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Review: Joshua Bell delivers a virtuoso performance at Minnesota Beethoven Festival
The famed violinist performed with pianist Peter Dugan on works by Beethoven, Brahms and Gabriel Fauré, among others.
June 30, 2025
Winona’s Minnesota Beethoven Festival lineup includes violinist Joshua Bell
Pianist Daniil Trifonov, clarinetist Anthony McGill, the Lark, Roman and Meyer Trio and piano duo Anderson and Roe are among others slated to perform.
June 27, 2025
St. Paul Civic Symphony and Nagasaki Symphony perform together in Japan
The concert that you can catch on YouTube Saturday will include St. Paul composer Steve Heitzeg’s work “Green Hope After Black Rain.”
June 23, 2025
Review: Conductor Gábor Takács-Nagy leads SPCO in thrilling final concerts of the 2024-25 season
The program includes works by Béla Bartók, Maurice Ravel, Mozart and two new pieces by Geoffrey Gordon.
June 13, 2025
Review: Pianist Bruce Liu delivers a spirited Prokofiev concerto with the Minnesota Orchestra
The orchestra’s season finale concerts also include works by Sergei Rachmaninoff and Carlos Simon.
June 12, 2025
Minneapolis native Evren Ozel takes third place in Van Cliburn International Piano Competition
He also received a special award for best performance of a Mozart concerto.
June 10, 2025
Dutch conductor Jacques Ogg is retiring after 25 years as Lyra Baroque’s artistic director
Ogg’s successor will be violinist Bojan Čičić, who leads the Academy of Ancient Music in Oxford, England.
June 10, 2025
Review: Conductor Cristian Măcelaru leads Minnesota Orchestra in swinging ‘Blues Symphony’
The orchestra’s Fei Xie displays mastery of his instrument on composer André Jolivet’s Bassoon Concerto.
June 5, 2025
Review: Pianist Bruce Liu delivers a spirited Prokofiev concerto with the Minnesota Orchestra
The orchestra’s season finale concerts also include works by Sergei Rachmaninoff and Carlos Simon.
June 12, 2025
Minneapolis native Evren Ozel takes third place in Van Cliburn International Piano Competition
He also received a special award for best performance of a Mozart concerto.
June 10, 2025
Dutch conductor Jacques Ogg is retiring after 25 years as Lyra Baroque’s artistic director
Ogg’s successor will be violinist Bojan Čičić, who leads the Academy of Ancient Music in Oxford, England.
June 10, 2025
Review: Conductor Cristian Măcelaru leads Minnesota Orchestra in swinging ‘Blues Symphony’
The orchestra’s Fei Xie displays mastery of his instrument on composer André Jolivet’s Bassoon Concerto.
June 5, 2025