Contact: Synneve Carlino | Tel: 212-903-9750 | E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. CARNEGIE HALL ANNOUNCES DETAILS OF JULY 2013 INAUGURAL TOUR BY NATIONAL YOUTH ORCHESTRA OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA World-Renowned Conductor Valery Gergiev Leads Orchestra in its Inaugural Year with Acclaimed Violinist Joshua Bell as Special Guest Soloist NYO-USA Debuts at Purchase College, SUNY and Washington DC’s Kennedy Center, Followed by Exciting International Tour Featuring Concerts in The Great Hall of The Moscow Conservatory, St. Petersburg’s Mariinsky Theatre Concert Hall, and London’s Royal Albert Hall NYO-USA’s London Performance, Part of BBC Proms, Recorded for Future Television Broadcast on BBC Four  ...

For more information contact Kirshbaum Demler & Associates at 212.222.4843 or visit our website at www.kirshdem.com APRIL 17 The Mirror Visions Ensemble, a vocal trio featuring soprano Vira Slywotzky, tenor Scott Murphree and baritone Jesse Blumberg, presents the critically-acclaimed program “Concert à la carte” at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall on Saturday, May 11, 2013 at 8PM. As The New York Times aptly stated in their May 2011 review, “Unlike most chamber music enterprises, the Mirror Visions Ensemble is run by singers rather than instrumentalists, and its programs are shaped with an ear to the poetry of song texts rather...

For more information contact Kirshbaum Demler & Associates at 212.222.4843 or visit our website at www.kirshdem.com EMERSON STRING QUARTET'S FINAL CONCERTS WITH CELLIST DAVID FINCKEL   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Emerson String Quartet's final concerts with cellist David Finckel will include performances in Chicago, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Houston, and at New York's Carnegie Hall on May 4th with Renée Fleming. The Quartet's final public New York City concert with Mr. Finckel will be presented by WQXR at The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space on May 6th at 5:30 pm EST. To mark David Finckel's departure from and Paul Watkins's debut...

NEW YORK, NY –Selected from 60 participating contestants around the globe, Russian-born pianist Nikolay Khozyainovwas named First Prize winner of the 2012 Dublin International Piano Competition on May 15, 2012. As first-prize winner, 20-year-old Mr. Khozyainov -- the second youngest winner in the Competition’s history -- received a cash award of €15,000 and numerous international engagements, including his New York debut recital on April 30, 2013, 7:30 PM at Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall. John O’Conor, Artistic Director of the Competition since its inception, reflected on Mr. Khozyainov’s remarkable triumph: “I was reluctant to award First Prize of this prestigious competition to...

April 5, 2013   MEDIA CONTACTMichelle Tabnick, (646) 765-4773,  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.    The Collegiate Chorale's 2013 Spring Benefit honoring the Verbier Festival onApril 30, 2013 at Carnegie Hall The Collegiate Chorale announces its 2013 Spring Benefit honoring the Verbier Festival on April 30, 2013 at 6:00pm at Carnegie Hall, 154 West 57th Street, NYC. The Collegiate Chorale cherishes a rich collaboration with the Verbier Festival since its first appearance at the festival under James Levine in 2005. The Chorale is thrilled to honor the festival at the occasion of their 20th anniversary and to celebrate a shared mission for artistic excellence and inter-generational exchange through music.   The Chorale's grand concert performance of...

Date: March 20, 2013 | Contact: Synneve Carlino | Tel: 212-903-9750 | E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. CARNEGIE HALL RECEIVES $10 MILLION CHALLENGE GRANTFROM JOAN AND SANFORD I. WEILLTO COMPLETE FUNDING FOR STUDIO TOWERS RENOVATION PROJECTMajor Renovation Will Create Inspirational Spaces for Music Education onLandmark Building’s Upper Floors and Refurbish Carnegie Hall’s Backstage Facilities  NEW YORK, NY—Carnegie Hall today announced that it has received a $10 million challenge grant from Joan and Sanford I. Weill and The Weill Family Foundation toward its Studio Towers Renovation Project, a comprehensive undertaking that will create new inspirational spaces for music education on the landmark building’s existing upper floors while also...

