In 1941, the Philadelphia Orchestra premiered a new violin concerto by West Chester-born composer Samuel Barber. The piece is ...

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SHREVEPORT, La. - The Shreveport Symphony Orchestra continues its 2025–26 season with Brahms' Violin Concerto. The concert will take place on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at the Riverview Theater in downtown ...

Classical violinist Rachel Barton Pine performs Brahms Violin Concerto in D Major. The complete Brahms Violin Concerto in D Major, performed by violin soloist Rachel Barton Pine with the La Crosse ...

BRUSSELS, Oct 17 (Reuters) - A 300-year-old Stradivari violin valued at around $16 million will take centre stage on Friday at a concert in Brussels performed by Armenian Sergey Khachatryan with the ...

Over the course of its 66 seasons, the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra has earned a glowing international reputation for expert interpretations of music from the baroque, classical and contemporary eras.

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JOHANNES Brahms and child star violinist Joseph Joachim were friends from their teenage years, although well into their maturity when Brahms composed a concerto for him to play. Felix Mendelssohn was ...

At Seoul Arts Center, Vladimir Jurowski conducted the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra in an all-Brahms programme that simultaneously evoked the composer’s profound heritage and the edgy vibrancy of a ...

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Acclaimed violinist Ray Chen made his Boston Symphony Orchestra debut on March 13, performing Tchaikovsky’s iconic “Violin Concerto in D Major” from March 13–16 alongside American conductor Teddy ...