Celebrate the holidays with Latin music icon Oscar D’León! A Venezuelan musician who achieved international acclaim for his salsa music, his most famous song is perhaps “Llorarás,” which he recorded in 1975 with his group La Dimensión Latina. In Spanish, he is known as El Diablo de la Salsa (“The Devil of Salsa”), El Sonero del Mundo (“the Son Singer of the … +
William Anthony Colón Román, better known as Willie Colón, is a Nuyorican salsa musician and social activist. Bronx-born of Puerto Rican grandparents, as musician, composer, arranger, singer, and trombonist, as well as producer and director, Colón still holds the all time record for sales, he has created 40 productions that have sold more than thirty million records worldwide. His Asalto Navideño and … +
Orchestral works that turn our attention to the beauty and romance of Italy. The program opens with the whimsical Suite for Lower Strings, by Brazilian American composer Clarice Assad. It adds new twists to familiar music by Bach, in which the main melodies are played by the lower strings for a change. Then the attention shifts to the Italian peninsula. The Haydn concerto … +
Jan 9, 2020, 8 PM Co-Artistic Directors of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and recipients of Musical America’s Musicians of the Year award, David Finckel and Wu Han are among the most esteemed and influential classical musicians in the world today. The energy, imagination, and integrity they bring to their concert performances and artistic projects go unmatched. “Mr. Finckel and … +
The Gold Coast Jazz Society will present their annual gala fundraising jazz party at The Grateful Palate. The evening will include reception, dinner, dancing and jazz featuring vocalist Wendy Pedersen backed by members of the Gold Coast Jazz Society Band.
Frost Faculty artist, Santiago Rodriguez, hailed as a “phenomenal pianist” by The New York Times and “one of the finest pianists in the world” by The Baltimore Sun, presents a program of major works by the great trinity of classical masters: J.S. Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, and Johannes Brahms. The concert also includes ballet music by Manuel de Falla, Aram Khachaturian, and … +
This timeless masterpiece from 1925 by Maurice Ravel, with libretto by Colette, and originally choreographed by George Balanchine, tells the story of a mischievous child who must suffer the fantastical consequences of his wicked actions. His very home comes to life in order to teach him a lesson, along with an opportunity for redemption. The opera is in French with English surtitles … +
Born in Portland, Oregon to a musical family, Nicholaus Poelwijk showed his interests in piano from a young age. Beginning his piano studies at the age of three, as a high school student he went on to win the senior division of the prestigious Northwest Chopin Festival in Seattle, Washington. Poelwijk’s playing is perhaps best described by his first prominent teacher, who … +
South Florida Symphony Orchestra will present Masterworks II as a part of the current season. The Concert will include ORENSTEIN: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, OP. 60 and BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 6. Special guest will be Irmina Tynkos in Violin.
Madame X Tour will mark her 14th studio album following her last record, Rebel Heart, released in 2015. The release was jam-packed with hits from, “Living for Love,” “Ghosttown,” to fan-favorite, “Bitch I’m Madonna.” Rebel Heart included various collaborations with an eclectic group of performers, including Nicki Minaj, Chance the Rapper and Mike Tyson. With that said, fans can expect the “Queen of Pop,” to … +
Described by The New York Times as “a one-man band who turns a guitar into an orchestra and his voice into a chorus,” singer and songwriter Raul Midón returns to his alma mater for a solo appearance. Expect selections from his most recent Grammy-nominated albums If You Really Want, featuring the Metropole Orkest directed by Vince Mendoza as well as Bad Ass … +
Disney and Pixar’s Coco: In Concert Live to Film is a family-friendly film with live orchestra concert event featuring Michael Giacchino’s beautiful musical score and the 2017 two-time Academy Award-winning film for Best Original Song as well as Best Animated Feature Film. Produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures, the film tells the story of a 12-year-old boy named … +
What inspires a composer to compose? Come experience how film, nostalgic prose, a birthday gift, and Renaissance frescoes inspired Copland, Barber, Wagner and Respighi. The curtain rises with music from three films scored by Aaron Copland: The City, Our Town and Of Mice and Men. Then The Symphonia performs Samuel Barber’s richly textured lyric rhapsody, “Knoxville: Summer of 1915.” It is a setting for soprano … +
Frost’s new Director of Choral Activities, Amanda Quist, leads the Frost Chorale in an evening of choral masterworks. The performance features Pulitzer Prize winner Caroline Shaw’s To the Hands, a work that not only follows up on Dieterich Buxtehude’s Membra Jesu Nostri, but also Emma Lazarus’s The New Colossus, the poem on the Statue of Liberty. Amanda Quist, director Anita Castiglione, piano … +
Morningstar Entertainment and Jose Garrido present the 2016 Musical that inspired the hearts of many… Sueños “An Exile Story”, The Concert. The incredible Cuban Exile story…Book & Lyrics by Cuban-American, Jose Garrido with the original cast and Directed by three time Grammy Nominee Jose Negroni.