MidAmerica Productions, 132 W. 36th Street, New York, NY 10018   For Immediate Release: April 2, 2013   Contacts: Dale Zeidman, 212-239-0205 x204, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.   James Hall, 212-239-0205 x240, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Siblings Bryan and Silvie Cheng to perform two world premieres by Juno Award-winning composer Alexina Louie at Weill Recital Hall, Sunday, April 21, at 7:30 PM   Cheng2 Duo, composed of siblings Bryan Cheng, cellist, and Silvie Cheng, pianist, will perform in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall on Sunday evening, April 21, at 7:30 PM. The program will include Debussy’s Sonata for Cello and Piano in D minor; Mozart’s Piano Sonata...

Date: March 28, 2013 | Contact: Nate Bachhuber | Tel: 212-903-9601 | E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.   SIR SIMON RATTLE CONDUCTS THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA AT CARNEGIE HALL ON FRIDAY, MAY 17 Program Features Works by Berg and Ligeti with Soprano Barbara Hannigan as well as Music by Beethoven and Webern   The Philadelphia Orchestra makes its final Carnegie Hall appearance of the season on Friday, May 17 at 8:00 p.m., led by internationally acclaimed conductor Sir Simon Rattle in a program of Webern’s Passacaglia, Three Fragments from Berg’s Wozzeck, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68, “Pastoral", and Ligeti’s Mysteries...

Date: March 28, 2013 | Contact: Matt Carlson | Tel: 212-903-9751 | E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.   CARNEGIE HALL PRESENTS KRONOS QUARTET WITH CLARINETIST DAVID KRAKAUER ON FRIDAY, MAY 3 Premieres of New Music by Missy Mazzoli, Valentin Silvestrov, and Aleksandra Vrebalov, Plus an Arrangement of a Laurie Anderson Work   On Friday, May 3 at 9:00 p.m., Carnegie Hall presents the groundbreaking Kronos Quartet in a program of new music in Zankel Hall. Special guest clarinetist David Krakauer joins Kronos for the New York premiere of Aleksandra Vrebalov’s Babylon, Our Own, on a program that also includes the world premiere of...

Date: March 27, 2013 | Contact: Corinne Zadik | Tel: 212-903-9665 | E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.   —PERSPECTIVES: RENÉE FLEMING— RENÉE FLEMING CONCLUDES FOUR-EVENT CARNEGIE HALL PERSPECTIVES SERIES WITH WORLD PREMIERE IN APRIL AND VIENNESE TRIBUTE CONCERT IN MAY April 26 Ms. Fleming Sings the World Premiere of Anders Hillborg’s The Strand Settings with Alan Gilbert and the New York Philharmonic Final Perspectives Concert: Vienna: Window to Modernity Features Soprano in Concert with Pianist Jeremy Denk, the Emerson String Quartet, Violist Paul Neubauer, and Cellist Colin Carr   Renowned soprano Renée Fleming completes her Carnegie Hall Perspectives series with two concerts in...

LEE WALTER ASSOCIATES954-491-1890LWConcerts@aol.comMarch 27, 2013The Abby Whiteside Foundation presentsJOHN KAMITSUKA, PianoWorks by Beethoven, Chopin, ProkofievAnd the Prelude and Fugue in G by Gerald Shapiro (b. 1942)Wednesday, April 24 at 8 PMWeill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall This concert marks the 12th time The Abby Whiteside Foundationhas presented John Kamitsuka in concert at Weill Recital Hall. The Abby Whiteside Foundation presents pianist John Kamitsuka in his annual recital at Weill Recital Hall of Carnegie Hall on Wednesday, April 24, 2013 at 8 PM.  Mr. Kamitsuka will perform works by  Beethoven, Chopin, Prokofiev and a performance of  the Prelude and Fugue in G by Gerald...

Date: March 21, 2013 | Contact: Tonya Bell | Tel: 212-903-9752 | E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.   PIANIST AND COMPOSER VIJAY IYER PERFORMS SOLO AND LEADS HIS JAZZ TRIO AND SEXTET ON SATURDAY, APRIL 27 IN ZANKEL HALL   On Saturday, April 27 at 9:30 p.m. in Zankel Hall, critically acclaimed and Grammy Award-nominated jazz pianist and composer Vijay Iyer performs solo piano works and leads both his jazz trio and sextet for an evening of original music from his celebrated recordings. The pianist, noted by The New Yorker as one of "today's most important pianists… extravagantly gifted… brilliantly eclectic," performs alongside...

