Arts Blog
Musician Abroad!
5/10/2022 by Sophie Lippert
Amy Beach: Poetry and the Piano
4/27/2022 by Emma Riggle
All Classical Portland’s 2022 Young Artist in Residence + Ambassadors!
All Classical Portland is proud to announce 16-year-old double bass player Maggie Carter as the 2022 Young Artist in Residence. A home-schooled high school junior, Maggie began music lessons with former Oregon Symphony bassist Nina DeCesare... More
4/19/2022 by All Classical Portland
The García Sisters, Part II: Pauline Viardot
Maria Malibran and Pauline Viardot were two of the bel canto era’s greatest mezzo sopranos. Sisters, and daughters of the imposing Spanish pedagogue Manuel García, Malibran and Viardot each left an indelible mark on nineteenth-century opera.... More
4/14/2022 by Emma Riggle
John Pitman Review: Simone Dinnerstein’s Trilogy is complete, with Undersong
Program director John Pitman shares his latest conversation with pianist Simone Dinnerstein, where they discuss her new CD titled Undersong. Dinnerstein chose this word, an archaic term meaning “refrain”, which can be found both in the... More
4/11/2022 by John Pitman
‘An African American Requiem’ Broadcast On-Demand
On Saturday, May 7, 2022, All Classical Portland presented a live, bi-coastal broadcast of the world premiere of Damien Geter’s An African American Requiem in collaboration with WQXR in New York. The live broadcast will be... More
4/5/2022 by All Classical Portland
The García Sisters, Part I: Maria Malibran
Maria Malibran and Pauline Viardot were two of the bel canto era’s greatest mezzo sopranos. Sisters, and daughters of the imposing Spanish pedagogue Manuel García, Malibran and Viardot each left an indelible mark on nineteenth-century opera.... More
3/25/2022 by Emma Riggle
Black Renaissance Woman: Meet Musicologist-Pianist Samantha Ege
It is part of All Classical Portland’s mission to expand and advance knowledge of and appreciation for classical music. If you’re just starting to discover music outside the traditional classical canon, there’s no better composer to... More
2/23/2022 by Emma Riggle
