July 15, 2010:

Fun in the Sun

Summer is "Festival time"--a time to step back and take a breath of new air; to explore and refocus for a new season.


Whether you are heading to the mountains or the beach; yearning for Brahms, Ravel, or Philip Glass; follow Marin's calendar for great performances.

Highlight: Cabrillo Festival of New Music

The Cabrillo Festival is my artistic oasis. My time there working with the incredible musicians of the Festival Orchestra and our amazing soloists; collaborating with so many living composers; spending time coaching talented young conductors and composers, re-energizes me and reminds me once again why we all are so privileged to be artists!

--Marin Alsop

April 14, 2010:

Recordings

From major classics to some hard-to-find gems, Marin has been busy with new recordings.


Last year she released a critically acclaimed recording of Leonard Bernstein's "Mass" with the Baltimore Symphony that earned a Grammy nomination for best classical album. In 2008, the BSO recorded Dvorak's Symphony No. 9, "From the New World," which the BBC Music Magazine nominated for best new classical CD of the year. Other recent releases include “Nixon in China” and works by Harris, Copland, and Barber.




Marin Alsop leads a vigorous new recording of John Adams's Nixon in China that affirms the opera's status as a modern classic.

--Opera News

September 18, 2009:

The Bernstein Project

Artistic Director Marin Alsop curates a season-long project celebrating the great icon of 20th-century music making, Leonard Bernstein, including more than 30 performances, talks and workshops. Find out more at Southbank Centre.



[Bernstein] was a thinker, teacher, author, television star, provocateur, humanitarian and he was my hero. As with all true mentors, Bernstein taught me much more than a craft. He showed me--and the world--the enormous power of music and how important it is to share it with as much of humanity as is possible. He showed us that classical music is a powerful force that can transform lives as well as inspire and move people and he lived by those principles.

--Marin Alsop

August 21, 2009:

New Bernstein Mass CD Released

This is, handily, the best sung, best played, most intelligently interpreted recording of Mass currently available. Marin Alsop knits the whole ensemble together with infallible insight and verve.


Alsop never has made a finer recording--it's both a tribute to her mentor Leonard Bernstein, as well as to her exceptional talent as an exponent of his music.

--David Hurwitz, Classics Today

In London?

Plan to attend the Bernstein Project at the Southbank Centre. Artistic Director Marin Alsop curates this season-long project celebrating the great icon of 20th-century music making, Leonard Bernstein, including performances, talks and workshops.

July 11, 2009:

Alsop Counts Down to Cabrillo Festival's 2009 Season

With dozens of new scores in hand, the Maestra will head to the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music in Santa Cruz, California to celebrate her 18th season and the Festival's 47th, from August 2 through 16. Marin will be joined by ten preeminent and up-and-coming composers-in-residence from around the world (Enrico Chapela, Brett Dean, Avner Dorman, Osvaldo Golijov, David Heath, Matthew Hindson, Lee Johnson, Ingram Marshal, Kevin Puts, and Joby Talbot), a stellar group of guest artists, and one of her "favorite orchestras on the planet." "The foremost annual showcase for new orchestral music in North America" (San Jose Mercury News 2008), Cabrillo Festival will present five orchestral programs.

The Festival's website includes an online brochure, program notes, audio and video clips, artist biographies, and a complete schedule of events, including open rehearsals.

Having just won ASCAP's top national award, plus a direct grant from the NEA's American Recovery and Reinvestment Funds, Irvine Foundations' Arts Regional Initiative Grant, and continued recognition for its leading role in the creation and presentation of new works for orchestra, the Festival and all its fans are ready for another inspiring summer of music making with Marin.

Tickets are on sale now.