Date: March 18, 2013 | Contact: Corinne Zadik | Tel: 212-903-9665 | E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Contact: Nate Bachhuber | Tel: 212-903-9601 | E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.   THE CARNEGIE HALL NOTABLES PRESENT THE NINTH ANNUAL NOTABLE OCCASION ON MONDAY, APRIL 29 The Great American Songbook in Zankel Hall featuring Pianist Rossano Sportiello and his American Jazz Stars Exclusive Reception Follows at Redeye Grill   On Monday, April 29, at 7:30 p.m., Nicola and Beatrice Bulgari and the Carnegie Hall Notables—a membership and ticket program for music enthusiasts in their 20s and 30s—will host the Ninth Annual Notable Occasion with award-winning jazz pianist Rossano...

Date: March 12, 2013 | Contact: Tonya Bell | Tel: 212-903-9752 | E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.   THE NEW YORK POPS CELEBRATES STEPHEN SCHWARTZ’S 65TH BIRTHDAY AND THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS HIT MUSICAL WICKED WITH PROGRAM ENTITLED THE WIZARD AND I ON FRIDAY, APRIL 12 AT CARNEGIE HALL Broadway Stars Jeremy Jordan, Norm Lewis, Julia Murney, and Jennifer Laura Thompson Join The Orchestra To Perform Schwartz’s Notable Compositions for Stage and Screen   On Friday, April 12 at 8:00 p.m. in Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, The New York Pops under the direction of Music Director Steven Reineke honors lyricist and composer Stephen...

Date: March 17, 2013 | Contact: Matt Carlson | Tel: 212-903-9751 | E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.   MARCH 20 & 21 CARNEGIE HALL CONCERTS BY THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY ARE CANCELLED   (NEW YORK – March 17, 2013) Carnegie Hall today announced that concerts by the San Francisco Symphony and Michael Tilson Thomas, originally scheduled for Wednesday, March 20 and Thursday, March 21 in Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, have been cancelled due to the orchestra’s current work stoppage. These concerts will not be rescheduled. Patrons who purchased tickets for these performances with a credit card will receive automatic refunds. Those who purchased tickets...

Date: March 12, 2013 | Contact: Nate Bachhuber | Tel: 212-903-9601 | E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.   CHRISTIAN THIELEMANN LEADS THE STAATSKAPELLE DRESDEN IN TWO CARNEGIE HALL PERFORMANCES, APRIL 17 & 19 April 17 All-Brahms Program Features Acclaimed Violinist Lisa Batiashvili   Carnegie Hall presents conductor Christian Thielemann leading the venerable Staatskapelle Dresden in two concerts in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage this April. On Wednesday, April 17 at 8:00 p.m., Maestro Thielemann conducts an all-Brahms program, featuring the composer’s Symphony No. 4, Academic Festival Overture, and the Violin Concerto with acclaimed violinist Lisa Batiashvili. Earlier this year, the Deutsche Grammophon label...

MidAmerica Productions, 132 W. 36th Street, New York, NY 10018, www.midamerica-music.com For Immediate Release: March 12, 2013   Contacts: Dale Zeidman, 212-239-0205 x204, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.   James Hall, 212-239-0205 x240, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.   Joanna Medawar Nachef to conduct choirs from Lebanon, UAE, and USA in Carnegie Hall, on Sunday, April 7, 2013 Giuseppe Lanzetta conducts first performance as MidAmerica’s Principal Conductor-in-Residence   The Lebanese-born conductor and choral director, Joanna Medawar Nachef, will lead choruses from the USA, Lebanon, and the United Arab Emirates, in a performance of Fauré’s Requiem in Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall, on Sunday, April 7, at 2 PM.   Performing...

For more information contact Kirshbaum Demler & Associates at 212.222.4843 or visit our website at www.kirshdem.com NEW YORK, NY –Selected from 60 participating contestants around the globe, Russian-born pianist Nikolay Khozyainovwas named First Prize winner of the 2012 Dublin International Piano Competition on May 15, 2012. As first-prize winner, 20-year-old Mr. Khozyainov -- the second youngest winner in the Competition’s history -- received a cash award of €15,000 and numerous international engagements, including his New York debut recital on April 30, 2013, 7:30 PM at Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall. John O’Conor, Artistic Director of the Competition since its inception, reflected...

