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How Eddie Van Halen Inspired Steve Stevens’ Classical Solos

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How Eddie Van Halen Inspired Steve Stevens’ Classical Solos

Billy Idol guitarist Steve Stevens dazzles fans every night with a nylon-string guitar solo that ever-so-slightly teases bits of Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" and Van Halen's "Eruption." It's a fitting homage, considering Eddie Van Halen inspired Stevens to perform a classical solo in the first place."Oddly enough, the way that I ended up doing a nylon [string] guitar solo was that I was in Vince Neil's band, and we did about six […]

todayMay 25, 2025

Summer classical music comes alive with opera and chamber music festivals

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Summer classical music comes alive with opera and chamber music festivals

Benjamin Torbert Special to the Post-Dispatch Many of St. Louis’ classical music organizations are going dormant, but two of our three opera companies awake in summer for their mainstage seasons.Opera Theatre of St. LouisWhere: Loretto-Hilton Center, 130 Edgar Road, Webster GrovesHow much: Free-$149More info: opera-stl.orgOTSL celebrates its 50th season with its accustomed four-opera lineup, plus Center Stage (June 24), its young artists concert showcase. Roughly 5% of capacity is reserved […]

todayMay 21, 2025

Istanbul Music Festival to host classical music masters

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Istanbul Music Festival to host classical music masters

ISTANBUL The 53rd edition of the Istanbul Music Festival will take place from June 11 to 26, featuring a rich program of classical music stars at 22 concerts. More than 45 artists and ensembles will perform, including the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra, Camerata Salzburg, Geneva Camerata, Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra, Tekfen Philharmonic Orchestra, the Bulgarian National Philharmonic Choir and the Slovenian Philharmonic Choir. Star soloists such as Hélène Grimaud, Frank Peter Zimmermann, […]

todayMay 16, 2025

Orchestra of Futurist Noise Intoners/Ensemble Klang review – anarchic energy | Classical music

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Orchestra of Futurist Noise Intoners/Ensemble Klang review – anarchic energy | Classical music

‘A home for the promiscuous music lover” is how the London contemporary music festival (LCMF) describes itself, but in fact it is a festival that has no permanent home of its own. Over the past 12 years it has led a peripatetic life around some unlikely London venues. The 2024 festival last month was based in Hackney, but one event was left until the new year, and that took place […]

todayJanuary 19, 2025 4

Week planner: Food pop up, classical music festival and a Japanese film showcase

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Week planner: Food pop up, classical music festival and a Japanese film showcase

Classical music festThe National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) is bringing its annual classical music festival, Citi NCPA Aadi Anant, to Delhi and Chennai, after a successful opening in Mumbai. The Delhi chapter will feature a performance, Remembering the Divas, curated by Kaushiki Chakraborty. It will include artists such as Murad Ali on sarangi, flautist Ninad Mulaokar and pianist Rahul Wadhwani. In Chennai, music enthusiasts will be treated to […]

todayJanuary 18, 2025 3

The week in classical: La bohème; London Contemporary Music festival – review | Classical music

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The week in classical: La bohème; London Contemporary Music festival – review | Classical music

Oranges! Dates! Hot chestnuts! Nougat! Whipped cream! – to name only the most enticing treats on offer in the Latin Quarter on Christmas Eve, as depicted by Puccini in La bohème. Hawkers hawk, crowds shove, infants demand, in massed chorus. Together or alone, they greet the season against a backdrop of Paris, city of light, chimneys, smoke, wealth, poverty. The second act of this 1896 opera is a miracle of […]

todayDecember 21, 2024 3

Classical music festival returns to Costa del Sol

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Classical music festival returns to Costa del Sol

Tony Bryant San Pedro Alcántara Friday, 25 October 2024, 11:23 Copiar enlace WhatsApp Facebook X (antes Twitter) LinkedIn Telegram Threads The Trapiche de Guadaiza cultural centre in San Pedro Alcántara is hosting the VII International Classical Music Festival this weekend, a series of concerts organised by Art & Culture Marbella, in collaboration with the foreigners' department of the town hall. The initiative is part of a series of events and […]

todayOctober 25, 2024 8

Unique Classical Music Festival to Take Place in Szeged

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Unique Classical Music Festival to Take Place in Szeged

A classical music festival will be held in Szeged from Monday in connection with the feast of Saint Gerard, the first bishop of the Szeged-Csanád diocese, announced the organizers. The aim of the concert series is to invite the Hungarian audience from across the border to a classical music event that expresses and strengthens the cross-border relationship between faith and art. The festival, running until October 2, will feature works […]

todaySeptember 23, 2024 21

For 16 years, Brainerd has hosted the best classical music festival you’ve never heard of

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For 16 years, Brainerd has hosted the best classical music festival you’ve never heard of

For years, Johnson was the festival’s housing coordinator, a tricky post, given the summer competition for spare bedrooms in the lake-studded region. As the festival’s reach widened, Johnson remembers first seeing a musician from Argentina on the roster. “Holy cow,” she thought, “this is getting big.” Abramo and Macres not only became regulars, they began texting with Johnson throughout the year. Recently, she visited Macres in New Orleans, where the […]

todayAugust 1, 2024 11

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