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Based on Hans Christian Andersen’s sobering tale, Helmut Lachenmann's opera, The Little Match Girl, explores the character's last moments as she gazes…
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Dianne Richardson has been vocal coach for Spoleto performers since the beginning. She began her work, playing piano at rehearsals as well as coaching, at…
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World premiere of "Drag Down the Sky" by Spoleto Chamber Music Composer-in-Residence Osvaldo GolijovGeoff Nuttall, The Charles E. and Andrea L. Volpe Director for Chamber Music for the Bank of America Chamber Music series, today announced more details…
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The Jason Moran Fats Waller Dance Party recalls the sounds of Harlem in the 1920’s with Moran’s innovative take on the music of Fats Waller.Jason Moran is…
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Soprano in U.S. premiere of Lachenmann’s The Little Match Girl at Spoleto Finds the Work ChallengingHans Christian Andersen’s story The Little Match Girl tells the tragic tale of a young girl trying to survive in the bitter cold, striking matches for…
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The 40th Spoleto Festival U.S.A. is in full swing. The music and arts festival opened Friday and runs through the middle of June. In his speech opening…
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Pianist Randy Weston and his African Rhythms Sextet combine the sounds of traditional African music with American jazz. Pianist Randy Weston was born in…
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Winner of the 2010 Thelonious Monk Competition, CecileMcLorinSalvant performs her interpretations of the standards and shares some original songs,…
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Steven Sloane is a former music director of Spoleto Festival USA. He returns to the festival this year to conduct over 140 musicians for the 40th-Season…
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Erwin Redl investigates the process of “reverse engineering” by (re-)translating the abstract aesthetical language of virtual reality and 3D computer…