Leonard Slatkin News

On Friday, November 19, 2021 at 10:30am and Saturday, November 20, 2021 at 8:00pm, the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra (SLSO) presents the U.S. premiere of composer Anna Clyne's PIVOT, a SLSO co-commission.

Russian-American violinist Yevgeny Kutik gives the world premiere of Joseph Schwantner's Violin Concerto in his Detroit Symphony Orchestra debut on October 15 and 16, 2021 at Orchestra Hall (3711 Woodward Ave.).

Barbara Quintiliani was the first American woman in twenty-five years to be awarded First Prize in the Francisco Viñas Singing Competition in Barcelona. She was also the recipient of the Grand Prize in the National Metropolitan Opera Council Auditions, First Place in the Marian Anderson International Vocal Arts Competition, First Place in the Eleanor McCollum Competition at The Houston Grand Opera, First Place of the Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation Competition in New York, and a Sarah Tucker Study Grant from the Richard Tucker Foundation.

The Orchestra Now, the visionary orchestra and master’s degree program founded by Bard College president, conductor, educator, and music historian Leon Botstein, returns to the stage for its seventh season on September 11.

Live performances feature socially distanced seating and are held at The Sheldon Concert Hall (3648 Washington Blvd, St Louis, MO 63108). Virtual presentations will be streamed through the CMMSL website.

This week (July 12-18) in live streaming: it's Encores! week at Stars in the House, Next on Stage: Dance Edition Season 2 kicks off, the Jimmy Awards are back, and so much more!

The Met has announced a lineup of operas by Giacomo Puccini for its 70th week of Nightly Met Opera Streams, the company’s ongoing series of encore Live in HD presentations and classic telecasts streamed on its website during the Covid-19 closure.

Opera Theatre Saint Louis continues its refreshing festival season with a revival of the rarely seen Highway 1, U.S.A. by William Grant Still, the 'dean of African-American composers'.

Multiple GRAMMY-nominated harpist Yolanda Kondonassis and The Cleveland Orchestra's principal trumpet Michael Sachs announce the world premiere video performance of Aaron Jay Kernis' Elegy . . . for those we lost. Kernis wrote this work just one year ago offering music to reflect, mourn, and remember those lost to the COVID-19 pandemic, and it is presented for the first time in this arrangement created especially for Sachs and Kondonassis.

The glorious Opera Theatre of Saint Louis opened it’s festival season last night with a sheer delight: Puccini’s delectable one-act comedy, Gianni Schicchi.

On June 11, 2021, multi-Grammy nominated cellist Matt Haimovitz's next recording, PRIMAVERA I: the wind, will be released on the PENTATONE Oxingale Series.

St. Louis Symphony Orchestra ended its season with Beethoven's Seventh at Powell Hall.

New England Conservatory announces gospel and soul singer Mavis Staples as its 150th annual commencement speaker at its commencement exercises on Sunday, May 23, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. ET. 

St. Mary's College of Maryland Musician-in Residence Brian Ganz will resume his popular 'PianoTalk' series on the Zoom platform.  

Marc Baylin, a longtime leader in the national performing arts landscape, has been appointed Artistic Advisor and Programming Consultant at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Pennsylvania.

The Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra’s 2021 Spring Season at The VETS continues on Saturday, April 10th with two performances of MOZART with Jon Kimura Parker led by Guest Conductor Leonard Slatkin.

The Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra's 2021 Spring Season at The VETS continues on Saturday, March 20th with two performances of Jennifer Frautschi – Violin Virtuosity led by Guest Conductor Leonard Slatkin in his RI Philharmonic Orchestra debut.

Today, the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Stéphane Denève announced details for the orchestra's spring 2021 season—a season with live, socially distanced concerts at Powell Hall.

The Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra & Music School has continued to further its mission to  enrich and transform the state and region through brilliant music performance and music education during the Covid-19 Pandemic.

The Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra & Music School has continued to further its mission to  enrich and transform the state and region through brilliant music performance and music education  during the Covid-19 Pandemic. As part of its ongoing effort, the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra presents its 2021 Spring Season at The VETS.