Cleveland Institute of Music
----- 25) 05.14.14 -----
SPONSORED: Call Ripley because... believe it or not... it's Time to Tango with the Women's Committee of CIM. Pianist Anita Pontremoli, fellow faculty and star students combine their tantalizing talents for a benefit event featuring enticing tango music at the Mayfield Sand Ridge Club in South Euclid on Sat 6/7. For tickets, call 216.795.3209.
----- 24) 04.02.14 -----
SPONSORED: The youngest artist and only current CIM student to appear in their signature Mixon Hall Masters Series, Daniil Trifonov takes CIM's Kulas Hall stage for another unprecedented debut, performing a benefit concert for the music conservatory that helped shape him into a composer/virtuoso. For tickets, call 216.795.3211 or visit CIM.edu
----- 23) 03.26.14 -----
SPONSORED: "Favorite and unusual..." That's how artistic director David Bamberger describes the opera scenes audiences will experience during CIM's Sensational Spring Scenes program, 4/11-4/13. With John Simmons on piano, singers will perform pieces from Carmen, The Marriage of Figaro, Fidelio, Pagliacci and Madama Butterfly. For tickets, call 216.795.3211 or visit CIM.edu
----- 22) 03.05.14 -----
SPONSORED: CIM, joined by instrumentalists and singers from several community organizations, brought down the house with Mahler's Second Symphony in 2012. On Fri 3/28 they'll make music with the community for the community when Joel Smirnoff conducts Beethoven's Ninth at Severance Hall! Tickets are free, reserve yours today at 216.231.1111 or ClevelandOrchestra.com.
----- VIDEO 1) 02.19.14 -----
Cleveland Institute of Music composition students Alex Cooke & Jack Hughes are writing soundtrack music to videos designed by Cleveland Institute of Art students to be shown on the dome projectors at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History's Shafran Planetarium on Tue 2/25 as part of 360 Degrees of Sight + Sound: The Planetarium Project. CIM.edu
----- 21) 02.05.14 -----
SPONSORED: Sounds like the sea... and heartbreak! This winter David Bamberger and the CIM Opera Theater present A Celebration of English Opera performing Purcell's Dido & Aeneas and Vaughn Williams' Riders to the Sea, 2/26-3/1. As the title suggestions, both works are sung in English. For tickets, call 216.795.3211 or visit CIM.edu
----- 20) 01.29.14 -----
SPONSORED: Today, there aren't many artists who can be called "pioneers" in the classical music genre. Meredith Monk, known for her "extended vocal technique" and "interdisciplinary performance," can be! Experience the composer, singer, and choreographer dubbed "one of America’s coolest composers" at CIM, 2/21/14. For tickets, call 216.795.3211 or visit CIM.edu
----- 19) 01.15.14 -----
SPONSORED: CIM & Severance, a perfect match! The CIM Orchestra LOVES performing at Severance Hall! Feel the love yourself when CIM returns to Severance Wed 2/12 playing works by Rossini, Shostakovich and, a composer near and dear to us, Ernest Bloch. Tickets start at $5! Order by phone: 216-231-1111 or visit ClevelandOrchestra.com.
----- 18) 01.08.14 -----
SPONSORED: What do you do when you've mastered classical piano repertoire at an early age, receiving critical acclaim for performances with world renowned orchestras? You improvise! Pianist Gabriela Montero brings her brilliant and nuanced classical interpretations AND MORE to the Mixon Hall stage 1/23/14. For tickets, call 216-795-3211 or visit CIM.edu.
-----17) 10.23.13-----
SPONSORED: Take a Short Ride in a Fast Machine to Severance Hall on Wed 11/20 to experience the CIM Orchestra with CIM Concerto Competition winner, violinist Kyung Ah Oh, performing works vintage and modern by composers John Adams, Jean Sibelius and Hector Berlioz. Tix start at $5; call 216.231.1111 or visit ClevelandOrchestra.com.
-----16) 10.16.13-----
SPONSORED: Celebrate good opera- come on! David Bamberger does it again, delivering an inventive interpretation of Mozart's The Magic Flute, 11/6-11/9. A sweet story that's also allegory, we follow our hero on a quest to save the girl... but all is not as it seems. For tickets, call 216.795.3211 or visit CIM.edu
-----15) 10.02.13-----
SPONSORED: One Night Only! Violinists Mark O'Connor and Kelly Hall-Thompkins, violist Gillian Gallagher and cellist Patrice Jackson, the O'Connor String Quartet, are among the most talented string players on the chamber music scene. CIM and CMA combined resources to bring this foursome to Cleveland for one night only! For tickets, call 216.421.7350 or ClevelandArt.org.
-----14) 09.18.13-----
SPONSORED: Most music students aspire to play in the world's greatest concert halls. CIM students actually DO! This season, the CIM Orchestra will perform five concerts at Severance Hall, home of The Cleveland Orchestra, with the first concert on Wed 10/9. Tix start at $5. Call 216-231-1111 or visit ClevelandOrchestra.com.
-----ED) 09.11.13-----
When Cool Cleveland spoke to Russian-born pianist and composer Lera Auerbach, she explained how she develops some of the over 100 musical compositions she's written: she dreams.
Listen to the Cool Cleveland interview with the first artist featured in CIM's Mixon Hall Masters Series featuring "The Return of the Composer/Virtuoso," in this telephone interview, then see and hear her in person on Tue 9/17.
-----13) 09.11.13-----
SPONSORED: The Next Genration Russian-born pianist/composer Lera Auerbach is part of the new generation of musicians building the next great repertoire, composing works like The Little Mermaid ballet and The Blind, an a cappella opera in 12 parts. She's coming to Cleveland Tue 9/17 for CIM’s Mixon Hall Masters Series. For tickets, call 216-795-3211.
