Music

Roll camera! NWS goes to the movies, performing selections from Hollywood films like Ben-Hur; Schindler’s List; Lawrence of Arabia; Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon; The Wizard of Oz and more. In the director’s seat for this special performance is Richard Kaufman, renowned pops conductor, who will also be joined by violinist Philippe Quint. Select works will be accompanied by film clips projected over the orchestra.

 

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a live concert performed by children

Beethoven and DBR 
May 13 at 8:00pm at Coral Gables Museum
 
Program:
Beethoven String Quartet in F major, Op.59 #1 (Razumovsky) (1808) 
Roumain String Quartet #4 (Angelou) (2004)

 

 

Beethoven and DBR May 15 at 2:00pm  at The Gallery @ The Betsy Hotel, 1433 Collins Ave. 

Program:
Beethoven String Quartet in F major, Op.59 #1 (Razumovsky) (1808) 
Roumain String Quartet #4 (Angelou) (2004)
 

 

Smetana and Mozart  April 22 at 8:00pm at The Gallery @ The Betsy Hotel, 1433 Collins Ave. 
   
Program:
Smetana Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 15 (1855)
Mozart Piano Quartet No 2 in E Flat Major, KV 493 (1786) 
 

 

Smetana and Mozart April 21 at 8:00pm at Coral Gables Museum

Program:   
Smetana Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 15 (1855)
Mozart Piano Quartet No 2 in E Flat Major, KV 493 (1786) 
 

 

After triumphant, sold out performances at last season’s concerts at the Historic Hampton House, FGO will present a concert of Jazz entitled Singing at the Sandrell. Located in Miami-Dade’s Liberty City, and adjacent to Brownsville, Lemon City/Little Haiti and Little River, the Sandrell Rivers Theater is the perfect venue for these unique concerts that will feature some of the finest local singers. Program includes: Songs from composers like Gershwin, Porter, Berlin, Rodgers, Van Heusen and more that made up the great American songbook, and songs such as “I Get a Kick Out of You,” “Cheek to Cheek,” “Blue Moon,” and “Call Me Irresponsible.”

A beloved staple in the operatic repertoire all over the world, Giuseppe Verdi’s Rigoletto is a timeless story of betrayal, dashed dreams and mistaken identity, worthy of the best cinematic thriller. Rigoletto follows the conquests of the rakish Duke, who survives revenge plots and schemes along the way. Gilda, whom he has betrayed and abandoned, saves him in the final scene of the opera by sacrificing her life, leaving her own father broken and alone. Containing some of the most recognizable arias, a sweeping story and intense emotions, Rigoletto is sure to delight everyone from opera aficionados and newcomers alike.

Born in Poland, Mr. Labazevitch studied at the Odessa Conservatory in Ukraine, with Anatoly Kardashev, before immigrating to the United States, and obtaining scholarship to study at the Manhattan School of Music with Mme Nina Svetlanova and later with Cuban-American virtuoso Horacio Gutierrez. Recently he received his Doctoral Degree, studying with Jose Ramos Santana. He has worked with many renowned artists as Dmitri Bashkirov, Lazar Berman, Isidore Cohen, Bella Davidovich, Philippe Entremont, Stephen Hough, Ruth Laredo and Earl Wild. PROGRAM Schubert - Sonata in G major D.894 Chopin/Liszt - Maiden’s Wish, Spring, Drinking Song Chopin Nocturne Op.55 No.2 Ballade No.4 Op. 52 He is the Artistic Director of the Kosciuszko Foundation Chopin Piano Competition, founder of the Chopin Piano Academy in Washington D.C. and Co-Artistic Director of the Puerto Rico International Music Festival in San Juan. Mr. Labazevitch is a Steinway Artist.

Arooj Aftab’s liminal sound floats between classical minimalism and new age, Sufi devotional poetry and electronic trance, jazz structures and states of pure being. NPR praised her single “Lullaby” as one of the “Greatest Songs By 21st Century Women+”; the New York Times called her “Island No. 2” one of the “25 Best Classical Music Tracks of 2018”; she has been awarded a 2020 Academy Award composing music for film. If that weren't enough—Barack Obama added Aftab to his 2021 Summer Playlist. Raised in a music-loving family in Lahore, Pakistan, Aftab absorbed imported pop, south Asian classical music, and urdu poetry set to sound. In Pakistan, she recorded a humble and beautiful acoustic cover of “Hallelujah” that became a viral treasure. Moving to the US to attend the Berklee College of Music, her audio universe suddenly opened up, revealing abstract jazz and modern composition that would allow her to stretch her sense of song and magnificent voice into totally immersive states of being. Now based in Brooklyn, Arooj Aftab and her quintet make her Florida debut with this concert at the Bandshell, en route to Big Ears Festival in Knoxville. This event continues the Rhythm Foundation's Axis of Love series. About Axis of Love: This concert is a part of the Rhythm Foundation’s continuing Axis of Love Series The series launched in 2017, with the goal of injecting positivity and empathy into the global conversation. It highlights artists from the Middle East and North Africa, creating a meditative space with instrumental, traditional and innovative sounds.