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SA Magazine Feature Story on The Gurwitz 2020
San Antonio Magazine showcases The Gurwitz 2020 with a feature story in their Culture section:https://www.sanantoniomag.com/enjoy-free-music-at-the-gurwitz-international-piano-competition/
The Gurwitz 2020 in 78209 Magazine
78209 Magazine's "Outside '09" event highlights include The Gurwitz 2020 International Piano Competition in their January issue! Check it out here:https://78209magazine.com/outside-09/outside-09-26
SA Magazine Puts Gurwitz on 10 Events To Start 2020!
The Gurwitz has been added to San Antonio Magazine's 10 Events to Start 2020! Check it out in the link below:https://www.sanantoniomag.com/10-events-to-start-2020/
Suhail Arastu Featured On the Cover of Maestro Magazine!
Our own Advancement Director, Suhail Arastu, is the feature story for the premiere issue for Maestro Magazine, whose mission is "Empowering & Entertaining Entrepreneurs". Click here to check out the issue online!
Season 22 Grand Opening Concert! | Moscow Nights
This Sunday! From Buckingham Palace to the grand opening of Musical Bridges’ 22nd Season, Nina Kotova brings her elegant cello performance to the San Fernando Cathedral, joined by the premier Russian String Orchestra headed by music director Misha Rachlevsky. This free concert is followed by a dessert reception, and will now include a...
David Robinson Announced as Honorary Chairman!
David Robinson, 10-time NBA All-Star and one of the 50 greatest players in NBA history, will pay tribute to the role music has played in his life by serving as Honorary Chair of the 2020 Gurwitz International Piano Competition!"I have been blessed to call San Antonio my home for the last three decades and watch the city become...
The Gurwitz Announces 12 Contestants!
~~~~ Check out our feature in the Rivard Report detailing the press conference last Wednesday at the Tobin Center! ~~~ This past Wednesday, we announced via press conference our 12 contestants chosen for the 2020 competition set in January. 76 pianists, from the following 21 nations, vied to take part in this quadrennial "Olympics" of...
Musical Bridges Around the World Announces Union with San Antonio International Piano Competition
Musical Bridges Around the World will absorb the San Antonio International Piano Competition, which is held every four years. “We are excited about presenting the 2020 San Antonio International Piano Competition and each competition thereafter,” said Anya Grokhovski, MBAW artistic director and CEO. SAIPC President James Lucas said he is happy...
International Music Festival Returns
Musical Bridges Around the World’s annual festival features renowned Persian fiddle player Kayhan Kalhor Kayhan Kalhor knows life will always involve the mundane—bills, dishes, work—which is why the Grammy Award–nominated musician says music and culture are so crucial. “Some of us will be professional musicians and some will be professional...
Musical Bridges Around the World Announces Performances for 21st Season of ‘Musical Evenings at San Fernando Cathedral’
Musical Bridges Around the World continues its mission of uniting, educating and inspiring audiences through culturally diverse performing and visual arts programming with the start of the 21st season of the “Russell Hill Rogers Musical Evenings at San Fernando Cathedral” which begins Sunday, October 21. “In the spirit of the 2020 Gurwitz...
Weekender: Conjunto, Classical Music And A Stage Musical
In San Antonio this weekend you'll find plenty of music: Conjunto music, piano music and a musical stage drama. First off: Conjunto all weekend at the Tejano Conjunto Festival. Tejano Conjunto Festival Conjunto was born when Europeans brought accordions to South Texas, and locals paired them with bajo sexto, making the genre a San Antonio native...
Festival to Bridge Musical Differences With Culturally Diverse Program
The Austin Troubadours will perform March 29 as part of Musical Bridges Around the World's sixth annual International Music Festival. Causing heart attacks is not officially in the mission statement of Musical Bridges Around the World (MBAW), but its programming nearly caused a couple of them, according to founder Anya Grokhovski. The...
Sunday, 31 March/San Fernando Cathedral/7PM Family Affair: Janoska Ensemble from Vienna
Sunday, 31 March/San Fernando Cathedral/7pm Family Affair: Janoska Ensemble from Vienna New directions in music are currently trending under imaginative names, fusion and crossover categories are constantly expanding. But the classically-trained Janoska Ensemble crosses all boundaries with its polyglot musical language. Its debut CD, which...
Friday 29 March/San Fernando Cathedral/CHANGED TIME 8PM Enchanted tales of Renaissance: Austin Troubadours, Medieval and Renaissance European Music Ensemble
Friday, 29 March/San Fernando Cathedral/CHANGED TIME: 8PM Enchanted Tales of Renaissance: Austin Troubadours, Medieval and Renaissance European Music Ensemble The Austin Troubadours is an international group of instrumentalists and singers whose mission is to revive the beauty of musical masterpieces from Medieval and Renaissance Europe.” It is...
Sunday 24 March/Empire Theater/3PM Kaoru Watanabe’s Trio and Nao Kusuzaki, dance/Japan
Kaoru Watanabe Trio: Kaoru Watanabe (bamboo flute and taiko drumming), Satoshi Takeishi (percussion) and Maeve Gilchrist (Celtic Harp) Brooklyn-based composer and Japanese drum and flute virtuoso Kaoru Watanabe, known for his cross-cultural collaborations with such artists as cellist Yo-Yo Ma, jazz pianist Jason Moran, Japanese National...