1.17.12 Astral Artists present its Spiritual Voyages Festival on Saturday, February 18th at 1pm, 4pm & 8pm.
1.15.12 Congratulations to the Jasper String Quartet! They just received the Cleveland Quartet Award, a huge honor that goes to a rising quartet on their way to a major career.
12.5.11 Astral Artists presents the Philadelphia recital debut of Soprano Yulia Van Doren on January 29, 2012.
11.11.11 Astral Artists talked with flutist Julietta Curenton, an Astral artist who makes her Philadelphia recital debut on February 18, 2012 as part of Astral’s Spiritual Voyages Festival, supported by Knight Foundation. The festival is a three-concert event celebrating the musical expression of African-, Asian-, and Latin-American cultures.
11.10.11 Missed it the first time around? Or just want to hear it again? Tune in to WWFM on November 14th at 8pm to hear an encore presentation of the September 25th Philadelphia recital debut of Astral pianist Alexandre Moutouzkine.
11.8.11 The Philadelphia Inquirer says of violinist Kristin Lee and pianist Alexandre Moutouzkine: As soloists, splendid; together, superlative
10.31.11 Astral Artists presents its Philadelphia Brahms Festival on December 3, 2011 at 1pm, 4pm & 8pm.
9.30.11 Astral Artists presents the Philadelphia recital debut of Violinist Kristin Lee on November 6, 2011.
9.27.11 Astral Artists is pleased to announce that two of its roster artists were among the 12 musicians selected as the winners of this year’s CMS Two auditions.
9.12.11 Astral Artists presents the Philadelphia recital debut of Pianist Alexandre Moutouzkine on September 25, 2011.
8.30.11 Astral Artists announces its 2011-2012 Concert Season.
7.19.11 Astral Artists is happy to announce Don Marrazzo as its new Executive Director.
5.25.11 Astral is announced as one of ten local organizations to receive a 2011 Philadelphia Music Project Grant.
5.10.11 Baritone Jonathan Beyer was named the recipient of the 2011 Musical Fund Society of Philadelphia Career Advancement Award, a $5,000 honor.
5.9.11 Astral Artists receives prestigious Knight Foundation grant.
4.29.11 Angela Meade takes home the 2011 Richard Tucker Award! “Meade is no stranger to awards – she won 50 competitions between ’99 and ’08, including the Met National Council Auditions.” (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
4.9.11 A great ending to a great season! Astral Artists Triumph at PIFA.
2.27.11 Jonathan Beyer wins the 40th George London Foundation Awards Competition.
7.17.10 Congratulations to Astral pianist Ilya Poletaev. He took 1st Prize in the XVII International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition.
6.23.10 Astral is happy to announce that Alexandre Moutouzkine took 2nd prize at the Naumburg Piano Competition!
6.4.10 Congrats to Ben Beilman & Korbinian Altenberger! They took First Prize and Second Prize in the prestigious Montreal International Musical Competition.
4.9.10 Astral’s 2009-2011 Composer-in-Residence, Aaron Jay Kernis, helped close our 2009-2010 Concert Season. Read what Philadelphia Inquirer Classical Music Critic, David Patrick Stearns, had to say about it.
2.25.10 Congratulations to our newest Astral artists! Here are the 2010 National Auditions Winners: flutist Julietta Curenton, pianist Sara Daneshpour, flutist Angel Hsiao, The Jasper String Quartet, pianist Andrea Lam, and violinist Kristin Lee.
Jan/Feb ’10 Violinist Benjamin Beilman and baritone Jonathan Beyer talk about the importance of community engagement with Symphony magazine.
12.17.09 Astral graduate Simone Dinnerstein’s recording of Bach’s Goldberg Variations was named one of the decade’s
10 best by the music critic for The Washington Post!
11.16.09 “A joyous one-day festival” says The Philadelphia Inqurier. Read what David Patrick Stearns wrote about our first-ever Philadelphia Brahms Festival.
10.6.09 The Philadelphia Inquirer thinks that pianist Di Wu “shines with Schumann” – read the review from Astral’s 2009-2010 Season Opener on Sunday, October 4, 2009
6.7.09 Pianist Di Wu was a finalist at the XIII Van Cliburn International Piano Competition.
5.11.09 Saxophonist Doug O’Connor and his Red Line Saxophone Quartet won the Gold Medal in the Senior Wind Division of the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition. Listen to RLSQ play Back Burner, by Frank Ticheli.
2.19.09 Astral is proud to announce its 2009 National Auditions Winners: Violinist BENJAMIN BEILMAN, Baritone JONATHAN BEYER, BIAVA QUARTET, Bassoonist HARRISON HOLLINGSWORTH, Pianist ALEXANDRE MOUTOUZKINE, Pianist ILYA POLETAEV, and Soprano YULIA VAN DOREN.
4.19.08 Astral sopranos Angela Meade and Dísella Làrusdóttir are both featured in “The Audition,” the feature-length documentary that takes you behind the scenes at the Metropolitan Opera’s National Council Auditions. “The Audition” appears nationwide in movie theaters on April 19 only!
11.11.08 Read Peter Burwasser’s review in the Philadelphia City Paper of Angela Meade’s performance in Anna Bolena.
10.14.08 Two Astral graduates recently made their Metropolitan Opera debuts in the same production. Read Anthony Tommasini’s review of John Adams’s Dr. Atomic, featuring bass Eric Owens and contralto Meredith Arwady.
7.27.08 Spencer Myer, piano recently took First Prize at the New Orleans International Piano Competition. As the winner, Spencer will be featured as soloist in upcoming performances with the Louisiana Philharmonic, Baton Rouge Symphony, and Acadiana Symphony (Louisiana), as well as in a solo recital in London’s Wigmore Hall. Read The Times-Picayune’s review of Spencer’s win.
3.21.08 Angela Meade, soprano made her Metropolitan Opera debut in the role of Elvira in Ernani on Friday, March 21st to great acclaim. Angela was covering the role and went on for an ailing Sondra Radvanovsky. Angela also recently won the 2008 George London Foundation Competition.