by Daniel Hathaway
HAPPENING TODAY:
Piano Cleveland writes, “The First Round of the Cleveland International Piano Competition for Young Artists starts today at 9 AM. From March 26 through March 29, you’ll have a chance to stream the piano world’s most promising artists from the comfort of your home. We will broadcast two sessions each day — one at 9 AM and one at 2 PM. Each session lasts approximately three hours. To watch, visit our main webpage or our YouTube channel. All sessions of the First Round will be saved to our YouTube channel so you can rewatch them later.”
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
ChamberFest Cleveland violinist Nathan Meltzer is one of the four artists to receive $25,000 Avery Fisher Career Grants this year. Read the Violin Channel story here.
TODAY’S ALMANAC:
One debut and three final acts to commemorate today: French composer and conductor Pierre Boulez was born on this date in 1925 in Montbrison, while Renaissance composers Heinrich Isaac and Antonio de Cabezon, and German composer Ludwig van Beethoven took their final bows in 1517, 1566, and 1827 in Florence, Madrid, and Vienna, respectively. [Read More…]
On Sunday, March 22 at 3:00 pm at the Cleveland Institute of Music, the Chicago-based Third Coast Percussion — Sean Connors, Robert Dillon, Peter Martin, and David Skidmore — will present “Time Pieces: The New Classical.” The program celebrates two decades of genre-defying, award-winning music, including many of the ensemble’s 20th anniversary commissions. The concert is sold out.
When Allison Hillier was starting her graduate studies at the Cleveland Institute of Music, she needed to find a place that was within walking distance of the school. While apartment hunting in nearby neighborhoods, Hillier found herself walking through Little Italy. “I heard opera coming from restaurants, and I thought this is a really vibrant community. There’s a lot going on,” she recalled during a recent Zoom conversation.