Authentic music making and memories highlighted the recent PSCO concert “Authentic Self,” which featured music by Mozart alongside works by Florence Beatrice Price, Gerald Finzi, Joaquín Turina, and more.
The trio of violinist Inés Voglar Belgique, cellist-composer Nancy Ives, and pianist Susan DeWitt Smith performed music by Tomáš Svoboda, Ernest Bloch, David Schiff, Gabriela Lena Frank, and Ives.
Patience, attention to detail, and years of experience are big factors in this niche profession.
As the festival winds up, a pair of concerts at Archery Summit and Sokol Blosser wineries create a tasty blend of new and old sounds.
The absurd quest for immortality was explored in a world premiere at Chamber Music Northwest.
Time for Three, Anne Akiko Meyers, and Orli Shaham headline the newly-minted festival in downtown Vancouver.
Quest for the divine receives evocative hybrid treatment in David Ludwig and Katie Ford’s “contemporary monodrama.”
The long-running and beloved string quartet made two Portland stops on their farewell tour, performing with Gloria Chien and David Shifrin for CMNW.
The mobile venue hosted a performance of music by Andy Akiho alongside French and Japanese composers.
Oregon poet S. Renee Mitchell opened a concert of Schubert and Bolcom songs performed by Susanna Phillips alongside instrumental works by Schumann and Brahms.
One of the first concerts of this year’s summer festival tore down the house with music by Schubert and Fauré.
This year’s five-week festival, commencing this weekend, highlights the relationship between two art forms.
Yoko and Jon Greeney talk about the development of their new mobile music venue, hitting the road this summer with shows featuring Charlie Brown III and Lo Steele, Andy Akiho, and more.
The Oregon composer organization blended works by its members with works by the mercurial Hungarian.
Talking Early and Modern music with the versatile prima soprano.
The story of Sacajawea glowed in a new, Indigenous-centered Opera Theater Oregon production.
Conductor Deanna Tham, curator Gabriel Kahane, and a mixed-up mashup of modern and classical orchestral music at The Reser.
PSU Opera produces an “enchanting” version of the beloved Mozart fantasy, with vibrant singing and some kids who almost steal the scene.
The Oregon Symphony series celebrates its 10th anniversary with a string of concerts throughout April and May.
Oregon Symphony musical director David Danzmayr discusses the relationships and inner meanings of Mahler’s Fourth and Fifth Symphonies.
Upcoming multimedia concert with flutist Amelia Lukas probes the meaning of home on multiple levels.
FNM’s recent “Legacies” concert featured music by Young Composers Project grad Ian Guthrie alongside Negrón, Ko, Kernis, Balch, and Beethoven.
OSO and vocal partners performed “Carmina Burana” on a snow-truncated concert; later, pianist Montero’s “Babel” bridged the music of Wagner and Mendelssohn. Bassist Carter performed with PYP, alongside a commissioned work by Jeff Scott and the Third Symphony of mid-century English composer Ruth Gipps.
Associate conductor Tham makes a stunning concert hall debut with the Oregon Symphony.
FNM’s recent concert at The Old Church celebrated 25 years of the Young Composers Project.
A conversation with Chicago Symphony principal bassoonist Keith Buncke.
It’s a bout of bouts as PBO’s quest for its next artistic leader goes to the bell.
FNM’s upcoming concert celebrates artistic cooperation and compositional traditions through time and space.
The OSO performed Nielsen, Strauss, Stravinsky, and Beethoven alongside new and recent works by Donnacha Dennehy, Gabriella Smith, Lera Auerbach, and Creative Chair Gabriel Kahane.
Portland Columbia Symphony Orchestra and Brett Deubner perform not one but two world premieres.
The married couple talk about making music together and their upcoming concerts with Third Angle at the OMSI Planetarium.
Fresh octogenarians David Bernstein and Greg Steinke celebrate with “Last Tango in Portland,” a concert of lively music and world premieres.
Fleming and baritone Rod Gilfrey help open a promising symphony season with a musical tale of Georgia O’Keefe and Alfred Stieglitz.
LaMotte and the conductorless Amadeus Chamber Orchestra will perform with CMNW in September.
The festival’s seventh season paired new and recent local wines with music by contemporary and classical composers for a truly unique experience.
The summer festival ended with an evocative evening of Strauss and Schoenberg.
The Portland-born coloratura soprano returns to Oregon for two very different roles in OrpheusPDX’s inaugural season.
CMNW “Eastern Inspirations” concert featured music for solo violin by Esmail and Saariaho; music for strings and percussion by Cowell; and an emotional reading of Ravel’s piano trio.
Kenneth Overton, Sandbox Percussion, and Ellen Hwangbo filled the hall with spirituals and percussion at a recent Chamber Music Northwest concert.
An interview with the local singer and educator, performing this weekend with OrpheusPDX.
Oliver Neubauer and Soovin Kim step in for performances at CMNW’s “Folk Ingenuity” and “Slavic Scenes” concerts.
Oregon Symphony closes out the post-pandemic season, its first with new music director Danzmayr.
BFO and Teddy Abrams performed music by Ukrainian composers Mykhailo Verbytsky and Mykola Lysenko alongside Copland, Mazzoli, Tchaikovsky, Britten, Elgar, Pärt, and Randall Thompson.
Portland State University alum, recently hired as the school’s Director of Opera, talks artistic development, coping with Covid fallout, and romanticism.
Danzmayr steers the ‘Ninth’ into the fast lane; Georgia Jarman sings ‘Seven Early Songs’ gorgeously; OSO Creative Alliance member Frank reimagines Beethoven interacting with indigenous Peruvian traditions.
Fluid music evokes nature in a new recording and benefit concert.
Award-winning short film blends classical music, musicians, paintings, and an uplifting biography.
PO’s artistic director and general director discuss their upcoming season.
An African American Requiem raises the roof in world premiere performance.
Concert of music and dance, with a last-minute replacement, explores memory in a unique setting.
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