If Distel’s isn’t a name that is immediately recognizable, you could be forgiven. He is the opposite of an attention-seeker. He even tried to sidestep the writing of this article.
Matt Distel: The quiet, constant curator
Author: David Lyman
In music, as in life, Polina Bespalko is on an unwavering odyssey of discovery
David Lyman introduces us to pianist/impressario Polina Bespalko, in advance of her upcoming Xavier Music Series.
Summermusik 2023: Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra’s musical adventure
Don’t be misled by the “chamber music” part of CCO’s name. Under the leadership of music director Eckart Preu, CCO has developed into an ensemble willing to go almost anywhere, musically speaking. What’s more, Maestro Preu makes it all so intriguing that the audience willingly tags along for the adventure.
Cincinnati Opera’s ‘The Knock’
“… a story like … may not change the world. But it can offer us a refuge where the finest parts of us as humans can breathe freely, even if only for one hour.”
May Festival: For 150 years, a musical free-for-all
Before any of Cincinnati’s other major arts organizations came into existence, the May Festival was already there.
Spring theater brings new stages, new productions, new promise
The theater season’s biggest news has been the opening of the Playhouse in the Park’s new mainstage, Moe and Jack’s Place – The Rouse Theatre. You’re too late for the March 16 grand opening. But you’re NOT too late for…
CSO’s Langrée too busy planning and making music to say farewell … just yet
This is the sort of season we have come to expect from Langrée; robust, occasionally quirky or challenging, but filled with countless musical riches, both old – Beethoven’s 7th anyone? – and new, including numerous premieres and collaborations.
The Playhouse that Jack & Moe built
Perhaps it was inevitable that Moe and Jack Rouse’s names would assume the place of honor when the Playhouse in the Park opens its new mainstage theater on March 11.
To classical music world, reaching out is critical to survival
Nate Bachhuber is one of a new breed of artistic planners in the world of classical music. He and a group of other orchestra-related people are responsible for programming entire Cincinnati Symphony seasons, a task previously left to music directors. Find out what’s changed and why…
Sam Martin: Cincinnati’s champion for art song
To many people – most, perhaps – “art song” suggests a rarefied art form that is beyond the reach of all but the most elite music-lovers. At one time, the stereotype may have been deserved.