Remembering longtime Minnesota Orchestra violist Kenneth Freed
Freed, who died unexpectedly on June 29, joined the Minnesota Orchestra as a violist in 1998.
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Listen: Thomas Søndergård conducts the Minnesota Orchestra's 'Future Classics'
Listen as the Minnesota Orchestra’s Composer Institute culminates in this concert featuring exciting new music played with rigor, conviction and heart by the orchestra. Listen to the concert now!
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Opera returns to the Minnesota Orchestra with ‘Turandot’
The Minnesota Orchestra, under music director Thomas Søndergård, is performing Puccini’s Turandot in concert for the first time in years, featuring soprano Christine Goerke.
Photos: Minnesota Orchestra ignite Orchestra Hall with Brahms X Radiohead
Led by conductor and composer Steve Hackman, the Minnesota Orchestra — along with three vocalists — performed to a sold-out audience Friday night in Minneapolis. See a recap and a gallery of photos from the concert.
Legendary pianist Vladimir Horowitz premieres 'Rach Third' with surprising Minnesota connections
When legendary pianist Vladimir Horowitz gave the local premiere of Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Third Piano Concerto with the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra in 1933, he had already been playing the work for 10 years. And the Ukrainian teacher who taught it to him ended up in Duluth. Find out more!
Listen: Gonzalez-Granados and Kimura Parker bring the Roaring '20s to Orchestra Hall
Conductor Lina González-Granados made her Minnesota Orchestra debut in a concert featuring pianist Jon Kimura Parker and music from the Roaring '20s. Listen to the concert now!
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Minnesota Orchestra Music Director Thomas Sondergard reveals a conducting secret
Minnesota Orchestra music director Thomas Sondergard shares a tongue-in-cheek secret of conducting during a chat with YourClassical MPR host Melissa Ousley at an MPR event.
Minnesota Orchestra's Thomas Sondergard on sharing music and love with a partner
Minnesota Orchestra music director Thomas Søndergård explains how he and his husband, baritone Andreas Landin, share their love of music during a chat with YourClassical MPR host Melissa Ousley at an MPR event.
Celebrate Neville Mariner's 100th with a classic Minnesota Orchestra concert
Monday, April 15, marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Neville Marriner, the music director of the Minnesota Orchestra from 1979 to 1986. To mark the occasion, we're going back to a concert from April 2008, when he served as guest conductor. Melissa Ousley and Brian Newhouse host this special encore. Listen now!
Minnesota Orchestra concert provides warmth on a cold night out
While it has been unseasonably mild in the Twin Cities lately, it was bone-chillingly cold just a few weeks ago. That’s when a Minnesota Orchestra concert, anchored by an unforgettable performance by cellist Anthony Ross, warmed the heart and ears of classical host Ward Jacobson.
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