Music

The International Contemporary Ensemble amplifies creators whose work propels and challenges how music is made and experienced. Its Artistic Director Emeritus, NWS alumna Rebekah Heller, embraces this mission as she returns to share works by today’s visionaries and yesterday’s trailblazers. From Hannah Kendall’s scenes of World War I to Ruth Crawford Seeger’s playful Suite, the pieces explore myriad emotions and techniques. Johannes Brahms’ Piano Quintet is often called the crown of his chamber music.

 

Roll camera! NWS goes to the movies, performing selections from Hollywood films like Ben-Hur; Schindler’s List; Lawrence of Arabia; Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon; The Wizard of Oz and more. In the director’s seat for this special performance is Richard Kaufman, renowned pops conductor, who will also be joined by violinist Philippe Quint. Select works will be accompanied by film clips projected over the orchestra.

 

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a live concert performed by children

Beethoven and DBR 
May 13 at 8:00pm at Coral Gables Museum
 
Program:
Beethoven String Quartet in F major, Op.59 #1 (Razumovsky) (1808) 
Roumain String Quartet #4 (Angelou) (2004)

 

 

Beethoven and DBR May 15 at 2:00pm  at The Gallery @ The Betsy Hotel, 1433 Collins Ave. 

Program:
Beethoven String Quartet in F major, Op.59 #1 (Razumovsky) (1808) 
Roumain String Quartet #4 (Angelou) (2004)
 

 

Smetana and Mozart  April 22 at 8:00pm at The Gallery @ The Betsy Hotel, 1433 Collins Ave. 
   
Program:
Smetana Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 15 (1855)
Mozart Piano Quartet No 2 in E Flat Major, KV 493 (1786) 
 

 

Smetana and Mozart April 21 at 8:00pm at Coral Gables Museum

Program:   
Smetana Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 15 (1855)
Mozart Piano Quartet No 2 in E Flat Major, KV 493 (1786) 
 

 

After triumphant, sold out performances at last season’s concerts at the Historic Hampton House, FGO will present a concert of Jazz entitled Singing at the Sandrell. Located in Miami-Dade’s Liberty City, and adjacent to Brownsville, Lemon City/Little Haiti and Little River, the Sandrell Rivers Theater is the perfect venue for these unique concerts that will feature some of the finest local singers. Program includes: Songs from composers like Gershwin, Porter, Berlin, Rodgers, Van Heusen and more that made up the great American songbook, and songs such as “I Get a Kick Out of You,” “Cheek to Cheek,” “Blue Moon,” and “Call Me Irresponsible.”

A beloved staple in the operatic repertoire all over the world, Giuseppe Verdi’s Rigoletto is a timeless story of betrayal, dashed dreams and mistaken identity, worthy of the best cinematic thriller. Rigoletto follows the conquests of the rakish Duke, who survives revenge plots and schemes along the way. Gilda, whom he has betrayed and abandoned, saves him in the final scene of the opera by sacrificing her life, leaving her own father broken and alone. Containing some of the most recognizable arias, a sweeping story and intense emotions, Rigoletto is sure to delight everyone from opera aficionados and newcomers alike.

Born in Poland, Mr. Labazevitch studied at the Odessa Conservatory in Ukraine, with Anatoly Kardashev, before immigrating to the United States, and obtaining scholarship to study at the Manhattan School of Music with Mme Nina Svetlanova and later with Cuban-American virtuoso Horacio Gutierrez. Recently he received his Doctoral Degree, studying with Jose Ramos Santana. He has worked with many renowned artists as Dmitri Bashkirov, Lazar Berman, Isidore Cohen, Bella Davidovich, Philippe Entremont, Stephen Hough, Ruth Laredo and Earl Wild. PROGRAM Schubert - Sonata in G major D.894 Chopin/Liszt - Maiden’s Wish, Spring, Drinking Song Chopin Nocturne Op.55 No.2 Ballade No.4 Op. 52 He is the Artistic Director of the Kosciuszko Foundation Chopin Piano Competition, founder of the Chopin Piano Academy in Washington D.C. and Co-Artistic Director of the Puerto Rico International Music Festival in San Juan. Mr. Labazevitch is a Steinway Artist.