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New Migration Museum Will Open In Rotterdam In 2025

FENIX, a major new museum inspired by stories of global migration, will open on a landmark site in Rotterdam's City Harbour in 2025.
Bill Viola Jr. Releases New Self-Help Book - Common Sensei: How To Earn A Black Belt In Life

Accomplished author, filmmaker, and life coach Bill Viola Jr. presents his latest self-help work, Common Sensei: How to Earn a Black Belt in Life.
Photos: Long Beach Opera's THE FEAST Premieres With Genre-Defying Performances

The Feast, a world premiere reinvention of a baroque banquet envisioned by Long Beach Opera and inspired by G. F. Handel’s opera Alessandro, received its world premiere with performances May 20 and 21, 2023. See photos from inside the event. 
Pamela Z Comes to MIT For Eugene McDermott Award In The Arts

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) will welcome interdisciplinary artist Pamela Z this spring for a series of campus visits and performances as part of the Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts at MIT.
New World Symphony Sets 2023-24 Season Featuring 19 Artist Debuts

The New World Symphony has announced its 2023-24 season, a landmark year for the institution, as it welcomes Stéphane Denève in his first full season as Artistic Director.
El Inbal Presentó 213 Exposiciones En Recintos Museísticos Durante 2022.

La Secretaría de Cultura del Gobierno de México y el Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura, mediante la Coordinación Nacional de Artes Visuales (CNAV) y los 18 recintos que integran la Red de Museos del Inbal, promueven el desarrollo de las artes visuales, a través de programas y acciones enfocados al fomento de la creación, difusión, exhibición, investigación y profesionalización de la gestión museística.
Review: THE TRISTAN PROJECT at LA Philharmonic

It is difficult to imagine a better team than conductor Gustavo Dudamel and director Peter Sellars to allow Wagner’s score to freely and mystically float through the Walt Disney Concert Hall uninhibited by stage mechanics and repurpose every inch of the space to paint reverberating aural images.
DUDAMEL LEADS THE TRISTAN PROJECT & More Lead Los Angeles' December Theater Top Picks

Los Angeles is never lacking outstanding theatre, whether epic Broadway shows, engrossing dramas or bold fringe offerings. BroadwayWorld is rounding up our top recommended theatre every month. Coming up this month we've got fantastic picks from the LA Phil, LA Opera, CTGLA, and more!
São Paulo Symphony Orchestra Makes Carnegie Hall Debut With Conductor Marin Alsop in October

Marin Alsop leads the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra in its Carnegie Hall debut on Friday, October 14 at 8:00 p.m., a program that includes Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade and works by illustrious 20th-century Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos: his Preludio from Bachianas brasileiras No. 4; Harmonica Concerto, featuring Brazilian harmonica player José Staneck, one of the preeminent players of this repertoire; and Chôros No. 10 with the São Paulo Symphony Choir.
Proyecciones, Música, Charlas Y Recorridos En La Noche De Museos De Julio

La Secretaría de Cultura del Gobierno de México y el Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (Inbal), a través de su Red de Museos, invitan al público a disfrutar de la Noche de Museos este miércoles 27 de julio, la cual contará con actividades múltiples, tanto en sus espacios y salas de exposiciones, así como en línea para seguir desde casa. 
Fiona Brice Announces New Album 'And You Know I Care'

Fiona Brice has announced the release of her new album And You Know I Care via Bella Union and available to preorder here. To celebrate the announcement Brice has shared a beautiful and mezmerising video for the title track created by Rankin. Watch the music video for the new single now!
TRISTAN UND ISOLDE to be Directed by Peter Sellars for Walt Disney Concert Hall 2022/2023 Season

Peter Sellars will direct the Los Angeles Philharmonic performances of Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde conducted by Gustavo Dudamel, Music and Artistic Director of the LA Phil. The performances will include Bill Viola’s video.
Ex Teresa Arte Actual, Espacio De Experimentación Artística Contemporánea Y Multidisciplinaria

