International Concerts

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17th Khachaturian International Competition, 2021 – young conductors vie for the prizes in Armenia

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ArmeniaArmenia 17th Khachaturian International Competition, 2021 [I] – Opening Concert: Jonathan Swensen (cello), Armenian State Symphony Orchestra / Jun Sung-Park and Sergey Smbatyan (conductors). Aram Khachaturian Concert Hall, Yerevan, 6.6.2021. (CC)

Armenian State Symphony Orchestra in Yerevan’s Aram Khachaturian Concert Hall

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Harlem Chamber Players commemorate the Tulsa race massacre and Juneteenth with world premiere of TULSA 1921

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United StatesUnited States Various, Pity These Ashes: Tulsa 1921-2021: J’Nai Bridges (mezzo-soprano), Lady Jess (violinist), Ashley Jackson (harp), Terrance McKnight (narrator), Dancers from the Harlem School of the Arts, Harlem Chamber Players / Amadi Azikiwe (conductor), The Herb Alpert Center, Harlem School of the Arts, New York, 10.6.2021. (RP)

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Hymn to the City celebrates New York’s resilience and renewal after a year of trauma, loss and mourning

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United StatesUnited States Various, Hymn to the City: Lucy Dhegrae (mezzo-soprano), Paul Grosvenor (baritone), Marco Foster (vocals & guitar), Linda Kleinman (dancer), Catalyst Quartet, Members of the New York Philharmonic. Green-Wood Cemetery  Brooklyn, 5.6.2021. (RP)

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LOTNY presents Monteverdi’s Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda and other gems from the Seicento

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United StatesUnited States Monteverdi & Other Treasures from the Seicento: Summer Hassan (soprano), Michael Kuhn & Raúl Melo (tenors), Manami Mizumoto & Rebecca Nelson (violins), Majka Demcak (viola), Paul Holmes Morton (theorbo & guitar), Doug Balliett (bass instruments) / Elliot Figg (music director & harpsichord). The little OPERA theatre of ny, St. John’s in the Village, New York, 4.6.2021. Streamed by Musae live. (RP)

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