Posts Tagged ‘concert’
Open Ears and Minds
KulturSeattle transplant Herb Levy settled in Fort Worth eight years ago so that his wife, painter Carol Ivey, could be closer to her family.
Klezmer Tango
Big TicketFort Worth’s cultural institutions continue to do their part to show us classical music as a vibrant, growing contemporary thing.
All-Mahler
Big TicketThe Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra presents a four-day, four-concert all-Gustav Mahler series this week featuring three of the composer’s outsized symphonies.
Mimir for 10 Years
Big TicketFor the world, 1997 brought the Spice Girls and the death of Princess Diana, but here in Fort Worth it gave birth to something happier: the Mimir Chamber Music Festival. Musicians from the Chicago Symphony and Cleveland Orchest...
Return to the Opera
Big TicketYou may not know the name of Thomas Pasatieri, but you’ve almost certainly heard his work.
Gold Fingers
Big TicketFor its first annual Allegro Guitar Festival and Allegro Amateur Competition, the Fort Worth Classic Guitar Society has made sure it’s in good hands.
Cliburn Times Three
Big TicketThe Cliburn Concert Series returns this week, and there’s more than ever of it to enjoy. This fall, the series expands into three different venues, each with its own focus. Subsuming the old Modern at the Modern series, the C...
Movies and Mimir
Big TicketThe Mimir Chamber Music Festival returns once again to restore intimacy and rigor to Fort Worth’s classical music scene after the Concerts in the Garden. This year’s event features a few new musicians and the same mix of fa...
An American in Limbo
Big TicketAlmost 70 years after his death, George Gershwin occupies a curious place in classical music. Widely acclaimed in his own time and for some decades afterward, the master of both popular song and concert-hall music has fallen in...
New Name, Same Notes
Big TicketEvery year, the TCU/Cliburn Piano Institute holds a month’s worth of recitals to give classical music lovers a way to get out of the heat. This year is somewhat different, though, as the educational institution and the concer...