Review: KSO Delights with Season Opener of Beethoven and Gershwin

The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra opened its 2024-25 season with George Gershwin’s Concerto in F and Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, plus ‘Kauyumari’ by the contemporary Mexican composer, Gabriela Ortiz. Aram Demirjian conducted.

Marble City Opera Announces Change in Venue and Date for ‘IL TABARRO’

Sometimes it just happens. Due to a last minute conflict at the original venue, the first of two performances of Puccini’s Il Tabarro, originally scheduled for Saturday, June 22, will now be  performed on Friday, June 21, 2024 at the…

First Take Co. Debuts ‘Scruffy City Sings’ 2024 Lineup

First Take Co. brought fan-favorite showtunes to Pretentious Beer Co.’s back patio on Sunday, April 21, for the 2024 season premiere of their annual summer concert series, ‘Scruffy City Sings’. This month’s theme was Music Theatre Mixer, and area musical theatre fans came out to belt out some classic tunes and celebrate all that Knoxville’s theatre scene has to offer.

Not To Be Eclipsed, KSO Celebrates the Cosmos With A Festival

While Knoxville mostly missed the celestial entertainment of the Total Eclipse this week due to cloud cover and rainy weather, the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra’s Cosmos Festival will not require special glasses or rain gear, but—at most—a ticket or two.

Big Ears 2024: Getting Lost in the Music

Big Ears allows a sustained engagement with as many varieties of music as any North American music festival. Its performers and attendees are well aware of this and approach the weekend with an almost reverential attitude.

Review: KSO and Guests Deliver Sweeping Scale and Delicious Details in Dvořák and Tchaikovsky

March has been Guest Conductor and Cello month for the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra. For this weekend’s Masterworks concerts, Conductor Vinay Parameswaran and cellist Tommy Mesa joined the KSO for works by Dvořák (‘Silent Woods’ and Symphony No. 8) and Tchaikovsky (Rococo Variations).

Spotlight: KSO and Guest Conductor Vinay Parameswaran This Week

Knoxville Symphony Orchestra concerts this week feature guest conductor Vinay Parameswaran and cello soloist Thomas Mesa. The program includes Dvorak’s Symphony No. 8 and Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations.

This Sunday: KSO Takes An Italian Voyage with Mendelssohn, Rossini, and Vivaldi

On this Sunday’s KSO Chamber Classics Series concert at the Bijou, guest conductor Michelle di Russo leads the Knoxville Symphony Chamber Orchestra in works by Mendelssohn, Rossini, Vivaldi, and Romero. KSO cellists Adam Ayers and Sarah Senn will be soloists in Vivaldi’s Concerto for Two Cellos.

On Sunday: Amadeus Chamber Ensemble Goes Mining for “French Opera Jewels”

The magic of the 19th Century French Grand Opera is the intriguing subject of the next free concert by the Amadeus Chamber Ensemble as a part of the Cathedral Concert Series on Sunday, March 3.

Review: KSO and Violinist Geneva Lewis Present a Detailed and Subtle Beethoven

There are some concert program combinations that are simply too intriguing to pass up, for any number of reasons. Maestro Aram Demirjian and the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra unlocked one of those combinations this past weekend, cutting an enjoyable swath through music history from early Romanticism through turn-of-the-century Impressionism, then finally introducing a compelling new work by a living American composer.

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