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The Cleveland Orchestra Announces Nathaniel Silberschlag as Principal Horn beginning with upcoming 2019-20 Season

April 18th, 2019

The Cleveland Orchestra and Music Director Franz Welser-Möst have announced that Nathaniel Silberschlag will join the Orchestra as Principal Horn beginning the week of August 5. Mr. Silberschlag will sit in The Cleveland Orchestra’s George Szell Memorial Endowed Chair. “I’m thrilled and grateful to be joining The Cleveland Orchestra as the new principal horn,” said Nathaniel Silberschlag. “Growing up in Southern Maryland, I was surrounded by everything music. I come from a very musical family and remember listening to recordings of The Cleveland Orchestra at a young age. It has... Read More

The Cleveland Orchestra’s Choruses Announce Audition Dates

April 18th, 2019

The Cleveland Orchestra’s Choruses today announced that auditions for the 2019-20 season will take place this spring. The Cleveland Orchestra holds a long-standing commitment to choral music in which community members of all ages have the opportunity to participate. All auditions are scheduled by appointment and can be arranged by visiting the Orchestra’s website at www.clevelandorchestra.com/chorus-auditions/. For more information, contact the Chorus Office at 216-231-7374 or chorus@clevelandorchestra.com. Cleveland Orchestra Chorus and Blossom Festival Chorus Auditions for the 2019-20... Read More

Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me!

March 30th, 2019

The Cleveland Orchestra, 90.3 WCPN ideastream, and 89.7 WKSU have announced that a live taping of Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me! will be presented at Blossom Music Center this summer on July 18, 2019 at 8:00 p.m. Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me! is National Public Radio (NPR)’s Peabody Award-winning comedy news quiz show. Host Peter Sagal leads a rotating panel of comedians, writers, listener contestants, and celebrity guests through a rollicking review of the week’s news. Contestants vie for the most coveted prize in all of public radio: a custom-recorded greeting by any of its cast... Read More

Individual Tickets for 2019 Blossom Music Festival and Summers@Severance on sale Monday, April 15

March 25th, 2019

Individual concert tickets for The Cleveland Orchestra’s 2019 Blossom Music Festival season presented by The J.M. Smucker Company and Summers@Severance season sponsored by Thompson Hine LLP go on sale Monday, April 15 at 9:00 a.m., online at clevelandorchestra.com, by telephone (216-231-1111), and in person at the Severance Hall Ticket Office. Individual concert tickets for the feature film Batman (1989) at Severance Hall are on sale now. The film will be played on the big screen with The Cleveland Orchestra performing the soundtrack live on August 23 and 25.   BLOSSOM MUSIC FESTIVAL Twenty... Read More

The Cleveland Orchestra Announces its 2019-20 Season

March 10th, 2019

The Cleveland Orchestra and Music Director Franz Welser-Möst announced details of their 2019-2020 season which encompasses 76 concerts over 26 weeks. One significant highlight includes a festival designed to explore music and art that was banned, marginalized, and destroyed during the Nazi’s Degenerate Art movement, and the continuing impact of censorship on creative expression in society today. The festival will center on Alban Berg’s Lulu, one of the 20thcentury’s most influential operas, and includes partner programming with the area’s notable arts institutions.  The upcoming season... Read More

The Cleveland Orchestra appoints Jane Hargraft as Chief Development Officer beginning April 2019

March 8th, 2019

Cleveland Orchestra President & CEO André Gremillet announced yesterday that Jane Hargraft will join the Orchestra’s senior leadership team as Chief Development Officer in April 2019. “We are all very excited to welcome such a talent to The Cleveland Orchestra family as we embark on a Second Century of artistic excellence, increased community engagement, and dynamic education programs that make Northeast Ohio a better place each and every day,” said André Gremillet, Cleveland Orchestra President & CEO. “Jane has over two decades of fundraising experience in leading performing... Read More

The Cleveland Orchestra Announces Summer Concert Series

February 20th, 2019

The Cleveland Orchestra announced details of its popular Summers@Severance series, which, for the first time, will include four concerts — as part of an ongoing effort to bring more great music to University Circle in the summer — and an add-on feature film: Batman (1989) in concert. These summer concert experiences boast the best that Severance Hall has to offer, inside and out. Not only will guests enjoy the perfect evening of music in one of the world’s most beautiful concert halls, they’ll also be invited onto the picturesque Front Terrace of Severance Hall to relax under the... Read More

Cleveland Orchestra Announces 2019 Blossom Music Festival

February 18th, 2019

The Cleveland Orchestra announces its 2019 Blossom Music Festival season, presented by The J.M. Smucker Company. Twenty concerts will be part of the Blossom Music Festival, taking place from the weekend prior to the Fourth of July through Labor Day weekend (June 29 – September 1).   This summer, discover rising stars, experience living legends, and welcome back returning friends. Seventeen soloists, conductors, and special guest performers will be making debuts this summer, continuing the Orchestra’s commitment to bring emerging young artists to Northeast Ohio during its annual summer... Read More

Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra announces auditions for 2019-20 season

February 17th, 2019

The Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra today announced when auditions will take place for the 2019-20 season. Auditions will be held at Severance Hall during the month of May and June. Middle- and high-school student instrumentalists who study privately and actively participate in their school’s music program are invited to audition. Auditions will be heard for the following instruments: violin, viola, cello, double bass, harp, flute, piccolo, oboe, English horn, clarinet, bassoon, contrabassoon, French horn, trumpet, trombone, bass trombone, tuba, percussion, and keyboard. Audition... Read More

Great Performances: The Cleveland Orchestra Centennial Celebration

December 23rd, 2018

Cleveland (December 12, 2018) — Northeast Ohio will be in the national spotlight on Friday, January 11, 2019, at 9:00 p.m. on PBS (check local listings) in Great Performances: The Cleveland Orchestra Centennial Celebration. It will be available to stream the following day via pbs.org/gperf and PBS apps. This 90-minute co-production of THIRTEEN Productions LLC for WNET, WVIZ/PBS ideastream, The Cleveland Orchestra, and Clasart Classic celebrates The Cleveland Orchestra’s historic centennial. The co-production is in association with international broadcasters NHK (Japan), BR/3Sat... Read More