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Upcoming Events
NOT-SO-MUCH Upcoming Events, Rather SOME NICE MEMORIES
Past Events
July 26, 2019
Release of composer Jon Gibson’s opera VIOLET FIRE about the life of Nikola Tesla on Orange Mountain Music
July 4, 2019
Maki Namekawa presents the World Premiere of Philip Glass’s FIRST PIANO SONATA (2019) at the Piano Festival Ruhr
June 28, 2019
Release of Philip Glass’s music to the Edgar Allen Poe story A DESCENT INTO THE MAELSTROM on Orange Mountain Music
June 7, 2019
The premiere recording of Henry Steinway ZIEGLER’S PIANO SONATA, Op.1 performed by Jenny Lin. Only on Apple Music and iTunes
June 6, 2019
MINIATURES. A new digital EP from pianist Jenny Lin including five short pieces by French composer Alexandre Desplat on Supertrain. Only on Apple Music and iTunes
May 25, 2019
Salem Classical presents the dynamic Craft Ensemble at St. Peter’s Church in Salem
May 24, 2019
Pianist Michael Riesman’s new album GLASS SOUNDTRACKS, VOL.2 is released on Orange Mountain Music
April 22, 2019
Richard Guérin speaks at The New School’s Philip Glass Institute
March 21, 2019
Salem Classical presents violinist Robert Simmonds and his program of American violin music at the historic Pickering House
March 8, 2019
Supertrain Records is proud to announce the album release of SHOSTAKOVICH: SYMPHONY NO.4 arranged for two pianos by Shostakovich performed by Maki Namekawa and Dennis Russell Davies. This release represents the first physical CD release by Supertrain Records
March 2, 2019
Salem Classical presents the Mirror Visions Ensemble and its program Journeys at Old Town Hall in Salem
February 22, 2019
Tenor Fred VanNess performs at Old Town Hall as part of Salem Classical
January 17, 2019
A concert of flute and harp at the historic Pickering House with flutist Nicholas Southwick on flute
January 4, 2019
Celebrating “Michael Nyman at 75” Supertrain Records will commence releasing one track per week of Nyman’s seminal work for Solo Violin, YAMAMOTO PERPETUO, with violinist Chase Spruill. Each week a new track will go live leading to the full album release on March 22nd, the day before Nyman’s 75th birthday on March 23rd
December 9, 2018
Salem Classical presents the RAHA DUO presenting Shostakovich’s Preludes, Op.33 arranged for viola and piano by Lera Auerbach, the WORLD PREMIERE of a new work by composer Evan Ziporyn, and the premiere of Shostakovich’s recently discovered “Impromptu” for Viola and Piano.
December 7, 2018
Orange Mountain Music presents a new album of pianist Anton Batagov performing Philip Glass’ score to THE HOURS and the first CD release of DISTANT FIGURE (Passacaglia for Solo Piano), Glass’ most recent work for piano
November 23, 2018
Orange Mountain Music presents a new digital EP by bagpiper Matthew Welch performing Philip Glass’s Two Pages
November 16, 2018
Orange Mountain Music presents the new album THE SPIRIT OF THE EARTH with Philip Glass and native Mexican musicians Daniel Medina de la Rosa and Erasmo Medina Medina
Nov 7 - Nov 11, 2018
The Chicago Philharmonic’s Polish Music Festival including the Chicago premiere of Kilar’s MISSA PRO PACE at St. Hyacinth Basilica
November 3, 2018
Tenor Fred VanNess performs at Old Town Hall as part of Salem Classical
November 2, 2018
Digital Release of composer CLIFF EIDELMAN’S Symphony for Orchestra & Two Pianos performed by the London Symphony Orchestra with soloists Michael McHale and Tom Poster
October 26, 2018
Philip Glass Ensemble performs Glass’ monumental “Music in 12 Parts” at The Town Hall in New York City
October 7, 2018
Pianist Jenny Lin performs selected Glass piano etudes at the RISD Museum’s Grand Gallery during the day, and at Lily Pad in Cambridge in the evening
October 6, 2018
The Namekawa-Davies piano duo performs at Philip Glass’ Days & Nights Festival in Big Sur, California
October 6, 2018
Pianist Jenny Lin comes to Salem Classical in a performance at the Tabernacle Church of selected piano etudes by Philip Glass
October 5, 2018
Pianist Jenny Lin performs selected Glass piano etudes at the St. Botolph Club in Boston, Mass
September 7, 2018
OMM releases the new album MISHIMA, of the complete score by Philip Glass, transcribed for piano by Michael Riesman, and performed by Maki Namekawa
September 2, 2018
Cellist Matt Haimovitz makes a triumphant return to Salem, Mass. where in June 2017 he performed the world premiere of Glass’s Partita No.2 for Solo Cello
August 17, 2018
OMM releases the new album THE GRID by organist James McVinnie who recorded five works by Philip Glass including three pieces from Koyaanisqatsi
August 10, 2018
SUPERTRAIN RECORDS releases the new album COUNTDOWN TO SILENCE by KUMMERSPECK
August 4, 2018
