of color in virtual This is America March 3–10
Sphinx Virtuosi will highlight people of color through the lens of the ensemble’s African-American and Latinx musicians in “This is America.” The free virtual program, presented by the Center for the Performing Arts, will be available to stream free from 7:30 p.m. on March 3 to 7:30 p.m. on March 10, 2021.
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Sphinx Virtuosi explores voices of color in virtual This is America March 3–10
February 15, 2021
UNIVERSITY PARK Sphinx Virtuosi, a classical music ensemble featuring 18 accomplished African American and Latinx soloists, emphasizes its commitment to social impact with the virtual event “This is America.”
2 pm ET: NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester presents
Gilbert conducts Prokofiev. Daniil Trifonov joins Hamburg’s NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra for Prokofiev’s First Piano Concerto under the leadership of Chief Conductor Alan Gilbert who also leads the orchestra in an account of the composer’s
Classical Symphony. View here.
2 pm ET: The Royal Opera House presents
Puccini’s
Il Trittico.
Il Tabarro, set aboard a barge on the Seine, stars Lucio Gallo as Michele, Eva-Maria Westbroek as Giorgetta, and Aleksandrs Antonenko as Luigi.
Suor Angelica has Ermonela Jaho in the title role of the nun whose familial sacrifice is at the heart of the opera.
Host Andrea Murray highlights local Portland pianist, composer, and educator Darrell Grant, and his project
Take Flight. His son’s teacher requested that Grant write a song that parents could sing to the children during their middle-school class promotion. As he wrote, he thought about the bittersweet nature of launching our children into the world. Everything shifted as the coronavirus descended on the world, traditional rites of passage for youth were suspended indefinitely, and nationwide protests began in the wake of the murder of George Floyd. In this challenging and painful time of re-evaluation and reckoning, Grant was moved by the emotional resilience of young people, by their courage in the face of the pandemic, and by their demands to end racism.
Composer Jonathan Bailey Holland photographed by Robert Torres
There are well-known masterpieces in Classical music we all know and love. But every year, musicians and composers create new music that breaks boundaries. Here are 11 composers you may have heard of, or may be brand new! They represent every corner of classical music from film, jazz, choirs, concert bands and orchestras, string quartets and clarinet solos. You may have never heard of them, but after listening to the playlist, you may just come away with a new favorite artist.
Eric Schwabel
Michael Abels photographed by Eric Schwabel
Michael Abels, composer: Abels composed the film scores for “Get Out” and “Us,’ which won multiple international awards. But the versatile composer’s other works have been performed and premiered by the Chicago and Atlanta symphonies, the Cleveland and Philadelphia orchestras, the Kronos Quartet, and university groups across the country. Abels blends classical music with jazz,