Concert pianist Vadym Kholodenko, Gold Medalist in the 14th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, performs an electrifying concert of Mozart, Beethoven, and Chopin. Co-presented by Friends of Chamber Music of Miami. Vadym Kholodenko is fast building a reputation as one of the most musically dynamic technically gifted performers of the new generation of pianists, praised by the Philadelphia Enquirer in his performance … +
American pianist, songwriter and arranger Arthur Hanlon is widely regarded as the best-known instrumentalist in the Latin music realm. Born to Irish- American parents, he hails from Detroit, Michigan, but found his calling in Latin music and has received widespread recognition in that realm, becoming the first pianist to reach the Billboard Latin airplay charts in more than a decade and the … +
Spotify’s RapCaviar Live is returning to the stage, in Miami. The show will include Megan Thee Stallion, Trina, Kash Doll, Saweetie, Melii, and more. Following the launch of RapCaviar Live in 2017, Spotify continues to showcase some of today’s hottest rappers to their biggest fans around the country. Produced in partnership with Live Nation Urban, RapCaviar Live is inspired by Spotify’s highly influential … +
Virtuoso Frost faculty members join forces to perform music by women composers from around the world, in an evening of bold modern works, masterful classics, and inspired premieres. Associate Professor Dorothy Hindman guides us through the world of women composers in a 30-minute pre-concert discussion with the artists. Valerie Coleman and Jennifer Grim, flutes Robert Weiner, oboe Margaret Donaghue, clarinet Gabriel Beavers, … +
Thriving for over 20 years without a radio hit, a big budget video, or major label backing Moreover, have managed to do high-profile TV appearances, own and operate their own independent label since day one, sell several million albums and continue to expand their fan base across the globe each year. They’ve collaborated with such uniquely famed artists David Byrne, Perry Farrell, … +
Affectionately known as the Gentleman of Salsa, Gilberto Santa Rosa is one of the most celebrated Latin music vocalists in the world for his musical elegance and style. With the ASCAP Latin Heritage Award, six Grammy Awards, four Latin Grammys and, most recently, Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album for Necesito un Bolero, he has the most #1 hits on Billboard’s Tropical Albums … +
For twenty years, Steven Page was the lead singer and songwriter with Barenaked Ladies, the Toronto-based band he formed in 1988 with Ed Robertson. Known for his dynamic, physically exuberant performances, his powerful tenor, and an arsenal of songs that span the gamut between humor and pathos, Steven and the band toured the world, selling out venues ranging from Madison Square Garden … +
Frost’s new Director of Choral Activities, Amanda Quist, leads the Frost Chorale in an evening of choral masterworks. The performance features Pulitzer Prize winner Caroline Shaw’s To the Hands, a work that not only follows up on Dieterich Buxtehude’s Membra Jesu Nostri, but also Emma Lazarus’s The New Colossus, the poem on the Statue of Liberty. UM Gusman Concert Hall Amanda Quist, … +
Taylor grew up in Bedford, Ohio, where his interest in music was piqued. At 10 years old, he took up the trumpet and got involved with the school’s band program. Two years later Taylor really started showing promise on his instrument. One night after seeing a great concert featuring trumpeters Jon Faddis and Steve Enos, Taylor was so inspired that he decided … +
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