Victor Yampolsky to retire from Bienen School after 38 years of teaching, conducting
/sites/default/files/2021-09/20211001_yampolsky.jpgVictor Yampolsky, the Carol F. and Arthur L. Rice Jr. Professor in Music Performance, will retire at the end of the 2021-22 academic year, marking the conclusion of a 38-year teaching and conducting career at Northwestern.
Bienen ensembles perform works by Nemmers Prize winner William Bolcom
/sites/default/files/2022-04/20220405_bolcom_events.jpgThis April, the Bienen School of Music will feature three performances of works by William Bolcom, the 2021 Michael Ludwig Nemmers Prize in Music Composition winner.
https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2022/04/bienen-ensembles-perform-works-by…Getting in the (Time) Zone
/sites/default/files/2021-05/20210527_gerardo.jpgStudents and faculty reflect on a year of hybrid teaching and learning in different time zones.
Taichi Fukumura wins Solti Foundation Career Assistance Award
/sites/default/files/2021-05/20210512_taichi.jpgThe Solti Foundation U.S. has selected doctoral candidate Taichi Fukumura ’17 MMus as a recipient of the Sir Georg Solti Career Assistance Award.
Paving Musical Pathways: An Interview with Taichi Fukumura
/sites/default/files/2021-02/20210216_taichi.jpgBienen students are known for creating innovative avenues through music, and doctoral candidate Taichi Fukumura ’17 MMus is no different.
Symphony Orchestra plays monumental Russian works Jan. 31
/sites/default/files/2019-01/20180108_NUSO_Jan.31_0.jpgThe Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra presents two large-scale works by Russian composers Jan. 31: Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6 in B Minor (“Pathétique”) and Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring”.
https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2019/01/northwestern-university-symphony-…NUSO on Tour: Asia 2018
/sites/default/files/2018-06/20180506_NUSO_Asia.jpgThe Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra (NUSO) enjoyed a successful three-city tour of Asia from March 23 to April 1, 2018.
Bienen School of Music presents Rachmaninoff and Prokofiev at Millennium Park
/sites/default/files/2018-05/20180430_millennium_park.jpgNorthwestern University’s Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music announces two performances of “Twilight of an Empire,” a concert program that includes Sergei Rachmaninoff’s “The Bells” and Sergei Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 2 in D Minor, presented by the Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra, University Chorale and Apollo Chorus.
https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2018/april/bienen-school-of-music-present…Student Orchestras Tour China, Luring A Vast Talent Pool
/sites/default/files/2018-04/20180323_student_orchestras.jpgWhen the Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra departs March 25 for its first trip abroad, the three-concert tour will enrich the musicianship of the 87 student participants and likely broaden their world view.
https://classicalvoiceamerica.org/2018/03/23/student-orchestras-tour-china-luri…NUSO presents Asia tour preview concert
/sites/default/files/2018-02/20180206_nuso_concert.jpgOn February 3, 2018, the Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra presented a preview concert featuring repertoire from the orchestra’s upcoming tour of China.
Global Symphony: Showcasing NUSO in Asia
/sites/default/files/2021-02/20180202_Victor_Lenny.jpgMaestro Yampolsky and two students share their experiences leading up to the Asia tour in this special feature.
https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2018/january/feature-bienen-asia/British chamber music rounds out Bienen’s December offerings
/sites/default/files/2018-01/20161122_british.jpgNew professor of viola makes Northwestern debut as Chamber Orchestra soloist
https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2016/11/british-chamber-music-rounds-out-…Bienen School of Music Presents Four Holiday Concerts
/sites/default/files/2018-01/20161108_holiday_concerts.jpgDuke Ellington’s jazz arrangement of the Tchaikovsky classic, “Nutcracker Suite,” and historically authentic performances of Handel’s “Messiah” as well as choral and orchestral seasonal favorites are all part of the Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music holiday celebration.
