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Santa Barbara Symphony Maestro Nir Kabaretti on the New Season
S.B. Symphony Season to Include Works by Contemporary Composers
Programming at the Santa Barbara Symphony walks the line from universally acceptable to the avant-garde. Read story.
Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra, with Rieko Aizawa
SBCO Begins New Season at the Lobero
SBCO opened its season with works by Haydn and Mendelssohn. Read story.
Santa Barbara Symphony Season Opens at Granada
The Santa Barbara Symphony Season Opened with Mozart and Tchaikovsky
After a preseason concert with Lang Lang in September, the Santa Barbara Symphony began its official concert season on Saturday and Sunday. Read story.
Camerata Pacifica Presents Anna Polonsky and Orion Weiss
Piano Duo Plays Schubert Works for Four Hands on Friday, October 16
The piano duo gave a recital combining solo works and pieces for four hands on Friday, October 16, at the Music Academy’s Hahn Hall. Read story.
Thomas Hampson Sings at UCSB
The Country’s Foremost Baritone Explores History of American Song
America’s foremost baritone will give a recital at Campbell Hall on Friday, October 9, based on his Song of America project. Read story.
Séance on a Wet Afternoon to Premiere at the Granada
A New Opera from the Man Who Wrote Wicked
Stephen Schwartz will give the world premiere of his new opera in association with Opera Santa Barbara at the Granada Theatre on Saturday, September 26. Read story.
Camerata Pacifica Opens 20th Season
Chamber Music Group Plays Works by Ruo, Turina, and Beethoven
Friday’s concert opened with one of the most unusual pieces of music to be played in Santa Barbara this year—Huang Ruo’s “To the Four Corners.” Read story.
Fall Arts Preview: Classical
Fall Arts Preview
A look at this fall’s classical music offerings. Read story.
Lang Lang at the Granada Theatre
Santa Barbara Symphony Played Beethoven with the Acclaimed Pianist
The Santa Barbara Symphony performed an overture and two piano concertos by Beethoven in this special concert featuring the international sensation. Read story.
Pianist Warren Jones Kicks Off Two Important Musical Seasons
Pianist Warren Jones Plays Concerts With Camerata Pacifica and Soprano Talise Trevigne This Weekend
The outstanding pianist Warren Jones will play an integral part in two major musical occasions this weekend, one at Hahn Hall with Camerata Pacifica, and the other at the Granada with soprano Talise Trevigne. Read story.
Lang Lang Joins the S.B. Symphony at the Granada
Pianist Plans a Night of Beethoven Alongside Santa Barbara Symphony
The world’s hottest property in classical music will perform a special, all-Beethoven, one-night-only concert this Saturday. Read story.
Academy Festival Orchestra Season Finale
Conductor Leonard Slatkin Led Saturday’s Concert at the Granada
Leonard Slatkin conducted the Saturday concert at the Granada Theatre. Read story.
Discovered—Carolina Beltran Interviews Soprano Célia Zambon Wollenberg
Music Academy Soprano Inspires Intern
Indy intern Carolina Beltran looks at the Music Academy of the West’s vocal program and conducts an in-depth interview with soprano Célia Zambon Wollenberg, one of the stars of Mignon. Read story.
Music Academy of the West Unveils Mignon
French Opera Caps Vocal Program Season
Director Casey Stangl’s Mignon will debut at the Lobero Theatre this weekend. Read story.
Blues, Jazz, String Quartets, and the Radio
Fiesta Weekend Music Live and On-Air
Joe tips us to the latest and greatest fringe music. Read story.
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