Devos Hall
Cinematic Shostakovich and 'optimistic, absolutely stunning' music by Mozart come to Grand Rapids Symphony stage
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Submitted 01-09-2020 under NONPROFITS
Dmitri Shostakovich was one of the most subversive composers in the history of music who lived to tell the tale. Under orders from the communist regime to produce a piece commemorating a peasant uprising against Tsar Nicholas II of Russia,...
Grand Rapids Symphony celebrates Christmas with new sights and sounds, unexpected surprises at Holiday Pops
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Submitted 12-03-2019 under NONPROFITS
December is the time of year for decorating, baking, shopping and spending time with friends and family. It’s also one of the best times of the year for celebrating with the gift of music. Enjoy the holidays with timeless music and much more...
Two women, Grammy winning conductor and African-American violinist, join Grand Rapids Symphony for music by Prokofiev and more, Nov. 15-16
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Submitted 11-12-2019 under NONPROFITS
In the world of Classical Music, fewer women than men are major soloists on violin or piano. Even fewer women hold posts as conductors or music directors. Fewest of all are the number of women whose music is performed regularly in the concert hall....
Grand Rapids Symphony's Marcelo Lehninger's mother, pianist Sonia Goulart, joins orchestra for Chopin and Brahms
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Submitted 05-13-2019 under NONPROFITS
Some pregnant women will make a special effort to listen to classical music in hopes of inducing the “Mozart Effect” on their child-to-be. All Sonia Goulart had to do was go about her normal daily life. The Brazilian pianist taught music...
Grand Rapids Pops plays the great musical themes from 'Star Wars,' 'Star Trek,' 'Lord of the Rings' and more, May 10-12
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Submitted 05-08-2019 under NONPROFITS
At Disneyland, the grand opening of Galaxy Edge’s theme park, complete with new music, Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge Symphonic Suite, by John Williams, is just weeks away. In Grand Rapids, you can get your Star Wars fix in DeVos Hall this...
Grammy Award winner from West Michigan joins Grand Rapids Symphony and Choruses for massive Mahler Symphony No. 3
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Submitted 04-10-2019 under NONPROFITS
Michelle DeYoung, a three-time Grammy Award-winning singer, was born in Grand Rapids into a musical family while her father was studying at Calvin Theological Seminary to become a minister. Growing up in Colorado, DeYoung followed in the footsteps...
Grand Rapids Symphony features International Tchaikovsky Competition medalist playing Rachmaninoff's popular Piano Concerto No. 2
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Submitted 03-13-2019 under NONPROFITS
Seven years ago, pianist George Li was named a Gilmore Young Artist of the Irving S. Gilmore International Keyboard Festival and made his debut with the Grand Rapids Symphony, performing Schumann’s Piano Concerto in A for the symphony’s...
'Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl' comes to the GR Pops stage, March 8-10
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Submitted 03-06-2019 under NONPROFITS
Famed film composer Hans Zimmer thought The Lion King and Gladiator were great projects, which is why he signed up to compose the music for those films. When director Gore Verbinski invited the film composer of Inception and The Dark Knight trilogy...
Grand Rapids Symphony holds 5th Grade Concert for an audience of just one lucky child
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Submitted 02-13-2019 under NONPROFITS
Grand Rapids Symphony Fifth Grade Concerts typically bring 15,000 to 16,000 elementary school students downtown to DeVos Performance Hall each February for a live performance with a real symphony orchestra playing music by Bach, Beethoven and...
Grand Rapids Symphony welcomes Itzhak Perlman, Olga Kern, 'Ghostbusters,' 'Up,' 'Home Alone' for 90th anniversary season
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Submitted 02-01-2019 under NONPROFITS
Grand Rapids Symphony’s 90th anniversary season, by the numbers, could hardly be more impressive. The 2019-20 season opening in September welcomes Itzhak Perlman, one of the greatest violinists of our time, performing with the Grand Rapids...