The Celebrity Series 2006-2007 season was announced April 28. As soon as the office opened on Friday, dedicated concert-goers began filing in to make their selections (many of them dialed in via the web). The season features a lot of new artists; for example, pianist Yundi Li, soprano Karita Mattila, Academy Award winning actress Olympia Dukakis, country musician Kathy Mattea, the Prazak String Quartet, soprano Barbara Bonney and mezzo-soprano Angelika Kirchschlager, Praire Home Companion host Garrison Keillor, South African actor and playwright John Kani, vocalist Brian Stokes Mitchell and spin artist DJ Spooky, among others, all make their Celebrity Series debuts in 2006-2007. Complexions contemporary ballet, Compañía Nacional de Danza 2, and the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir with Ton Koopman, conductor are all making their Boston debuts in 2006-2007!
We think it's a terrific season (not surprising). The Boston Globe announced it with an article by Richard Dyer that featured a few words from our leader, Martha H. Jones:
''Our core mission remains the presentation of classical artists," said Martha H. Jones, Celebrity Series executive director. ''Next season we are presenting as many classical attractions as we always have, but we have expanded our reach by diversifying into other areas."
I couldn't (and didn't) put it better myself.
The links below are the the closest I came in this go 'round to official web sites for these artists. I hope to find other or better ones worth sharing with you in the future. I will be exploring these sites over the coming months for tidbits or scraps (or whole meals if they present themselves) of things worth seeing or knowing. In the meantime, you can view the lineup below, my little guide to the artists on the new season and their web sites, or visit us at www.celebrityseries.org.
Preservation Hall Jazz Band’s 45th Anniversary Celebration – “The New Orleans Revue”
Sun. Oct. 15, 5pm
Symphony Hall
NHK Symphony Orchestra
Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor (Decca records Ashkenazy page)
Hélène Grimaud, piano soloist
Fri. Oct. 20, 8pm
Symphony Hall
New York Times columnist Frank Rich
Sun. Oct. 22, 3pm
John Hancock Hall
Trick or Treat! with Rob Kapilow – Family Musik
Sun. Oct. 29, 2pm
Tsai Performance Center
Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio
Sat. Nov. 4, 8pm
NEC's Jordan Hall
Gidon Kremer, violin and Krystian Zimerman, piano
Sun. Nov. 5, 3pm
NEC's Jordan Hall
Kirov Ballet and Orchestra – Swan Lake (Mariinsky Theatre web site)
Thurs.-Sun. Nov. 9-12
(Thurs. 7:30pm / Fri. 8pm / Sat. 2pm, 8pm / Sun. 3pm)
The Wang Theatre
Sergio & Odair Assad, guitar duo (artist management site)
Sat. Nov. 11, 8pm
NEC's Jordan Hall
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin (official web site)
Tue. Nov. 14, 8pm
Symphony Hall
What Makes It Great? with Rob Kapilow
Christopheren Nomura, baritone – Romantic songs by Schumann (artist management site)
Sun. Nov. 19, 3pm
NEC's Jordan Hall
Barbara Bonney, soprano & Angelika Kirchschlager, mezzo-soprano
Fri. Dec. 1, 8pm, NEC's Jordan Hall
Guarneri String Quartet(faculty bio from University of Maryland)
Sun. Dec. 3, 3pm, NEC's Jordan Hall
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Chorus
with Ton Koopman, conductor - Christmas concert (official web site)
Fri. Dec. 8, 8pm
Symphony Hall
Pilobolus (dance) (official web site)
Fri.-Sun. Dec. 8-10
(Fri. 7:30pm / Sat. 8pm / Sun. 3pm)
The Shubert Theatre
Vienna Choir Boys – Holiday Program (official web site)
Sun. Dec. 10, 3pm
NEC's Jordan Hall
Hilary Hahn, violin (official web site plus Hilary's blog: Itty-Bitty news)
Fri. Jan. 12, 8pm
NEC's Jordan Hall
Olympia Dukakis in Rose (theater) (link is from the Internet Movie Database)
Tues.-Sun. Jan. 16-21 (Tues. 7:30pm / Wed.-Sat. 8pm / Sun. 3pm)
