Musicians

The violist Roberto Díaz, president of the Curtis Institute of Music, former principal viola of the Philadelphia Orchestra, has already had a significant impact on American musical life and continues to do so in his dual roles as performer. As a soloist, Mr. Díaz collaborates with leading conductors of our time on stages throughout North and South America, Europe, and Asia. Also … +

Jazz Roots on its 8th edition presents Kenny G and his Christmas disc “Miracles: The Holiday Album” with more than 8 million units sold. Kenny G is the biggest selling instrumental musician of the modern era with more than 75 million records. He has collaborated with some of the biggest names in the business including Michael Bolton, Weezer or Whitney Houston. Knight … +

Presented in collaboration with the Frost School of Music’s Festival Miami, Jazz Roots on its 8th season, invites the jazz trumpeter Terence Blanchard, who has over 50 film scores to his credit and is a multiple Grammy Award winner. The evening will also feature a montage of classic scenes from Spike Lee movies performed by a star-studded lineup with Blanchard and his … +

Multi-platinum-selling singer-songwriter and pianist Ben Folds performs his acclaimed Concerto for Piano and Orchestra with the Frost School of Music’s Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra. Composed in 2013 and since performed to sold-out audiences with symphony orchestras around the globe, the fresh and appealing work is featured on his new album, So There, slated for release in September 2015. UM Gusman Concert Hall … +

The Liszt Piano Series features the South Florida Chapter of the American Liszt Society, dedicated to disseminating the work and ideals of Franz Liszt. The Chapter, inaugurated in 2010 has since presented yearly mini Festivals at different venues throughout South Florida, including the Deering Estate. In 2012 the Chapter inaugurated a new Piano Series at the Deering Estate, including recitals and master … +

Miami Chamber Music is pleased to present “Beethoven String Quartet” by Ehnes Quartet. Comprised of four internationally renowned string musicians: Grammy award winner James Ehnes, Fellow violinist Amy Schwartz Moretti, Violist Richard O’Neill and Cellist Robert DeMaine; the Ehnes Quartet has been considered an important new force in the chamber music arena. Critically acclaimed performances from Seattle to Miami and Montreal have … +

Miami Chamber Music opens its 60th Anniversary Season proudly presenting The Borodin Quartet, who for seven decades, has been celebrated its insight and authority in the chamber music repertoire. Revered for its searching performances of Beethoven and Shostakovich, the Quartet is equally at home in music ranging from Mozart to Stravinsky. The Quartet is universally recognized for its genuine interpretation of Russian … +

February 19 and 20, 2013. The University of Miami Frost School of Music presents blues-rock legend Steve Miller as part of the 2012-2013 Stamps Family Distinguished Visitors Series. Miller will present a lecture on February 19 and also appear in concert with the Frost Concert Jazz Band on February 20.

Feb 22nd, 2009. 7:30 p.m.  The 2008-2009 concert season of the University of Miami Choral Studies Program continues on Sunday, February 22nd with “A Romantic Compass” at St. Philip’s Church in Coral Gables. The concert will feature the Frost Maelstrom men’s chorus, the Frost Women’s Chamber Ensemble, and the Frost Chamber Singers, performing choral music that is from or inspired by the … +

UM's Frost School of Music. Mar 30th and 31st, 2009.  The University of Miami Frost School of Music continues the Stamps Family Distinguished Visitors Series with Anthony Davis, Dafnis Prieto, and Charles Koppleman: In Conversation, discussing their opera-in- progress, Revolution of Forms. The opera examines the rise and fall of Cuba’s National Art Schools. The work is presented through the eyes of architect … +

January 3rd and 4th, 2009.  The Girl Choir of South Florida is presenting Duelling Divas: The Battle Begins, a full-production comedic operatic revue, on January 3rd at 8:00 p.m. and January 4th at 3:00 p.m. at the Colony Theatre in Miami Beach.

December 2008.  The Cintas Foundation and the Frost Art Museum at Florida International University today announced the start of the annual competition for the 2009 Brandon Fradd Fellowship in Music Composition administered by the foundation and the Cintas Fellowship Program at The Frost. Applicants for the music fellowship must submit original musical compositions and recordings of their work by January 30th, 2009. … +

February 19th, 2009. 7:30 p.m.  The University of Miami Frost School of Music continues the Stamps Family Distinguished Visitors Series with a master class by music visionary Phil Ramone. The music legend will visit the campus on Thursday, February 19th at 7:30 p.m. at the Victor E. Clarke Recital Hall located at 5501 San Amaro Drive. This unique learning opportunity, which is an … +

Florida Grand Opera. From Jan 10th through Apr 6th, 2009.  Florida Grand Opera’s highly anticipated new Superstar Concert Series will premiere on Saturday, January 10th, 2009, at the Knight Concert Hall at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County.  Last summer, General Director Robert Heuer invited Judy Drucker to join the company as Senior Artistic Advisor and to … +

New to the Miami Music Scene. August 2008.  The European songwriter / composer-team Torben Riise and Ian Nilsen announced today the formation of Celeste Music and Entertainment, LLC, a music production and publishing house in Miami, and the release of its first single.

P.A.T.H. Hip Hop Camp for Teens. Summer 2008.This summer, Miami Light Project will partner up with several top Hip Hop artists in Miami to present a four-week summer camp for teens. P.A.T.H. (Preserving, Archiving and Teaching Hip-Hop) is a program designed to increase awareness of the breadth and richness of Hip Hop culture and to bring together young people from 14 to … +

Carnival Center for the Performing Arts. December 3rd, 2007. 7:30 p.m. The Peacock Education Center at the Carnival Center for the Performing Arts will host a lecture by composer Jason Freeman as part of isaw’s Understanding Sound Series in partnership with the Carnival Center for the Performing Arts. Composer Jason Freeman will discuss the ideas and intricacies behind the making of his … +

Arts at St. Johns. October 20th, 2007. 8:00 p.m. Arts at St. Johns, located at 4760 Pine Tree Drive in Miami Beach, will present Miami Jazz Project, an evening of classic jazz celebrating the music of Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Freddie Hubbard, Mongo Santamaria, Jimmy Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn. Musicians invited include Arthur Barron, Saul … +

Carnival Center for the Performing Arts. November 24th, 2007. 8:00 p.m. Caetano Veloso’s Ce was released by Nonesuch Records earlier this year to critical and popular success both inside and out of Brazil. The record includes twelve original songs by Veloso, who recorded them in the spring and summer of 2006 with a rock band of younger musicians: Pedro Sa (electric guitar), … +

Gusman Theater in Downtown Miami. November 16th, 2007.  8:00 p.m. Senegalese popular music known in the Wolof language as mbalax, an enchanting blend of Senegal's traditional percussion and griot singing with Afro-Cuban and indigenous dance flavors, has found in Youssou N' Dour both its enduring symbol and its hardiest innovator. N'Dour, born in 1959 in Dakar, a vocal artist with incredible range … +

Studio A in Downtown Miami. October 28th, 2007. 8:00 p.m. With a war cry and monkey leaps, Macaco, which stands for Crazy Monkey, climbs the stage at Studio A in Downtown Miami with his group and the audience finds itself transported to the midst of the musical cauldron of Barcelona – an intoxicating blend of rumba catalan, rock, dub reggae, funk, hiphop, … +