Aside from its political and commercial global familiarities (Evita Peron, gauchos, big sides of beef), Argentina can boast major literary figures such as Jorge Luis Borges, Julio Cortázar and even Manuel Puig. It also has some considerable classical musical figures, such as Alberto Ginastera. But the most well-known of its composers worldwide is surely Astor […]

With the arrival of spring this week, thoughts turn to a mix of soul greenery and painful reflection, and there are three events this weekend that help us get there: • First up is the return of Mercury Soul to the New World Center in Miami Beach for its second appearance this season. This three-person […]

For every group of budding musicians that get together to form a rock band, there seem to be almost as many classical groups these days doing the same. One of the most popular ensembles to form is the string quartet, which has a vast and beautiful repertoire at its beck and call. A string quintet, […]

It’s taken more than 20 years, but at last Carson Kievman is going to get his premiere. The founder of the SoBe Institute of the Arts spent four years writing an opera based on Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” for the legendary director Joe Papp, only to have Papp’s untimely death from cancer in 1991 leave the work […]

This weekend features an appearance by the excellent British pianist Stephen Hough, who comes to Julian Kreeger’s Friends of Chamber Music of Miami series for a solo recital. Kreeger has gathered a selection of pianists this year, and Hough is among the most interesting. He’s a composer and blogger, as well as a pianist, and […]

You don’t often find the names of Florence Price and John W. Work III on organ recitals, much less classical music programs in general. But this afternoon at St. Agnes Episcopal Church in Miami, works by these two African-American composers and three others will be featured on a Black History Month celebration event. The organist […]

For almost 20 years now, Miami has been home to an annual festival of new classical composition and performance. What began in 1993 as the May in Miami Music Festival became the Miami New Music Festival not long after that, and last month it got under way with an organ recital by New York-based Will […]

Classical music concerts haven’t always been in big, imposing halls with sound baffles, ushers and clearly marked exits. Like music of every kind down to the present day, much of it was written for intimate settings, such as a modest home or a small coffeehouse. Tomorrow night, the Miami Beach hotel The Betsy is holding […]