Two of Portland’s most respected contemporary musical arts organizations joined forces at Benson Auditorium for their portion of Oregon Symphony’s ongoing “Sounds Like Portland Festival.”
October 30, 2025Matthew Neil Andrews
The three-week festival of Portland music, sponsored and curated by Oregon Symphony and Gabriel Kahane, comes to a conclusion with The Decemberists, Dandy Warhols, and the complete string quartets of Caroline Shaw.
October 29, 2025Alice Hardesty
The clarinetist-composer discusses the Sunday morning chamber music series he co-founded with cellist Trevor Fitzpatrick.
October 28, 2025Charles Rose
The Salzburg-born conductor, now in his fourth season with OSO, discusses the ongoing “Sounds Like Portland” festival, the challenges of presenting new classical music, and the possibility of balancing continuity and change.
October 23, 2025Matthew Neil Andrews
The symphony and its Creative Chair move into the second phase of their three-week festival, featuring ChatterPDX playing Kenji Bunch, Storm Large singing Kurt Weill, Darrell Grant playing David Schiff, and Gabriel Kahane’s latest plea for intelligent empathy.
October 22, 2025Charles Rose
Schiff’s latest large-scale work, the Langston Hughes inspired “Uptown/Downtown,” was composed for the local jazz giant and will be premiered this month as part of Oregon Symphony’s “Sounds Like Portland” festival.
October 16, 2025Matthew Neil Andrews
The three week festival presents concerts featuring a wide variety of Portland musicians, from esperanza spalding to M. Ward to a long-awaited collaboration between Resonance Ensemble and Fear No Music.
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