Jeremy Denk, Featured in April’s Vanity Fair,    Gives Main-Stage Carnegie Hall Recital on March 22       Jeremy Denk, who returns to Carnegie Hall’s main stage on Friday, March 22, is the subject of a photo feature in the April issue of Vanity Fair. Foregrounding the exploratory nature of Denk’s vision, the article describes him as “a frontiersman” who has a way with “music that catalogues the known world before striking out into the wilderness.” The pianist’s upcoming Carnegie appearance represents one of the high points of a 13-city solo recital tour that has already inspired rapturous reviews. “Denk...

March 11, 2013       BARRY HARRIS Jazz Pianist Performs selections from the standard jazz repertory Wednesday, March 27, 2013 at 8 PM Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall Presented by The Abby Whiteside Foundation   The Internationally renowned jazz pianist, composer and teacher Barry Harris will perform selections from the standard jazz repertory and original songs on Wednesdy, March 27, 2013 at 8 PM at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall presented by The Abby Whiteside Foundation.  Mr. Harris will introduce the program from the stage.   Barry Harris is an Internationally renowned jazz pianist, composer and...

MidAmerica Productions, 132 W. 36th Street, New York, NY 10018, www.midamerica-music.com For Immediate Release: March 7, 2013   Contacts: Dale Zeidman, 212-239-0205 x204, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.   James Hall, 212-239-0205 x240, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.   MidAmerica Productions showcases works by Fauré, Rutter, and Bruckner in Carnegie Hall, March 17 and 31, 2013   MidAmerica Productions presents three concerts in Carnegie Hall’s Isaac Stern Auditorium, on Sunday, March 17, at 8:30 PM; and on Sunday, March 31, at 1 PM and 8 PM.   Fauré & Rutter Requiems, and solo by Cincinnati chorus, featured on March 17   On Sunday, March 17, at 8:30 PM, David Rayl...

Date: March 5, 2012 | Contact: Samantha Nemeth | Tel: 212-903-9752 | E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ENSEMBLE ACJW CONTINUES ITS 2012–2013 SEASON THIS SPRING, PERFORMING A VARIETY OF MUSIC IN VENUES THROUGHOUT NEW YORK CITY Robert Spano Conducts Messiaen’s Des canyons aux étoiles in Zankel Hall on March 19   Ensemble ACJW —featuring musicians of The Academy—continues its 2012–2013 season with exciting programs of classical and contemporary music at Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall and Weill Recital Hall as well as a variety of venues throughout New York City. On Tuesday, March 19 at 6:00 p.m. in Zankel Hall, Robert Spano, music director...

Date: March 4, 2013 | Contact: Nate Bachhuber | Tel: 212-903-9601 | E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.   ALARM WILL SOUND GIVES THE WORLD PREMIERE PERFORMANCE OF TYONDAI BRAXTON’S FLY BY WIRE ON SATURDAY, APRIL 6 IN ZANKEL HALL Alan Pierson Conducts Program Comprised Entirely of Music Written for the Ensemble by Charles Wuorinen, John Orfe, and David Lang, Plus a Donnacha Dennehy Work Featuring Mezzo-Soprano Soloist Rachel Calloway   On Saturday, April 6 at 9:00 p.m. in Zankel Hall, the innovative contemporary chamber ensemble Alarm Will Sound gives the world premiere of Fly By Wire by former Battles singer and guitarist, composer...

Contact: Synneve Carlino | Tel: 212-903-9750 | E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. CARNEGIE HALL ANNOUNCES MUSICIANS SELECTED FOR FIRST-EVER NATIONAL YOUTH ORCHESTRA OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Created by Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute, National Program Recognizes Finest Young Players from Across the Country, Ages 16-19 World-Renowned Conductor Valery Gergiev Leads Orchestra in its Inaugural Year with Acclaimed Violinist Joshua Bell as Special Guest Soloist Two-Week Summer 2013 Residency at Purchase College, State University of New York, To Culminate with Debut Performance at Washington DC’s Kennedy Center, Followed by Exciting International Tour to Moscow, St. Petersburg, and London   (March 4, 2013;...