Ex Teresa Arte Actual cumple, este 26 de mayo, 29 años de ser un espacio dedicado a las prácticas artísticas contemporáneas y multidisciplinarias, como el arte sonoro, el videoarte y la instalación, a través de un nutrido programa de exposiciones y actividades que comprenden ciclos de performance y conciertos de música experimental. 
Peter Sellars Delivers International World Theatre Day Message 2022

The Global Theater Initiative (GTI), a partnership between Theatre Communications Group (TCG) and The Laboratory for Global Performance and Politics (The Lab) at Georgetown University, invites all theatres, individual artists, institutions, and audiences to celebrate the 61st annual World Theatre Day on March 27, 2022.
James Cohan Announces David Norr As Gallery Co-Owner

James Cohan has announced David Norr as an owner of the gallery. Norr, who served as James Cohan's Senior Director from 2015 to 2018 and was named a Partner in 2018, joins founders James and Jane Cohan in steering the gallery, which operates two spaces in Manhattan: 48 Walker Street in Tribeca and 291 Grand Street on the Lower East Side.
Esa-Pekka Salonen Conducts Final Concerts as Principal Conductor Of The Philharmonia Orchestra

On 4 and 10 June 2021, Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts the final concerts of his pioneering 13-year tenure as Principal Conductor & Artistic Advisor of the Philharmonia Orchestra, at the end of a season disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
BWW Review: HEY VIOLA! Brings Forth the Important Story Behind the Woman on Canada's Ten-Dollar Bill

This month, HEY VIOLA! Viola Desmond: The Soundtrack of a Life plays from October 15 – 25 at the Anvil Centre in New Westminster. After interviewing star, Krystle Dos Santos in September, it was a pleasure to see her take the stage playing Canadian Hero: Viola Desmond in the show. Viola Desmond was a Canadian civil rights activist and entrepreneur. In 1946, Desmond fought against racial segregation as she refused to leave the “Whites only” section of a movie theatre in Nova Scotia. Desmond was arrested and charged with tax evasion. Her experience was publicized and sparked a movement amongst Canadians against racial discrimination. Viola Desmond is currently featured on the Canadian ten-dollar bill and her story will remain important to Canadian history, as racial injustices are still an ongoing issue we face today.
Los Angeles Philharmonic Has Announced Their 020/21 Walt Disney Concert Hall Season

Los Angeles Philharmonic Music & Artistic Director Gustavo Dudamel and David C. Bohnett Chief Executive Officer Chair Chad Smith today announced the 2020/21 Walt Disney Concert Hall season featuring three trailblazing new projects: Pan-American Music Initiative and America: The Stories We Tell led by Gustavo Dudamel and Seoul Festival curated by Unsuk Chin; the premieres of 27 LA Phil commissions; the revival of LA Phil productions including the landmark Tristan Project collaboration of Esa-Pekka Salonen, Peter Sellars and Bill Viola; and performances by world-renowned guest artists including Yuja Wang, Hélène Grimaud, Lang Lang, Itzhak Perlman, Yefim Bronfman, Leila Josefowicz, Katia and Marielle Labèque and Barbara Hannigan.
Music From Copland House Comes To The Graduate Center, CUNY February 3

As 2020 begins, a?oethere is good news: Copland House concerts now come to Manhattana?? (New York Classical Review). Featuring the internationally-acclaimed Music from Copland House ensemble and presented in collaboration with The Graduate Center of the City University of New York, this ambitious new series is one of the very few nationally that exclusively showcases over a century of American musical creativity.
Jazz At MOCA To Feature Miami Big Sound Orchestra On December 27

The Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami (MOCA) is thrilled to welcome back Miami Big Sound Orchestra as part of the monthly a?oeJazz at MOCAa?? series on Friday, Dec. 27. Known as downtown Miami's resident Latin Jazz big band since 2006, Miami Big Sound Orchestra combines 21st-century big band jazz with Afro-Cuban and Brazilian music, funk and soul. Their repertoire includes original compositions by Rafael a?oeCalia?? Valencia, legendary Miami bassist/composer; Chino Nunez, GRAMMY Award-winning producer; and Jaui Schneider, former pianist/composer of Ray Barretto; along with classics from legends such as the great Mario Bauzá.

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