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How Do You Practice a Concerto Without an Orchestra? Pianist Kirill Gerstein Explains
Kirill Gerstein described the experience of performing as a soloist with a major orchestra like the Chicago Symphony Orchestra as nothing short of “magical.” But how do you practice a concerto without an orchestra? Gerstein shares his tips.
Hear Kirill Gerstein Play Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 the Way Tchaikovsky Intended
Pianist Kirill Gerstein performed Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor the way the composer originally intended - a version not been heard in the United States since Tchaikovsky’s U.S. tour in 1891.
Video | Try a Virtual Sound Therapy Session to Block Out the Noise in Your Life
Discover how Tibetan singing bowls, drums, and gongs can add harmony to your life in three virtual, video sound therapy sessions you can enjoy anywhere.
VIDEO | Watch Mozart’s Requiem With a Día de Los Muertos Twist
The Chicago Sinfonietta has made its Día de los Muertos concert a popular annual tradition, celebrating the music of Latin American composers and giving a New World twist to Old World classics like Mozart’s Requiem.
VIDEO | Pipa 101 with Wu Man
"Surprisingly, people will come up to me after [concerts] and say, ‘Oh that sounds like a banjo! That sounds like a harp! That sounds like a guitar!’"
Through a Farce Darkly: How a Glinka Overture Became the Theme Song for the Sitcom ‘Mom’
Let’s pretend. Let’s pretend that one of the classical world’s most famous opera overtures is heard by some 12 million people, every week, on TV. More amazingly, it’s neither on a public television station nor the opening music for a roundtable news program. Instead, in this fantasy world it’s in a half-hour situation comedy created by the same man who’s brought to TV Big Bang Theory, Two and Half Men, Dharma and Greg, Cybil, Mike and Molly, and Young Sheldon, to name a few.
Hear the Timeless Sound of Yma Sumac, the Soprano Called “a Descendant of the Last of the Incan Kings”
Imagine you’re seated in Royal Albert Hall in London. You look to the stage and see a woman in a glamorous, feathered skirt. Her headpiece crowns her like royalty, and her neck drips with jewels that glow in the dim lights of the hall. When she opens her mouth, you wonder, “Is that a canary?” But you are witnessing none other than soprano Yma Sumac.
Inside the Score: Adolphe Adam’s Giselle
Joffrey's Scott Speck, who co-authored Classical Music for Dummies, explains how music helps to tell the stories you see on stage.
Video: The Most Important Advice That Composer Ludovico Einaudi Received from His Mentor Luciano Berio
Einaudi explained how being a performer influences his compositional process and the most important advice Berio taught him about music... (which doesn’t exactly involve music).