Northwestern University Music in November
/sites/default/files/2018-01/20161026_november_concerts.jpgA performance by classical guitarist Marcin Dylla and a vocal master class led by mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard will open two year-long concert series as part of a busy November events calendar from the Bienen School of Music.
Bienen School Hosts Spring Orchestra Concerts
/sites/default/files/2018-01/20160426_spring_orchestra.jpgThe majestic sounds of classical and modern works for strings, woodwinds, brass and percussion will be performed by several student ensembles, including the Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra, Northwestern University Chamber Orchestra and Philharmonia.
https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2016/04/bienen-school-hosts-spring-orches…Director of orchestras conducts with connection to memory, emotion
/sites/default/files/2018-01/COMPOSER_LaurenDuquette_WEB.jpgMore than three decades after accepting his job as Northwestern’s director of orchestras, Bienen Prof. Victor Yampolsky will lead his musicians in a performance this weekend that is a tribute to his teenage years.
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2016/04/20/ae/director-of-orchestras-conducts-wit…Bienen School Presents Spring Celebration Events
/sites/default/files/2018-01/20160407_celebration_events.jpgThe world premiere of a commissioned work by David Lang, a performance of Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony at the Pritzker Pavilion in Chicago’s Millennium Park, and a three-day Horn Festival will be performed in honor of the Bienen School’s new Ryan Center for the Musical Arts.
https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2016/04/bienen-school-spring-celebrationBienen School of Music to Host Orchestra Concerts This Winter
/sites/default/files/2018-08/02052016_winter.jpgPerformances by Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra, the Northwestern University Chamber Orchestra and Philharmonia are among the winter line-up of orchestral concerts performed on the Evanston campus.
https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2016/02/winter-orchestra-concertsBienen pianist brings Chopin to the stage
/sites/default/files/2018-01/20160128_Chopin.jpgHyejin Joo, a Bienen doctoral student, was selected to perform with the Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra after winning the Northwestern Concerto/Aria Competition.
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2016/01/27/ae/bienen-pianist-brings-chopin-to-the…Remembering Pierre Boulez (1925-2016) at Northwestern
/sites/default/files/2018-02/20160106_pierre_boulez.jpgFrench composer and conductor Pierre Boulez, who died January 5 at age 90, visited Northwestern several times as a guest artist of the music school, beginning in the mid-1980s. For those who witnessed these visits, the memories remain vivid.
Bienen School of Music Announces 2015-16 Opera Season Lineup
/sites/default/files/2018-04/20151026_opera_lineup.JPGThree one-act operas -- each with a different view of love and marriage in America -- and master classes led by renowned vocalists, are among Northwestern University’s 2015-16 opera season highlights.
https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2015/10/opera-season-lineupProfessors Thompson and Nally named John W. Beattie Chair of Music
/sites/default/files/2018-03/20151020_beattie_chairs.jpgTwo distinguished Bienen School professors will serve as concurrent chairs
Four Bienen students to perform at Kennedy Center on April 21
/sites/default/files/2018-08/04162015_kennedy.jpgFour students and one alumnus of Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music will perform in a concert at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, April 21, 2015, as part of the Kennedy Center’s Conservatory Project.
Northwestern Spring Choral Season Combines Ensembles
/sites/default/files/2018-08/20150416_choral.jpgThe Midwest premiere of “Lost Objects” by three Bang on a Can new music composers -- and the world premiere of “Canticle” by composer Imant Raminsh during a concert commemorating the 150th anniversary of the end of the American Civil War -- are among the choral and collaborative performances taking place at Northwestern University this spring.
https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2015/04/northwestern-spring-choral-season…Bienen strings concert March 14 dedicated to memory of alumna Yoshimoto
/sites/default/files/2018-04/20150310_Yoshimoto.jpgThe Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra will dedicate an upcoming concert to the memory of Caroline Yoshimoto, an alumna of the Bienen School of Music who passed away on February 26, 2015.