Music

March 7, 2012. 7:00 p.m. Back by popular demand, “Delray’s Got Talent: The Encore!” is set to take the stage again. Last year’s “Delray’s Got Talent” fundraiser raised more than $35K for the City of Delray’s public beach renovation. Because of its success the city will break ground in the near future on Phase I – the new beach pavilion.

April 7, 2012. 8.30 p.m. Martirio, the Spanish singer who reinvented popular Spanish music, comes back to Miami after four years to celebrate 25 years on stage. Presented by FUNDarte and Mega TV, Martirio invites us to join her celebration with “Re-Cordar”, a unique concert to remember her best songs, which will take place on Saturday, April 7th at 8.30 p.m. at … +

February 25 and 26, 2012. 8:00 and 4:00 p.m. Miami Lyric Opera presents Tosca, the opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini with Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa based on the original play of Victorien Sardou. This great musical drama was set in Rome of 19th Century, with the Kingdom of Naples’s control of Rome threatened by Napoleon’s invasion of … +

Miami Dade County Auditorium. February 25, 2012. 8:30 p.m. Elliott Sharp is an American composer, multi-instrumentalist, producer and curator central to the experimental music scene in New York City for over thirty years. Critics have hailed Elliott Sharp as one of American music’s lesser-known geniuses, a guitarist and composer who works both within and at the fringes of NYC’s avant-jazz and experimental … +

From February 11 through 18, 2012. Enter the court of the chauvinistic, sex-crazed Duke, where his court jester Rigoletto mocks the husbands and fathers of the many women whom the Duke has seduced. When a curse is cast upon Rigoletto, his own daughter falls victim, and his vow for revenge ends in a tragic twist of fate. With Metropolitan Opera star Michael … +

February 14, 2012. 8:00 p.m. Celebrate Valentine’s Day at the 13th annual “Moonlight & Music” Valentine’s Day Concert at the Deering Estate at Cutler on Tuesday, February 14th at 8:00 p.m.

South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center. Jan 15, 2012. 7:00 p.m. South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center (SMDCAC) and CultureShockMiami.com present Black Violin, a free concert on Sunday, January 15 at 7:00 p.m.

Temple Israel of Greater Miami. Jan 14, 2012. 8:00 p.m. This annual concert has gained attention as one of the nation’s leading concerts of Jewish music. Each of the first three concerts sold out ahead of time and was viewed by a capacity crowd of 700 people, as well as hundreds more who watched the concert through video streaming on the internet.

Dec 14, 2011. The Cleveland Orchestra announces that single tickets are now on sale for programs in the Orchestra’s sixth Miami season, which includes a series of subscription concerts co-presented with the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County as well as music education and outreach activities throughout the Miami-Dade community.

South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center. Nov 11, 2011. 8:00 p.m. Ten years after the tragedy of 9/11, Nestor Torres creates a concert event of a lifetime in a symphonic version of songs from his CD “Dances, Prayers and Meditations for Peace. The concert will take place on Friday, November 11 at 8:00 p.m. at South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center. It will include … +

Sleepless Night, Miami Beach. Nov 5, 2011. 6:00 p.m. Tigertail takes pleasure in presenting Brazilian composer Livio Tragtenberg as part of Miami Beach’s Sleepless Night on Saturday, November 5, 2011, from 6:00 p.m. to midnight. For Sleepless Night, Tragtenberg will perform The Cabinet of Dr. Strange.

Nov 10, 2011. 8:00 p.m. “The Clash of the desert,” Tinariwen are nomadic Tuareg guitar-poets from Mali’s southern Sahara. They made waves throughout the Saraha playing what became the soundtrack for Tuareg independence. Now they are making waves in the international rock scene.

Oct 2011. Florida Grand Opera (FGO) is proud to announce the appointment of a new Managing Director, Kevin G. Mynatt, who concurrently serves as the company’s Director of Production. FGO also welcomes Erin Turner in the role of Technical Director.

From Oct 2011 through Apr 2012. For music enthusiasts, the Deering Estate Chamber Ensemble presents superb concerts intimately set in the historic Stone House Ballroom. Internationally acclaimed musicians collaborate with world-renowned guest composers, artists, and talented youth performers. Visual art exhibits and interpretative programs enhance each magical evening.

Nov 11, 2011. 8:00 p.m. Iconic singer Maria Bethania became a major star in Brazil as one of the founders of Tropicalia in the late 1960s. Along with her brother, Caetano Veloso, and musical partners Gilberto Gil and Gal Costa, the four young musicians created a cultural wave still rolling today. Shirking the repression of Brazil’s military dictatorship, Maria Bethania and company … +

Nov 15, 2011. Plácido Domingo joins the cast of Federico Moreno Torroba’s Luisa Fernanda, a zarzuela co-production of Florida Grand Opera (FGO) and the SaludArte Foundation, in a special gala performance of the zarzuela that opens FGO’s 2011-2012 season. The tenor is scheduled to sing the leading role of Vidal Hernando for a one-night-only performance for “A Zarzuela Gala” on November 15, … +

Oct 15, 2011. 7:30 p.m. Florida Grand Opera (FGO) joins forces with the Florida International University School of Music to present “An Evening of Dramatic Opera Scenes” on October 15th at 7:30 p.m. at the Wertheim Performing Arts Center.

From Sept 30, 2011 through Mar 20, 2012. The University of Miami Frost School of Music presents musical icon Gunther Golson, composer Ellen Taafe Zwilich, singer-songwriter Craig Carothers and violinist Joseph Silverstein as part of the 2011-2012 Stamps Family Distinguished Visitors Series, presented on September 30, October 6, February 7, March 2 and March 20 respectively. All lectures will be presented at … +

New World Center. Oct 16, 2011. 8:00 p.m. Spain’s Baroque music icon, gambist, Jordi Savall, will appear with his son Ferran – a tenor who plays the theorbo, guitar and lute – at the New World Center on October 16, 2011.

Sept 2011. Classical South Florida announced that it is expanding its public radio service in Palm Beach County. On September 14, 2011, WPBI 90.7 FM began broadcasting an all-classical music format, with NPR News headlines heard during morning and evening drive times.

Oct 7 and 8, 2011. 8:00 and 10:00 p.m. Acclaimed composer/violinist Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR) returns home to South Florida with an ecstatic fusion of music, art and movement in Symphony for the Dance Floor. Known for bringing audiences to their feet with sonic collages of classical, pop and hip-hop sounds, DBR ushers the concert hall and dance club into the theater … +