“Fleming’s voice floats and blooms with its customary beauty.”—The New Yorker Renée Fleming is one of the most highly acclaimed singers of our time, performing on the stages of the world’s great opera houses and concert halls. She returns to the UGA Performing Arts Center April 25 and 26...
Read More“Brandon Patrick George is a flutist who has gained much attention and accolades with his virtuosity and gorgeous round flute tone.”—Sound in Review “[Kenneth Weiss’s] playing, refined in its technique and communicative in its inflections, pulsates with life.”—BBC Music Magazine J.S. Bach is universally revered, a composer who inspires...
Read MoreThe Atlanta Symphony Orchestra appears at Hodgson Concert Hall Sunday, Apr. 13 at 3 p.m. with two of the most popular works in classical music, Tchaikovsky’s stunningly lush First Piano Concerto and Ravel’s seismic La valse. The piano soloist is Van Cliburn competition silver medalist Anna Geniushene and ASO...
Read More“Their gloriously atmospheric songs are based on melodies that are as memorable and accessible as any great Western folk songs, and they deserve success well beyond their homeland.”—Guardian Mongolian folk music has a charismatic, distinctive sound — joyously churning fiddles and deep, droning throat singing. The leading exponents of Mongolian...
Read More“Poised and monstrously talented.”—Philadelphia Inquirer Benjamin Beilman is one of the leading violinists of his generation. He has won international praise for his passionate performances and deep, rich tone, which the Washington Post called “mightily impressive,” and The New York Times described as “muscular with a glint of violence.” He appears at Ramsey Concert...
Read MoreThis is part of a recurring series of articles about the people who support the University of Georgia Performing Arts Center. Meet the Friends of Jane King. She and her husband Bruce sponsored programs at the Performing Arts Center for decades. After her death in 2023, some of her...
Read More“Shankar is firmly established as the 21st century’s most innovative sitar player.”—Pitchfork Anoushka Shankar is a sitar player who has blossomed beyond being a prodigy from a famous family. Her father, Ravi Shankar, was the best-known sitarist in the world, and she performed and recorded with him as a...
Read MoreThe renowned Baroque music ensemble Les Arts Florissants (LAF) presents a 21-city North American tour marking the 300th anniversary of Antonio Vivaldi’s beloved Four Seasons. The tour is led by young virtuoso violinist and dedicated LAF member Théotime Langlois de Swarte, and comes to Hodgson Concert Hall Saturday, March...
Read MorePianist and composer Jason Moran — Kennedy Center Artistic Director for Jazz and MacArthur Foundation “genius grant” winner — is among the foremost jazz musicians working today. He makes his UGA Presents debut Thursday, Feb. 27 at 7:30 p.m. at Hodgson Hall. He will be joined by the UGA Jazz Ensemble...
Read MoreEighth Blackbird is a four-time Grammy Award-winning contemporary music group that has been hailed as “one of the smartest, most dynamic ensembles on the planet” (Chicago Tribune). The group’s UGA Presents debut — Thursday, Feb. 20 at 7:30 p.m. at Hodgson Concert Hall —includes a performance of Atlanta composer Viet...
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