Date: February 26, 2013 | Contact: Corinne Zadik | Tel: 212-903-9665 | E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.   MEZZO-SOPRANO ELĪNA GARANČA MAKES HER NEW YORK RECITAL DEBUT WITH PIANIST KEVIN MURPHY ON SATURDAY, APRIL 6 AT CARNEGIE HALL   Mezzo-soprano Elīna Garanča makes her New York recital debut in Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage with pianist Kevin Murphy on Saturday, April 6 at 7:00 p.m. The program features lieder by Robert Schumann, Alban Berg, and Richard Strauss, including Schumann’s Frauenliebe und –leben and Berg’s "Sieben frühe Lieder." Complete program details are below. About the Artists Mezzo-soprano Elīna Garanča was born in...

Date: February 25, 2013 | Contact: Corinne Zadik | Tel: 212-903-9665 | E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.   BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA RETURNS TO CARNEGIE HALL FOR THREE CONCERTS Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos Leads BSO on April 3 with Pianist Garrick Ohlsson Daniele Gatti Conducts Orchestra in Two Concerts, April 4 and 5, Including Mahler’s Third Symphony with Mezzo-Soprano Anne Sofie von Otter and an All-Wagner Program Featuring Mezzo-Soprano Michelle DeYoung   This April, Carnegie Hall presents the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) in three performances led by two outstanding maestros, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos and Daniele Gatti (pictured at right), in its annual visit...

Date: February 22, 2013 | Contact: Public Relations | Tel: 212-903-9750 | E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.   POSTPONED CONCERT BY NATHAN AND JULIE GUNN WITH THE PACIFICA QUARTET RESCHEDULED FOR APRIL 22   Carnegie Hall today announced that this season’s Zankel Hall concert by baritone Nathan Gunn with pianist Julie Gunn and the Pacifica Quartet, originally scheduled for Tuesday, February 19 and subsequently postponed due to illness, has been rescheduled for Monday, April 22 at 7:30 p.m. The program remains unchanged. Tickets for the original performance date will be honored on April 22. For additional information, the general public may contact CarnegieCharge...

Date: February 21, 2013 | Contact: Nate Bachhuber | Tel: 212-903-9601 | E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.   IVÁN FISCHER LEADS THE ORCHESTRA OF ST. LUKE’S AND MUSICA SACRA IN BACH’S ST. MATTHEW PASSION ON THURSDAY, MARCH 28 Performance Features Soprano Dominique Labelle, Mezzo-Soprano Barbara Kozelj, Tenor John Tessier, and Bass-Baritone Hanno Müller-Brachmann   Carnegie Hall presents Iván Fischer leading the Orchestra of St. Luke’s and chorus Musica Sacra, under the direction of Kent Tritle, in a performance of Bach’s choral masterwork, St. Matthew Passion, on Thursday, March 28 at 8:00 p.m. in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage. The sacred oratorio features four...

Date: February 20, 2013 | Contact: Tonya Bell | Tel: 212-903-9752 | E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.   VIOLINIST AND VOCALIST JENNY SCHEINMAN LEADS A TRIO FEATURING GUITARIST BILL FRISELL AND DRUMMER BRIAN BLADE IN ZANKEL HALL ON MARCH 23   On Saturday, March 23 at 9:00 p.m., the Jenny Scheinman Trio—featuring violinist and vocalist Jenny Scheinman, guitarist Bill Frisell, and drummer Brian Blade—makes its concert hall debut in Zankel Hall performing a program entitled Songs With and Without Words. Scheinman, whose music incorporates elements ranging from jazz to folk and country, is recognized both for her virtuoso violin work and as a...

Date: February 19, 2013 | Contact: Matt Carlson | Tel: 212-903-9751 | E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.   MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS LEADS THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY IN TWO CARNEGIE HALL CONCERTS, MARCH 20 AND 21 Yuja Wang Is Guest Soloist in Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 on March 20; Program also Features Brahms’s Symphony No. 1 and New York Premiere of Music by Samuel Carl Adams Mahler’s Symphony No. 9 Performed on March 21   Carnegie Hall presents the San Francisco Symphony under the direction of Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas in two concerts, on Wednesday, March 20 at 8:00 p.m. and Thursday,...