by Jarrett Hoffman
IN THIS EDITION:
•The latest from the Cooper Competition
•Tickets on sale for Tuesday Musical’s 2022-23 season
•Registration open for Summit Choral Society’s Children’s Choir Program
•Almanac — Antonio Salieri, Amadeus, and Amadeus 2: Requiem for the Undead
by Daniel Hathaway
IN THIS EDITION:
. Cooper International Competition
. 2022/23 Signature Series at LCCC
. Carlos Salzedo and Ira Gershwin make their exits — George William Warren and Thomas Jefferson (T.J.) Anderson make their entrances
TODAY’S EVENTS:
The Thomas and Evon Cooper International Violin Competition continues at the Oberlin Conservatory.
After two days of performances, six participants have been selected to advance to Round Two in sessions today at 2:30 pm and 7:30 pm, when they will perform 45-minute programs with piano. Congratulations to these outstanding musicians.
(Pictured left to right): Audrey Goodner, 16, Reston, Virginia (U.S.A.), Bianca Ciubancan, 16, Chicago, Illinois (U.S.A.), Seohyun Kim, 13, Seoul (SOUTH KOREA), Kento Hong, 16, Edgemont, New York (U.S.A.), Sameer Agrawal, 17, Chicago, Illinois (U.S.A.), and Calvin Alexander, 17, Shreveport, Louisiana (U.S.A.).
Both sessions are free and are held in Warner Concert Hall and will be streamed live on oberlin.edu and The Violin Channel. [Read more…]
by Jarrett Hoffman
IN THIS EDITION:
•Several free events today from the Cooper Violin Competition, the saxophone/woodwind quartet Iron Toys, and West Shore Chorale in a Summer Sing
•A job opening at Firelands, an invitation from Western Reserve Chorale, and auditions for Canton Youth Symphonies
•A profile of Cleveland’s experimental jazz presenting organization New Ghosts
•Almanac: organist and conductor Paul Callaway, Cleveland Orchestra Music Director Franz Welser-Möst, and a Richard Strauss premiere at the 1936 Olympics
by Daniel Hathaway
IN THIS EDITION:
. Offbeat classical selections on WRUW, Cooper violin competition opens at Oberlin (pictured: contestants from 2017)
. Reviews of U.S. concerts by the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra in New York and Washington, D.C.
. Anniversaries of the developer of the metronome, the inventor of the Theremin, and an African British composer, and a few settings of the Magnificat to mark the Feast of the Assumption
TODAY’S EVENTS: [Read more…]
by Stephanie Manning
IN THIS EDITION:
•Lots of pianos on stage this weekend at Lakeside, Blossom, and The Madison
•How climate change is affecting summer venues
•Almanac: remembering Janáček, Massanet, and Persichetti
CONCERTS AND EVENTS:
This weekend of piano features will kick off with the Lakeside Symphony, which will close out its 59th summer residency in Lakeside Chautauqua tonight at 7:30 pm. Due to a soloist change, pianist David Allen Wehr will now perform Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 25 in A, and conductor Daniel Meyer will also lead the ensemble in Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition (arr. Ravel). Click here to purchase pass and parking.
by Jarrett Hoffman
IN THIS EDITION:
•Michelle Cann visits PianoDays tonight
•Cleveland Orchestra guest artist update
•R.I.P. conductor Larry Rachleff
•Brass bands at the Proms — tradition and adventurousness
•Almanac: J. Rosamond Johnson and Rafael Kubelík
HAPPENING TODAY:
Piano Cleveland’s PianoDays @CLE festival continues tonight at CIM at 7:30 pm when Michelle Cann plays music by Price, Bonds, Chopin, Brahms, and Clara Schumann. Tickets are available here. Read Mike Telin’s recent interview with Cann, and plan a stop at L’Albatros for a glass of Lady Incarnate, the “special edition Michelle Cann cocktail” that’s billed as a twist on a pink lady, and available through the weekend. Bottoms up.
by Stephanie Manning
IN THIS EDITION:
•Cimafunk brings Afro-Cuban funk fusion to City Stages this evening
•Is the age of the printed program over?
•Almanac: the Proms at the Royal Albert Hall, then and now
HAPPENING TODAY:
Tonight at 7:30, Afro-Cuban fusion artist Cimafunk will perform as part of the Cleveland Museum of Art’s upcoming City Stages event. The concert, which includes his nine-person band from Havana, will take place at Transformer Station — 1460 W. 29th St. in Cleveland. Admission is free, but seating is limited, so consider bringing your own. Read Noah Auby’s interview with the artist here.
by Jarrett Hoffman
IN THIS EDITION:
•Two free concerts tonight: BlueWater Brass Quintet at Cain Park, and keyboard donation recipients in a Piano Cleveland Community Showcase
•Almanac: the salon songs of Reynaldo Hahn, the symphonies of Dmitri Shostakovich, and Giacinto Scelsi’s “autobiography in sound”
HAPPENING TODAY:
We knew that trumpeter Larry Herman was bringing friends to his performance tonight at Cain Park. We didn’t know he was bringing BBQ — in other words, his colleagues in the BlueWater Brass Quintet: trumpeter Neil Mueller, hornist Ken Wadenfuhl, trombonist David Mitchell, and tubist Ken Heinleinwill. The 7:00 pm concert is presented by the Local 4 Music Fund as part of Cain Park’s free Tuesday Evening Chamber Music Series.
Piano Cleveland’s ongoing PianoDays @CLE festival has included a recital series, social gatherings such as a trivia night, and community events. In the latter category, tonight’s free Community Showcase will feature people of all ages and skill levels who have received instruments as part of the organization’s Piano and Keyboard Donation Program. The concert will be held at 7:30 pm at Glick Recital Hall at The Music Settlement on Magnolia Drive.
by Stephanie Manning
The Daily Diary is back from its two-week hiatus!
IN THIS EDITION:
•Not Your Grandmother’s Classical Music features composers from Hungary, India, Ukraine, and the US
•2022-23 season updates: Minnesota Orchestra music director, Cleveland Orchestra tickets, SalonEra third season
•An insightful interview with Huang Ruo about his new opera M. Butterfly
•Almanac: appreciating French pianist Cécile Chaminade
Due to positive COVID tests among Blossom Festival Chorus members, The Cleveland Orchestra has cancelled its Blossom performance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony on August 7 at 7 pm. See the Concert Listings for the new program.
Note: due to staff vacations, the Diary is on hiatus until August 8, when daily posting resumes. Click here for Concert Listings.