Posts tagged CAIC
NICK CURATES WHITMAN-INSPIRED SONG FESTIVAL IN CHICAGO, UNDERTAKES RESIDENCY AT NYC'S KAUFMAN MUSIC CENTER, & RETURNS TO SF SYMPHONY, NY PHIL & BALTIMORE SYMPHONY IN 2023-24

Over the coming season, Grammy-nominated tenor Nicholas Phan – “one of the world’s most remarkable singers” (Boston Globe) – balances opera, concert and recital performances with curatorial and educational activities. On the curatorial front, he launches his season…

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"NO PEDESTRIAN PROGRAMMER": CHICAGO TRIBUNE REVIEWS 2022 COLLABORATIVE WORKS FESTIVAL CONCERTS

“‘The Song of Chicago’ proved, once again, that CAIC is no pedestrian programmer. As tenor and Artistic Director Nicholas Phan made clear during his interstitial comments, this ‘Song of Chicago’ had not just a chorus but a well-researched thesis, arguing that Chicago was uniquely nurturing to composers in the 20th century. Its conservatories educated, if not always warmly welcomed, more Black musicians than peer institutions, and during the same period, the city’s pro-labor leftist movements gave refuge to artists who might have been forced to the fringes elsewhere — like Sandburg and his alliances with composers Ruth Crawford Seeger and Ernst Bacon.”

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NICK'S 2022-23: BACH WITH NY PHILHARMONIC & PREMIERES OF NEW SONG CYCLES BY LEMBIT BEECHER, JOEL PUCKETT & NICO MUHLY

“Two-time Grammy nominated tenor Nicholas Phan is “one of the world’s most remarkable singers” (Boston Globe), and the coming season showcases his artistry in music ranging from masterworks of the Classical and Baroque to new song cycles composed expressly for his voice. He returns to the New York Philharmonic under Jaap van Zweden for Bach’s St. Matthew Passion (March 23–25); joins Boston Baroque..”

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