Classical
2010 Winner David Ko returns for PianoArts Competition
Ko will play a recital Friday, bestow awards to the 2012 piano competition winners, and make several appearances in between.
Jun 5th, 2012 by Tom StriniRussian thrills from a Peruvian guest conductor
Miguel Harth-Bedoya and the Milwaukee Symphony excel with Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake" and Prokofiev's "Alexander Nevsky."
Jun 2nd, 2012 by Tom StriniBritish Isles, from within and without
Conductor Christopher Warren-Green, violinist Jennifer Frautschi and the Milwaukee Symphony play Walton, Bruch and Vaughan Williams.
May 26th, 2012 by Tom StriniBrains and lyrical beauty
The Philomusica Quartet closes with a quintet arrangement of Bach's keyboard monument.
May 22nd, 2012 by Jonathan BrodieBach’s “Goldberg” redux
A string quintet version of Bach's monumental keyboard work, "Goldberg Variations," at the Conservatory Monday.
May 21st, 2012 by Tom StriniSci-fi Spectacular Spectacular!
TCD, the MSO and Intercontinental offer a spectacular evening - an intimate dinner hosted by Tom Strini, followed by loge seats for the June 15 performance narrated by Star Trek's George Takei!
May 21st, 2012 by Jon Anne WillowSkylight’s “Sunday in the Park with George” delights
Stephen Sondheim's musical brings Seurat's pointillist masterpiece to life.
May 19th, 2012 by Kat MurrellThe Florentine’s powerful “Idomeneo”
Spectacular singing and a smart production make Mozart's last opera seria urgent and modern.
May 19th, 2012 by Tom StriniThoroughly modern opera seria
Mozart summed up and pushed forward an outdated opera style in in 1780. John LaBouchardiere pushes it a little further.
May 17th, 2012 by Tom Strini“Sunday in the Park” with Bill Theisen
Stephen Sondheim's musical about Seurat's great painting and a self-doubting artist of a later generation opens at the Skylight.
May 17th, 2012 by Matthew ReddinNEW! UWM shows off the next generation of opera stars
"An Evening of Opera Arias" featured moving, theatrical solos and duets from the UWM Opera Theatre on Saturday.
May 13th, 2012 by Kat MurrellThat went well
Edo de Waart and the Milwaukee Symphony bring out the ring and shimmer. NEW: Link to NY Times review.
May 12th, 2012 by Tom Strini