| dance Miami City Ballet Program II January 9 @ 8 p.m.
January 10 @ 8 p.m.
January 11 @ 2 p.m. THE FOX-TROT: Dancing in the Dark (Carmichael, Parish, Ellington, et.al/Villella) A high-energy segment of Edward Villella's The Neighborhood Ballroom, this is a lively romp through big-band American ballroom dances and swing music of the forties. Mercuric Tidings (Schubert/Taylor) It's a whirlwind of motion created by contemporary master Paul Taylor-full out dancing to an exhilarating Schubert symphonic score. Ballet Imperial (Tchaikovsky/Balanchine) The grandeur of imperial St. Petersburg is relived in this spectacular, large-cast tribute to the grand style of classical Russian ballet. Ziff Ballet Opera House |
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| Florida Grand Opera presents Dmitri Hvorostovsky January 10 @ 8 p.m. Winner of the Cardiff Singer of the World Competition in 1989, Hvorostovsky has been called "mesmerizing," "the beauty of his voice is refined and powerful." From Covent Garden to La Scala, to the Vienna State Opera and the Lyric Opera of Chicago, he is hailed as one of the "heroic" artists of our times.
Already established as one of the leading sopranos of her generation, Ekaterina Siurina has made her debuts at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, La Scala, Opéra National de Paris, and most recently, in the role of Gilda in Rigoletto at the Met.
Music selections include arias from Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia, Tchaikovsky's Mazeppa, and Gounod's Faust. Knight Concert Hall |
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| classical music Miami Symphony Orchestra "An evening in Vienna" January 11 @ 8 p.m. Part 1
Wagner - The Meistersingers Overture
Arutunian - Trumpet Concerto
Part2
Johann Strauss Jr. - Accelerationen Waltz
Johannes Brahms - Hungarian Dance Nş7
Jean Sibelius - Valse Triste
Johann Strauss Jr. - Master Quadrille
Bizet - Adagietto from L'Arlesienne
Johann Strauss Jr. - Pizzicato Polka
Johannes Brahms - Hungarian Dance Nş5
Edward Elgar - "Nimrod" from Enigma Variations
Johann Strauss Jr. - The Blue Danube
Francisco Flores - Trumpet
Eduardo Marturet - Conductor Knight Concert Hall |
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| jazz A TRIBUTE TO MACHITO AND TITO PUENTE January 16, 2009 The cast of this performance includes "Chocolate" Armenteros, Orestes Vilato, Arturo Sandoval, Nestor Torres, Dave Valentin, Sammy Figueroa, Albita and the Machito Orchestra.
See video and origin of JAZZ ROOTS here. Knight Concert Hall |
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| Adrienne Arsht Center and Seraphic Fire present the
Knight Foundation Concert Series
FIREBIRD CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
"MOZART & SALIERI: Setting the Record Straight" January 18 @ 7 p.m. The rivalry between Wolfgang and Antonio portrayed in the Academy Award-winning Amadeus only tells half the story about these two musical powerhouses. While they had their disagreements, the two were ordinarily cordial colleagues. Mozart wrote to his wife that the when Salieri attended his Magic Flute there was "no piece that didn't elicit a bravo or bellow out of him." This concert culminates in Mozart's Symphony No. 40, premiered at the suggestion of and later conducted by Salieri himself. Knight Concert Hall |
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| Television Simulcast : Presidential Inauguration of Barack Obama January 20 @ 11:30 a.m. Television simulcast of the Inauguration of the 44th President of the United States of America Barack Hussein Obama. The broad cast will include the swearing in ceremony of the 44th President as well as the Inaugural Address. Knight Concert Hall |
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| Concert Association of Florida presents Budapest Festival Orchestra January 28 @ 8 p.m. Iván Fischer, music director and conductor
Jósef Lendvay Sr., violin
Jósef Lendvay Jr., violin
Oszkár Ökrös, cimbalom
Program includes selections by Liszt, Brahms and Sarasate
The Budapest Festival Orchestra was formed in 1983 by Iván Fischer and Zoltán Kocsis, with musicians "drawn from the cream of Hungary's younger players." (The Times, London) In 2003, the Ministry of Cultural Heritage declared the orchestra a national institution supported by the state.
Tickets for this performance will go on sale October 13. Click here and sign up to receive an email alert about this show. Knight Concert Hall |
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| Concert Association of Florida presents Wynton Marsalis January 22 @ 8 p.m. The first jazz musician to win a Pulitzer Prize for his work Blood on the Fields, an epic oratorio that focuses on the subject of slavery, nine-time Grammy Award winner Wynton Marsalis is one of the most brilliant jazz musicians of his generation, one of the world's top classical trumpeters, a big band leader in the tradition of Duke Ellington, a brilliant composer, a devoted advocate for the Arts and a tireless and inspiring educator.
Tickets for this performance will go on sale October 13. Click here and sign up to receive an email alert about this show. Knight Concert Hall |
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| popular music The Adrienne Arsht Center and American Express present The Four Tops and Temptations January 23 @ 8 p.m. Nine great vocalists...two legendary groups...one memorable evening! Together, The Four Tops and Temptations helped define the Motown sound with an endless succession of Top 10 hits and #1 singles during the 1 |