Eastman School and Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra Musicians Unite to Benefit Rochester’s Foodlink

“If Music Be the Food…”, the concert series benefiting Rochester’s Foodlink, will open  its seventh season on Sunday, Oct. 18,  at  7:30 p.m. at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 25 Westminster Rd., in Rochester.  The concert opens with Jean-Marie Leclair’s Sonata for Two Violins, performed by Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra violinists Heidi Brodwin and Lara Sipols. Eastman…

ROCmusic Outreach Program Opens Second Site

Media Contact: Alexander Peña, 585-490-1559,  rocmusickids@gmail.com   More Rochester students will have access to free after-school classical music instruction as the ROCmusic program expands to a second location in October. The collaborative outreach program, now in its fourth year, provides classical ensemble instruction and private instrumental lessons to economically disadvantaged communities and at-risk youth. Students ages…

Renée Fleming Named Distinguished Visiting Artist at the Eastman School of Music

ROCHESTER, N.Y.—Renée Fleming, the world’s most sought-after and beloved soprano, has been appointed Distinguished Visiting Artist at the Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester.  “I am thrilled that Renée Fleming will be joining the University of Rochester’s fabulous Eastman School of Music as a Distinguished Visiting Artist,” said Joel Seligman, President and CEO of…

Eastman School of Music Faculty Artists Featured in Recitals Throughout the Year

The Eastman School of Music’s Faculty Artist Series, supported by Patricia Ward-Baker, kicks off the 2015-2016 season with five straight days of recitals beginning Tuesday, Sept. 1. Held in the School’s acoustically superb Hatch Recital and Kilbourn Halls, the series will feature 30 of the School’s renowned artist teachers, performers, and composers. The recitals give…

17-Year-Old Virtuoso from Silver Spring, Maryland, Wins Tops Prize in Eastman Young Artists International Piano Competition

ROCHESTER, N.Y.– Brian Le, 17, of Silver Spring, Md,, was awarded first prize in the Eastman Young Artists International Piano Competition Saturday, July 18, following a stellar performance of the first movement Allegro maestoso of Chopin’s Concerto No. 1 in E Minor with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra under conductor Neil Varon. As the top winner…

Eastman Piano Competition Finalists Headed for Deciding Round with Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra

After three rounds of intense competition, five finalists were selected Thursday night, July 16, from the field of 22 musical virtuosos in the 2015 Eastman Young Artists International Piano Competition. They will perform the final round — a movement of a concerto —  with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, under Eastman School of Music conductor Neil…

New Book by Eastman School Professor Explores Images of World Cultures in Western Music

As Europeans explored distant lands and settled new continents from the 1500s to around 1800, their impressions of foreign cultures were reflected in the performing arts, notably those involving music. Depictions of Middle Eastern harem women, Incan priests, fortune-telling Gypsies (Roma), and other inhabitants of exotic locales often reveal a mixture of attraction to the…