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…
A $2 million commitment from Emmy-winning composer Jeff Beal and vocalist Joan Beal will launch the Beal Institute for Film Music and Contemporary Media at the University of Rochester’s Eastman School of Music, the couple’s alma mater, and build on the film legacy of the School’s founder, George Eastman. The Beal Institute will provide students…
Violinist Lynn Blakeslee, Professor Emerita at the Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester, died Monday, Aug. 10, while teaching at a chamber music festival and violin workshop at Schloss Raabs in Austria. Having played a concert at the conclusion of the festival, she died of an anaphylactic reaction to a hornet sting,…
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…
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…
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…
The Eastman School of Music will host 9 shows in its venues during the First Niagara Rochester Fringe Festival Sept. 17 to 26. Eastman faculty, students, and staff will also perform at other venues in and around downtown Rochester during this year’s event. For more on both Eastman and University of Rochester participation in…
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…
From renowned drums master and Eastman alumnus Steve Gadd to current Eastman School of Music and Eastman Community Music School students and faculty, many Eastman musicians will be appearing on various stages throughout the 2015 Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival (XRIJF). This year the XRIJF will run from Friday, June 19, to Saturday, June 27,…