Opus 3 Artists

25 Tastemakers & Trendsetters

3/1/2012

Twenty-five years ago, no one knew that chamber music would experience a veritable explosion of interest. Or that bluegrass fiddling would be taught at the conservatory level. Or that violin makers from around the globe would gather in Ohio’s sticky summer heat to share trade secrets.

Flight of the Concord

2/6/2012

Every year, classical musicians record themselves for posterity. It’s a way to be visible, to escape the fleetingness of performance, and to reach people who will never hear you in concert.

Midori Receives the Prestigious Crystal Award from the World Economic Forum

2/3/2012

Midori's two-decade commitment of tireless energy on behalf of children and their communities began with the founding of our organization when she was only 20 years of age. Upon learning of severe cutbacks to arts education in New York City, she conceived of Midori & Friends

Members of Albers Trio welcome guests in concert for Cleveland Chamber Music Society

2/1/2012

Sussmann, winner of an Avery Fisher Career Grant and a student of Itzhak Perlman, sounded completely at home with his colleagues. Their program of Central European music contained beloved quartets by Mozart and Brahms

Opus 3 Artists Signs Composer, Drummer, Film-maker & Rock Legend, Stewart Copeland

2/1/2012

Opus 3 Artists and The Derek Power Company are pleased to announce Opus 3’s world-wide representation of legendary drummer and composer Stewart Copeland for composition and performances with symphony orchestras, performing arts centers, ballet and opera companies.

WROCLAW PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA TOUR

2/1/2012

The Wroclaw Philharmonic Orchestra's North American tour begins February 8 in Florida and continues through February 26 in Arizona. The tour will be conducted by the Wroclaw Philharmonic's Artistic Director, Jacek Kaspszyk and will feature a program that includes Dvorák's Symphony No. 7.

Les Violons du Roy, recorder soloist Maurice Steger light up Shriver Hall

1/30/2012

This ensemble of 15 from Quebec City delivered a sterling demonstration of period instrument panache, and had the extra advantage of a Pied Piper-like soloist who worked his magic on three concertos.

Maurice Steger, Violons du Roy offer thrilling baroque playing at Rackham

1/29/2012

teger appeared with the Canadian chamber ensemble Les Violons du Roy, conducted by Bernard Labadie, in a University Musical Society concert—and it’s a whole other story.

A Symphony’s Leader Takes Seattle by Storm

1/27/2012

Mr. Russell said, he had confirmed a 2013 collaboration with Mr. Morlot, the new music director of the Seattle Symphony, on a production blending text and sound that would investigate music’s effects on the mind and body.

THE GOAT RODEO SESSIONS LIVE

1/26/2012

Experience The Goat Rodeo Sessions LIVE featuring Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer and Chris Thile in movie theaters nationwide on Tuesday, January 31.

Opus 3 Artists Signs Piano Duo Katia and Marielle Labèque

1/26/2012

Opus 3 Artists is thrilled to welcome Katia and Marielle Labèque to its unparalleled roster of classical musicians and performing artists.

Katia and Marielle Labèque are sibling pianists renowned for their ensemble of synchronicity and energy. Their musical ambitions started at an early age when they rose to international fame with their contemporary rendition of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue (one of the first gold records in classical music.) and have since developed a stunning career performing worldwide.

Kansas City Symphony Announces 2012-13 Season | Welcomes Adam Schoenberg Composer-in-Residence

1/20/2012

Michael Stern, entering his eighth season as Music Director, will introduce the world premiere of Adam Schoenberg’s new work, co-commissioned by the KCS and the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, which was inspired by the museum’s collection.

Hong Kong International Chamber Music Festival

1/19/2012

Cho-Liang Lin, a veteran artistic director of music festivals in places ranging from La Jolla, California, to his native Taipei, now comes to the HKICMF with practically the entire roster of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center on his speed dial.

Miró Quartet's new member looking forward to busy schedule

1/18/2012

It's just the fourth time Austin audiences will have had the chance to see Fedkenheuer. He joined the Miró — which has been the string quartet-in-residence at the University of Texas' Butler School of Music since 2003 — in August.

Video of Gil Shaham’s Impromptu Solo Bach Recital at the Smithsonian Is Online at NPR Music

1/18/2012

On January 12, master violinist Gil Shaham – Musical America’s Instrumentalist of the Year – gave an impromptu recital of J.S. Bach’s exuberant solo Partita No. 3 at the Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, DC.

So much for the Second Viennese School – this Schoenberg writes tonal music for the Atlanta School

1/18/2012

Schoenberg’s concert music is both rhythmically vital and beautifully prismatic. His best known work to date, Finding Rothko, is a vividly colorful orchestral tone poem that calls to mind the sensuousness and sheer kinetic energy

HKICMF: Modern Masters - Ghost Opera Review

1/17/2012

From the 3rd Hong Kong International Chamber Music Festival came this concert that juxtaposed Bela Bartok with Chen Yi and Tan Dun, an ingenious programme that not only emphasize their commonality but also their distinctiveness in their use of folk music.

Harold in Italy: 1 concert, 2 full-length concertos

1/15/2012

Brahms's First Piano Concerto may be seen as his first attempt at writing a symphony. With Swiss pianist Andreas Haefliger's big-boned playing being equal to the orchestra's monumental gestures, one of the most authoritative and stentorian of performances

Apple Letting The Sun Shine Into Foxconn

1/13/2012

I saw Mike Daisey’s play in November called “The Agony and Ecstasy of Steve Jobs.” Daisey, a self-declared Apple aficionado tells the good, bad and ugly of Steve Jobs and Apple.

Specializing In Spreading His Wings

1/13/2012

Garrick Ohlsson has spent the 42 years since he won the gold medal at the International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw balancing the benefits of having a recognized specialty with his preference, a reputation for breadth.