Mahler, Wagner romance the symphony audience

Posted: Saturday, March 18, 2017

“There is just no music on Earth that can compare to ours. The angelic voices gladden our senses, so that all awaken for joy.” This fitting quote is cited from Mahler’s Symphony No. 4, the work that formed

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Benatar, Giraldo join Toledo Symphony Orchestra

Posted: Thursday, March 9, 2017

Taking a step into retro music land, the Toledo Symphony Orchestra welcomes classic rocker Pat Benatar and her longtime artistic partner Neil Giraldo as the headliners on the KeyBank Pops Concert Series. A four-time Grammy

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Superstar soprano Renée Fleming to perform with the Toledo Symphony

Posted: Wednesday, February 8, 2017

Renée Fleming, one of the world’s most celebrated opera singers, will be in concert at 8 p.m. Wednesday, June 7, at the Toledo Museum of Art’s Peristyle. This will be Fleming’s debut performance with

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Broadway, opera stars highlight Toledo Symphony’s 74th season

Posted: Wednesday, February 8, 2017

The Toledo Symphony Orchestra is loading up on star power for its upcoming season, emphasizing the importance of women to classical and Broadway music. Titled “Listen Up,” the roster for the orchestra’s

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Star violinist Chang keeps her flair fresh

Posted: Saturday, February 4, 2017

It is hard to believe when a virtuoso makes a world debut at 8 years of age that almost 30 years later they still have the ability to bring new life, light, and enchantment to yet another audience. That Sarah Chang still has

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When best, brightest come home, good things happen

Posted: Monday, January 23, 2017

NOBODY HAS to tell Zak Vassar the challenges he signed up for. First, there’s that age thing. Just 37, and even younger looking in person, he knows there are folks who quietly wonder if he’s seasoned enough to

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Beethoven, Bloch, and Dvorak

Posted: Wednesday, January 18, 2017

TSO Principal Cello, Martha Reikow discusses Beethoven, Bloch, and Dvorak. October 28 & 29, 2016

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Toledo Symphony: Music refuses to be silent

Posted: Thursday, November 17, 2016

The Toledo Symphony Classics performance this weekend offers listeners a chance to experience a perspective rarely seen these days on the concert stage. Musical powerhouse Ignat Solzhenitsyn will command the orchestra from

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Beethoven From the Bench

Posted: Monday, November 14, 2016

Artistic Administrator Merwin Siu discusses this weekend's Classics Series Concert, Beethoven From the Bench featuring Shostakovich Symphony No.5.

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Mideast x Midwest: A Dialogue of Music, Food and Fun at America's Crossroads

Posted: Tuesday, November 8, 2016

Resident conductor Sara Jobin discusses Mideast x Midwest: A Dialogue of Music, Food and Fun at America's Crossroads

The Toledo Symphony partners with the National Arab Orchestra to present an evening of cultural celebration. Sara Jobin, Toledo Symphony Resident Conductor, joins Maestro Michael Ibrahim of the National Arab Orchestra to present a concert program featuring world renowned opera singer and Syrian refugee Lubana Al-Quntar among a variety of exciting and distinctive musical styles. The performance features the piece “Dialogue,” which has only been performed in public once before, and includes a student chorus of singers from Toledo Public Schools.

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