Happy Birthday Beethoven! | Impresario Club & Musica Viva!

Happy Birthday Beethoven! | Impresario Club & Musica Viva!

The legendary Janoska Ensemble invites you to Vienna to celebrate the 250th Anniversary of Beethoven’s birth in the Austrian city where he spent much of his life composing his most eminent works. About Janoska Ensemble (Austria): The musical universe is infinite and the galaxy of best-loved composers alone contains thousands of musical suns. Stylistically, though, these are often musical light-years apart. The Janoska Ensemble has set out to span intergalactic distance with its unique synthesis of musical worlds and its venture has won it an enthusiastic international public in a remarkably short time. The four young progenitors of this art...

We Shall Overcome | Impresario Club & Musica Viva!

We Shall Overcome | Impresario Club & Musica Viva!

Join us as we journey across the globe visiting San Antonio Sister and Friendship Cities from Japan to Namibia, Mexico to China, Germany to India and beyond! Our international music ensemble shatters boundaries with a program of hope and resilience. Explore...

D’s on Keys

D’s on Keys

The Board of Directors cordially invites you to a special, virtual edition of D’s on Keys. In past years, we have highlighted the brilliance of our executives, scientists, musicians, D’s, MD’s, JD’s and professionals as they showcased their musical talents. Now, as we collectively honor the first responders and health care workers in our community, join us for a behind-the-mask conversation with our D’s as we not only hear them perform but also gain insight into the role that music has played in their lives. For the first time ever, we are making this event free and accessible to all. We invite you to join us on-line as we...

Special Summer Concert! | Musical Evenings at San Fernando Cathedral (Free & Open To The Public)

Special Summer Concert! | Musical Evenings at San Fernando Cathedral (Free & Open To The Public)

**Due to COVID-19, this event will be virtually broadcast online at musicalbridges.org/watch or YouTube** Tribute to the Violinist – Yuri Sheykhet Founder of Musical Bridges Around the World, Anya Grokhovski shares her family’s personal archives as they dedicate music for a memorial tribute to their father Yuri Sheykhet. This collection is an homage to Yuri’s career as a violinist in the Moscow Philharmonic and his enduring legacy with Musical Bridges through a compilation of intimate interviews and restored archival...

Moscow Nights | Musical Evenings at San Fernando Cathedral (Free & Open To The Public)

Moscow Nights | Musical Evenings at San Fernando Cathedral
(Free & Open To The Public)

RUSSIAN STRING ORCHESTRA (directed by Misha Rachlevsky) & NINA KOTOVA, cellist Music Director Misha Rachlevsky conducts some of Russia’s finest young string players for this one-of-a-kind concert with internationally-renowned cellist Nina Kotova (Russia/US). Musical Evenings at San Fernando Cathedral merge the historic architecture of the nation’s oldest continuously operating Catholic sanctuary with enchanting music of some of the finest, award-winning artists from around the globe! Get Your Free...

Under The Paris Sky | Musical Evenings at San Fernando Cathedral (Free & Open To The Public)

Under The Paris Sky | Musical Evenings at San Fernando Cathedral
(Free & Open To The Public)

VICTOR PRIETO, Accordion & THALEA STRING QUARTET Grammy Winner Victor Prieto (Spain) brings his international flavor of jazz accordion to pair with the vibrant performance of The Thalea String Quartet (Canada/US). Musical Evenings at San Fernando Cathedral merge the historic architecture of the nation’s oldest continuously operating Catholic sanctuary with enchanting music of some of the finest, award-winning artists from around the...

Suite Strings | Musical Evenings at San Fernando Cathedral (Free & Open To The Public)

Suite Strings | Musical Evenings at San Fernando Cathedral
(Free & Open To The Public)

AVI AVITAL, Mandolin & BRIDGET KIBBEY, Harp Spectacular Israeli-American mandolin-harp duo bring spectacular virtuosity to centre stage with a sophisticated program ranging from Bach to Villa-Lobos. Musical Evenings at San Fernando Cathedral merge the historic architecture of the nation’s oldest continuously operating Catholic sanctuary with enchanting music of some of the finest, award-winning artists from around the...

Dreams From Afar | Musical Evenings at San Fernando Cathedral (Free & Open To The Public)

Dreams From Afar | Musical Evenings at San Fernando Cathedral
(Free & Open To The Public)

MANE GALOYAN, Soprano & DUO: JOLENTE DE MAEYER, Violin & NIKOLAAS KENDE, Piano World Famous “Nightingale” soprano Mane Galoyan (Armenia), after her summer performances in London, will join award-winning Belgium violin-piano duo Jolente de Maeyer and Nikoolas Kende in a unique program of late European Romanticism. Musical Evenings at San Fernando Cathedral merge the historic architecture of the nation’s oldest continuously operating Catholic sanctuary with enchanting music of some of the finest, award-winning artists from around the...

DUO BALDO | Musical Evenings at San Fernando Cathedral (Free & Open To The Public)

DUO BALDO | Musical Evenings at San Fernando Cathedral
(Free & Open To The Public)

**Due to COVID-19, this event will be virtually broadcast online at musicalbridges.org/watch** The musical comedy team Duo Baldo (Italy) is renowned violinist Brad Repp and pianist/actor Aldo Gentileschi. Their critically acclaimed concerts combine virtuosic performances and theatrical humor.  Musical Evenings at San Fernando Cathedral merge the historic architecture of the nation’s oldest continuously operating Catholic sanctuary with enchanting music of some of the finest, award-winning artists from around the...

Friday, 22 March/Empire Theatre/7pm “East meets west”: Kayhan Kalhor (kamancheh or spike-fiddle), Iran and American String Quartet, Brooklyn Rider

Friday, 22 March/Empire Theatre/7pm “East meets west”: Kayhan Kalhor (kamancheh or spike-fiddle), Iran and American String Quartet, Brooklyn Rider

Kayhan Kalhor – kamancheh (spiked fiddle) Johnny Gandelsman – violin Colin Jacobsen – violin Nicholas Cords – viola Michael Nicolas – cello   Silent City, the “stunning collaboration” between Iranian kamancheh, or spike-fiddle, virtuoso Kayhan Kalhor and the adventurous, American string quartet, Brooklyn Rider has been hailed by the critics as “challenging music [that is] a real thrill ride” (Strings Magazine).     “The borough’s chief string quartet teamed up with the Iranian fiddler ­Kayhan Kalhor for one of those cross-cultural evenings that might have made no sense at all but instead displayed a loose, magical logic. One of...