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Mozart, Beethoven, and Ravel on Tap in “Grand Piano Trios II,” Presented by Close Encounters with Music

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — The great masters of the German tradition—Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig van Beethoven—and the man who challenged their aesthetic, Maurice Ravel, will be celebrated in a Close Encounters With Music concert…

Close Encounters with Music Brings All Star Line Up to “Grand Piano Trios”

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GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — The engaging chamber music series Close Encounters With Music returns on April 20 to the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, presenting two magnificent piano trios—a 20th century classic side by side with Schubert…

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Close Encounters with Music Presents a Conversation with Berkshire Resident Benjamin Luxon to share stories of his international career in opera

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LENOX, Mass. — Berkshire resident Benjamin Luxon will share anecdotes of his rich and varied career as an opera singer on Sunday, March 3, at 2 pm at the elegant Lenox Club, 111 Yokun Avenue here. Luxon will also discuss his artistic credo…

Close Encounters with Music Presents Guitarist Extraordinaire Eliot Fisk, Joined by Soprano Jennifer Zetlan and Cellist Yehuda Hanani in a World Premiere by Robert Beaser

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GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. - Eliot Fisk demonstrates the versatility and appeal of the classical guitar in a Close Encounters With Music concert on Saturday, March 23 at 6 p.m. at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle St. The diverse program,…

Close Encounters with Music Presents Lisztomania! A 200th Anniversary Celebration

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Close Encounters With Music celebrates the 200th Anniversary of Franz Liszt’s birth with “Lisztomania!” at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Sunday, December 4 at 2 PM. The performance showcases his mesmerizing and brilliant compositional…

Close Encounters with Music and the Berkshire Museum Screen Peter Rosen’s “Shadows in Paradise,” Documenting European Exiles in 1930s Hollywood

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The European diaspora’s influence on Hollywood culture in the 1930s and ’40s is the focus of Peter Rosen’s documentary film “Strangers in Paradise,” to be shown at the Berkshire Museum here on Sunday, Nov. 4,…

Close Encounters with Music Presents A Baroque Holiday Celebration with the Early-Music Ensemble Tragicomefdia Sunday Matinee Performance Offers Rare Handel Cantatas and Italian Cantatas that Speak of Love, Longing and Betrayal

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GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — The drama and emotion of the Italian cantata takes center stage when the early-music ensemble Tragicomedia performs on Sunday, December 9, 2 PM at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center. “Tragicomedia: A Baroque…

High Peaks Music Festival Brings Classical Hollywood to the Great Northern Catskills with Distinguished Artists and International Students “From Berlin to America” In Music, Literature and Film”

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(Hunter, NY) Between August 15 and 25, the Catskill Mountain Foundation, the premier multi-arts center in the Northern Catskills, will host its third Catskill High Peaks Festival: Music with Altitude!” a ten-day chamber music festival offering…