Celebrating its 350 Anniversary, the House of Seven Gables in Salem, Mass. presents composer John Kramer’s IMMIGRANT CANTATA
July 27, 2018
OMM releases the new album MOTION PICTURE performed by Maki Namekawa and Cello Octet Amsterdam including Philip Glass’s film works to DRACULA and THE HOURS
July 26, 2018
Philip Glass and Simone Dinnerstein join Guerin in a conversation at the Apple Store in Soho (Manhattan) to discuss Dinnerstein’s latest album CIRCLES
July 25, 2018
FIDELIO TRIO plays SALEM CLASSICAL including the New England Premiere of William Bolcom’s Piano Trio (2014)
July 20, 2018
OMM releases the recording of Philip Glass’ first piano piece in five years as a digital single, DISTANT FIGURE (Passacaglia for Solo Piano)
March 30, 2018
Chase Spruill performs an all-Nyman program as part of Salem Classical
March 14, 2018
Bococelli performs at Old Town Hall as part of Salem Classical
March 2018
Tibetan master musicians Tenzin Choegyal performs at Old Town Hall in Salem as part of Salem Classical/Tibetan Arts & Healing
February 23, 2018
Orange Mountain Music releases Arvo Pärt’s Lamenetate
February 17, 2018
The Mirror Visions Ensemble returns to Salem Classical
February 16, 2018
The Philip Glass Ensemble performs Music with Changing Parts at Carnegie Hall
February 9, 2018
Some Assembly Required returns to Old Town Hall as part of Salem Classical
February 8, 2018
Philip Glass’ Carnegie residency continues with Muhly & friends investigate the Glass archive
January 18, 2018
Cellist Kate Kayaian performs at the Pickering House as part of Salem Classical
December 22, 2017
The Brookline Concert performs at Salem Classical
December 20, 2017
Brooklyn Rider celebrates their new release with the NY premieres of Glass’ String Quartets Nos. 6 & 7 at the Paula Cooper Gallery in New York
December 8, 2017
Brooklyn Rider’s premiere recordings of Glass’ String Quartets Nos.6 & 7 is released on OMM
November 30, 2017
Aaron Larget-Caplan performs at Salem Classical
November 10, 2017
Anton Batagov’s recording on OMM of Glass’ Complete Piano Etudes LIVE IN MOSCOW is released
November 8, 2017
Johnny Gandelsman plays J.S. Bach’s Complete Sonatas & Partitas at Salem Classical
October 2017
OMM releases LIVE FROM MOSCOW Anton Batagov performing The Complete Piano Etudes by Philip Glass
October 2017
Johnny Gandelsman plays Salem Classical
October 7, 2017
Julie Taymor’s new production of David Henry Hwang’s M Butterfly on Broadway with new music by Elliot Goldenthal
October 6, 2017
OMM release of Philip Glass’ opera THE TRIAL
Oct 5 - Oct 14, 2017
Michael Riesman on tour with Cello Octet Amsterdam
September 22, 2017
As Part of Salem Classical and Salem Horror Fest, Opera on Tap brings “The Parksville Murders” a Virtual Reality opera by Kamala Sankaram to Salem
September 22, 2017
World Premiere of Glass Piano Concerto No.3 with pianist Simone Dinnerstein and A Far Cry at Boston’s Jordan Hall
September 16, 2017
Dennis Russell Davies conducts the Transylvania Philharmonic in a performance of Elliot Goldenthal’s Symphony in G# Minor as part of the Enescu Festival
September 1, 2017
OMM releases the first Edition Bruckner release “THE ESSENTIAL BRUCKNER". New recordings of three Bruckner symphonies (Nos.2,3, and 7) recorded live at St. Florian where Bruckner worhsipped and where he was interred. Conducted by Dennis Russell Davies, the music director of the Bruckner Orchester Linz
August 10, 2017
Gloria Cheng plays MONTAGE at the Newport Contemporary Music Festival
Jun 20 - Jun 24, 2017
Mishima Recording Linz Austria
June 23, 2017
Orange Mountain Music releases Glass’ Solo Cello music on the album “Partitas for Solo Cello” with Matt Haimovitz
June 22, 2017
Philip Glass & Matt Haimovitz - Peabody Essex Museum Salem Massachusetts - World Premiere of Partita No.2 for Solo Cello
May 28, 2017
Craft Ensemble performs at Salem Classical including world premiere of Oscar-winning composer Gabriel Yared’s String Sextets
April 21, 2017
“Some Assembly Required” performs at Salem Classical including Stravinsky’s Octet
March 17, 2017
Release of Elliot Goldenthal’s music to “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” on Zarathustra Music
March 9, 2017
The Hungarian Radio Symphony perform Goldenthal's Symphony in G# Minor
February 26, 2017
Phillips Collection Washington DC - Dennis Russell Davies & Maki Namekawa plays Shostakovich, Stravinsky, Schwertsik, and Glass
February 24, 2017
National Sawdust Brooklyn (Co-Presented with OMM) - Make Namekawa performs The Complete Piano Etudes with Ars Electronica
February 18, 2017
Boston Modern Orchestra Project performs an all-Glass program of SYMPHONY No.2 and the Tirol Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, Anton Batagov, piano. I will be giving the pre-concert talk which starts at 7pm at Jordan Hall in Boston
