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Margaret Leng Tan, piano

Margaret Leng Tan has established herself as a major force within the American avant-garde. Tan, whose work embraces theatre, choreography, performance, has been called “the diva of avant-garde pianism” by The New Yorker. She is renowned as a pre-eminent John Cage interpreter (her mentor of eleven years) and for her performances of American and Asian music that transcend the piano’s conventional boundaries. She has been hailed as “the queen of the toy piano” (The New York Times) and “the toy piano’s Rubenstein” (The Independent, UK).

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Music in Mind: Henri at 100: Mystery and Memory

Standing at the intersection of tonality, modality and serialism, Henri Dutilleux (1916–2013) came of age in France during the Second World War. He absorbed and mastered all the dominant strands of European musical tradition and was likely the greatest living composer in his later life.

Dutilleux created a new musical language of beauty, exoticism and passion from the wreckage of postwar Europe. Join the UMD School of Music for an engaging cross-disciplinary retrospective of the composer’s most powerful compositions presented with works of Debussy and Ravel.

CRMSDC's Leaders and Legends Awards Ceremony featuring the Top 100

The Leaders and Legends Awards Ceremony is the Capital Region Minority Supplier Development Council's signature event. It recognizes the achievements of the Capital Region's top minority-owned businesses, dynamic industry leaders and major corporations that are committed to Supplier Diversity. This upscale evening of honor and elegance brings together the mid-Atlantic's business community. The Awards Ceremony includes a reception, entertainment and presentation of awards that include MBE Suppliers of the Year, Corporation of the Year, Reginald F.

Dakshina Summer Performances (SUNDAY CANCELLED)

Saturday show: Dakshina/Daniel Phoenix Singh Dance Company returns to Dance Place with a full evening of Anna Sokolow favorites including “Kafka,” “Dreams” and “Magritte, Magritte.” Reviwing Dakshina’s performance of "Magritte, Magritte," The Washington Post's Sarah Kaufman lauds Lorry May’s restaging of the Sokolow classics on Dakshina and writes: “Yet Sokolow isn’t so surreal after all. If Magritte’s paintings take us away from reality, Sokolow’s treatment of them returns us to this world. It can’t help but do so. We’re watching human beings.

National Orchestral Institute + Festival enters global classical music market

Naxos

This July, the National Orchestral Institute + Festival releases its first live recording on the internationally renowned Naxos record label. The release marks the festival’s official entry into the global classical music market.

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2015 National Orchestral Institute Festival
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Corigliano
Torke
Copland
Appalachian Spring

Jim Brickman Comfort & Joy Holiday Tour 2016: Holiday Tour 2016

Piano sensation Jim Brickman brings you songs, sounds and stories of the season with Comfort & Joy, the 2016 Holiday tour. Billboard Magazine praises Brickman who “makes musical magic” and "evokes warm sentiments” as he celebrates his 20-year Christmas concert tradition. Brickman combines yuletide memories with new music, holiday classics and modern favorites like “The Gift,” “Sending You A Little Christmas,” “Peace”, “Angel Eyes” and “If You Believe.” Jim Brickman’s music reminds us that faith, love and togetherness are what we value most this time of year.

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