-----12) 04.17.13-----
SPONSORED: Yes! Oui! Ja! Students around the world want to study at the Cleveland Institute of Music, but can they? Scholarships play a key role in their ability to attend. Now thru 5/1, CIM is conducting a fundraising challenge to support scholarships. Will you accept the challenge? SAY YES! CIM.edu/sayyes
-----11) 04.10.13-----
SPONSORED: Scenes & Be Seen... This season, CIM's Opera Theater celebrated the marriage of music and comedy with Il matrimonio segreto and got deadly serious with Dialogues of the Carmelites. Now, CIM brings balance - and fantasy - to the stage with a selection of Sensational Scenes, 4/19-4/21. Info & tickets at CIM.edu or 216.795.3211.
-----10) 04.03.13-----
SPONSORED: Don't Miss the Finale! The Cleveland Institute of Music Orchestra wraps up its 2012-2013 CIM@Severance Concert Series with an all Beethoven concert featuring guest artists the KALICHSTEIN-LAREDO-ROBINSON TRIO. The CIM Orchestra will be conducted by one of CIM's newest faculty members, Jaime Laredo. Tickets are $5; reserve yours at 216.231.1111. CIM.edu.
-----9) 03.13.13-----
SPONSORED: Make your Mid-week More Musical... The Cleveland Institute of Music Orchestra returns to Severance Hall on Wed 3/27 at 8PM as part of their 2012-2013 CIM @ Severance Concert Series performing works by Mussorgsky, Grieg and Prokofiev under the baton of Carl Topilow. Tickets are $5; reserve yours at 216.231.1111. CIM.edu.
-----8) 02.27.13-----
SPONSORED: Take a Sentimental Journey with GRAMMY Award-winning soprano Christine Brewer and pianist Craig Terry, as they wrap up CIM's 2012-13 Mixon Hall Masters Season performing American Art Songs by Samuel Barber, Alan Smith, Richard Rodgers, Irving Berlin and more. Tix are $28/$40; order yours today at 216-795-3211 or visit CIM.edu.
-----7) 02.13.13-----
SPONSORED: Before there was Les Miz... Francis Poulenc gave music lovers something to talk about! Decades before anyone heard the name Jean Valjean, Poulenc penned Dialogues of the Carmelites - a hauntingly beautiful story of sacrifice set during an earlier French revolt. Presented by the CIM Opera Theater Wed 2/27 - Sun 3/2, tickets: 216.795.3211 or CIM.edu/dialogues
-----6) 01.23.13-----
SPONSORED: Where is the Love? On Sat 1/26 at 8PM, you'll find it at Severance Hall when internationally acclaimed songstress Roberta Flack Sets the Night to Music with the CIM Orchestra. Tix start at $45, and support the musicians studying at CIM. CIM.edu or order tix at 216-231-1111 or ClevelandOrchestra.com.
-----5) 12.19.12-----
SPONSORED: Set the Night to Music with internationally acclaimed songstress Roberta Flack and the CIM Orchestra at Severance Hall, Sat 1/26 at 8PM. Listen to her Cool Cleveland interview here. Give the gift of music and give back! Tix start at $45, and support the musicians studying at CIM. CIM.edu or order tix at 216-231-1111 or ClevelandOrchestra.com.
-----ED) 12.04.12-----
This legend of soul, jazz, pop and folk appears at Severance Hall with the Cleveland Institute of Music Orchestra on Sat 1/26/13 in a 5PM gala benefit event entitled Set The Night To Music, featuring cocktails, silent auction, dinner, premier concert seating, and complimentary parking. 8PM Concert-only tix are also available.
Cool Cleveland spoke with Ms. Flack in an exclusive telephone interview in which they discussed her background as the youngest-ever music student at the prestigious Howard University, the importance of arts education, and how she felt when The Fugees covered her massive hit Killing Me Softly, and updated it for the Hip-Hop generation. Along the way, Ms. Flack comments on the proliferation of TV shows like The Voice that discourage creativity. Listen to the interview here.
-----4) 10.31.12-----
SPONSORED: Opera's Longest Encore? When Il matrimonio segreto (The Secret Marriage) premiered in 1792, Emperor Leopold II liked it so much, he had the cast perform it all again! Experience this Italian comic opera yourself when CIM performs it at 7:30PM, 11/7-11/10. For tickets, call 216.795.3211 or visit CIM.edu.
-----3) 10.24.12-----
SPONSORED: Like Cher, One Name Says It All
Her name is Midori - she's a violinist who made her professional debut with the NY Philharmonic in 1982 at age 11. On Mon 11/5 at 8PM, this classic music icon performs in CIM's Mixon Hall. For tickets, call 216.795.3211 or visit CIM.edu
-----2) 10.10.12-----
SPONSORED: CIM's newest Teachers Take the Stage On Wed 10/17 at 8PM CIM faculty members, violinist Jaime Laredo and cellist Sharon Robinson joined by their partner of 35 years, pianist Joseph Kalichstein, perform in CIM's beautiful, state-of-the-art Mixon Hall. Tickets start at $28. Order by phone: 216.795.3211 or online at CIM.edu.
-----1) 09.26.12-----
SPONSORED: CIM@Severance Is Where It's At on Wed 10/10 at 8PM, when CIM makes a return trip to Severance Hall. Performing on the same stage as many of their instructors, the CIM musicians perform Mendelssohn, Dvorak and Stravinsky. Carl Topilow conducts with Andris Koh on cello. Simulcast on 104.9 FM. Tickets are $5! Order by phone: 216-231-1111 or online at ClevelandOrchestra.com.