January 31, 2017
World Premiere of Philip Glass's SYMPHONY No.11 at Carnegie Hall performed by the Bruckner Orchester Linz and Dennis Russell Davies
January 31, 2017
Philip Glass's 80th BIRTHDAY
January 29, 2017
Michael Riesman conducts Philip Glass's score to VISITORS live-to-film at the Barbican in London with the BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jan 26 - Jan 28, 2017
Rochester Philharmonic & conductor Ward Stare perform the world concert premiere of Goldenthal's "WALTZ & AGITATO"
January 21, 2017
Salem Classical presents VERMILLION STRING TRIO
December 19, 2016
Salem Classical presents The Brookline Consort choral concert A NONTRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS
December, 2016
Zarathustra Music releases Elliot Goldenthal's music to the stage and filmed version of Shakespeare's "A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM" directed by Julie Taymor
November 25, 2016
OMM releases Philip Glass's music to THE CRUCIBLE from the 2016 Broadway production starring Saoirse Ronan, Ben Whishaw, produced by Scott Rudin and directed by Ivo van Hove
November, 2016
Zarathustra Music releases Elliot Goldenthal's music to the stage and filmed version of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" directed by Julie Taymor
November, 2016
Salem Classical presents the MIRAGE DUO
November, 2016
Philip Glass receives the Glenn Gould Prize in Canada's capital city Ottawa
October 28, 2016
OMM releases Glass's Dracula on double gatefold vinyl LP and reissued CD
October, 2016
OMM Releases Philip Glass's music from The Crucible
October, 2016
OMM Releases a digital LP of Michael Riesman and Chase Spruill performing "The Candyman Suite" for violin & piano
October, 2016
OMM Halloween Surprise
Sept 22 - Sept 26, 2016
Philip Glass's Days & Nights Festival at the Henry Miller Library in Big Sur, California
Aug 30 - Sept 3, 2016
Orange Mountain records REM's Mike Mills concerto for violin, rock band, and strings along with Glass's Symphony No.3, and John Adams's Road Movies with Robert McDuffie and the McDuffie Center for Strings
August 26, 2016
Album release of Russian pianist Anton Batagov's "Prophecies" featuring music from Glass's "Einstein on the Beach" and "Koyaanisqatsi"
August 26, 2016
Salem Classical presents THE MUSIC OF TIBET at Old Town Hall in Salem
July 22, 2016
Album release of a three disc set Cluster Ensemble Plays Philip Glass
May 22, 2016
The Craft Quintet performs Schubert's masterpiece, the Double Cello Quintet, at Old Town Hall presented by Salem Classical (link: www.salemclassical.com )
April 23, 2016
The Tribeca Film Festival premieres Kristi Zea's new film "Everybody Knows Elizabeth Murray", a great film which I worked on which features music by Philip Glass with Meryl Streep reading Murray's journal entries. (More info)
April 22, 2016
The release of Philip Glass's The Symphonies coinciding with the UK premiere of Glass Symphony No.9 with the Bruckner Orchester Linz (More info)
April 22, 2016
The iTunes release of The Symphonies features a 41 page essay of liner notes by Richard Guéin on Glass's Symphonies (Read the liner notes)
April 12, 2016
Philip Glass in Conversation with Arturo Bejar discussing the Days and Nights Festival - Menlo Park, CA (More info)
April 5, 2016
Cristian Schumann conduct's Goldenthal's Grand Gothic Suite in Hungary (More info)
April 4, 2016
The BBC Concert Orchestra performs Goldenthal's "Adagio Finale" from Titus at London's Southbank Centre (More info)
March 11, 2016
Salem Classical presents John Kramer performing Rzewski's masterpiece THE PEOPLE UNITED WILL NEVER BE DEFEATED at First Church in Salem, MA
February 29, 2016
Salem Classical presents Mehmet Sanlikol's coffeehouse opera OTHELLO IN THE SERAGLIO at Old Town Hall, Salem MA January 16 2016: The Szczecin Philharmonic presents the music of Philip Glass and photographs by artist Bartek Barczyk (More info)
February 26, 2016
OMM presents the world premiere recording of Philip Glass's opera about the death of Walt Disney "The Perfect American" ( More info )
January 31, 2016
Philip Glass turns 79
January 30, 2016
Salem Classical presents Palaver Strings performing "Transfigured Night" by Schoenberg and music by Mozart and Mascagni ( More info )
January 29, 2016
Evan Ziporyn conducts a performance of Philip Glass's Symphonies Nos.1 and 4 (from the music of David Bowie and Brian Eno) in their Boston premieres to benefit cancer research. Listen Live to "An Orchestral Tribute to David Bowie"
January 16, 2016
Salem Classical presents New England String Quartet at Old Town Hall, Salem MA
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