Wimberly Theatre, Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA
Peter and the Wolf with Rob Kapilow - Family Musik
Sat. Jan. 20, 12pm, 2pm
Tsai Performance Center
Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano (official web site)
Sun. Jan. 21, 3pm
NEC's Jordan Hall
South African actor & playwright John Kani (link is wikipedia entry)
Fri. Jan. 26, 8pm
Sanders Theatre, Cambridge
Regina Carter, violin
with vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater (official web site)
Sat. Jan. 27, 8pm
Sanders Theatre, Cambridge
Lang Lang, piano (official web site)
Sun. Jan. 28, 3pm
Symphony Hall
Complexions contemporary ballet (official web site)
Fri. -Sat. Feb. 2 and 3
(Fri. 7:30pm / Sat. 8pm)
Tsai Performance Center
Kathy Mattea (official web site) (Kathy Mattea's blog)
Sat. Feb. 3, 8pm
Sanders Theatre, Cambridge
Garrick Ohlsson, piano (link is to wikipedia entry)
Sat. Feb. 10, 8pm
NEC's Jordan Hall
Garrison Keillor (Praire Home Companion web site)
Sun. Feb. 11, 3pm
Symphony Hall
What Makes It Great? with Rob Kapilow - Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons
Boston Musica Viva & Jennifer Frautschi, violin (all official web sites)
Fri. Feb. 16, 8pm
NEC's Jordan Hall
Dawn Upshaw, soprano
Sun. Feb. 25, 3pm
NEC's Jordan Hall
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra (official Gewandhaus web site)
Riccardo Chailly, conductor
Yundi Li, piano soloist
Wed. Feb. 28, 8pm
Symphony Hall
Compania Nacional de Danza 2
Thurs.-Fri. Mar.1 and 2
(Thurs. 7:30pm / Fri. 8pm)
The Shubert Theatre
Tap on Tap! with Rob Kapilow - Family Musik
Sat. Mar. 10, 12pm, 2pm
Tsai Performance Center
Cirque Éloize “Rain”
Tues.-Sun. Mar. 13-18
(Tues.-Fri. 7:30pm / Sat. 2pm, 8pm / Sun. 3pm)
Cutler Majestic Theatre
National Philharmonic of Russia
Vladimir Spivakov, conductor (link is wikipedia entry)
Olga Kern, piano soloist (link from Van Cliburn Foundation)
Fri. Mar. 16, 8pm
Symphony Hall
Prazak String Quartet
with Roger Tapping, viola
Sat. Mar. 17, 8pm
NEC's Jordan Hall
Barbara Cook (official web site)
Sat. Mar. 24, 8pm
Symphony Hall
Alexander Kobrin, piano (Van Cliburn Foundation page)
Sun. Mar. 25, 3pm
NEC's Jordan Hall
Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra (Jazz at Lincoln Center web site)
with Wynton Marsalis
Wed. Mar. 28, 8pm
Symphony Hall
Daniel Bernard Roumain and THE MISSION (official DBR web site with fun intro)
Sat. Mar. 31, 8pm
Berklee Performance Center
Karita Mattila, soprano (link is wikipedia entry)
Fri. Apr. 13, 8pm
NEC's Jordan Hall
Bobby McFerrin with Voicestra (official web site)
Sat. Apr. 14, 8pm
Symphony Hall
Boston University Opera Institute - La Bohéme
Thurs.-Fri. Apr. 19-20
(Thurs. 7:30pm / Fri. 7:30pm)
BU Theatre
Australian Chamber Orchestra with Pieter Wispelway, cello (official web sites)
Sun. Apr. 22, 3pm
NEC's Jordan Hall
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (official web site)
Thurs.-Sun. Apr. 26-29 (Thurs. 7:30pm / Fri. 8pm / Sat. 2pm, 8pm / Sun. 3pm)
The Wang Theatre
Evgeny Kissin, piano
Sun. Apr. 29, 7pm
Symphony Hall
Kinodance Company - Boston Cyberarts Festival 2007– Boston Marquee (official web sites)
Wed.-Thurs. May 2-3 (Wed. 7:30pm / Thurs. 8pm)
Tsai Performance Center
Sweet Honey in the Rock (official web site)
Sun. May 6, 3pm
Symphony Hall
Brian Stokes Mitchell (official web site)
Fri. May 11, 8pm
Sanders Theatre, Cambridge
Emerson String Quartet (official web site) with Leon Fleisher, piano (link is wikipedia entry)
Sat. May 12, 8pm
NEC's Jordan Hall
Ballet Hispanico and the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra, Palladium Nights (official web sites)
Fri.-Sat. May 18-19, (Fri. 7:30pm / Sat. 8pm)
The Shubert Theatre
Boston Modern Orchestra Project (all official web sites)
with DJ Spooky, Rinde Eckert & guests – Boston Marquee
Sat. May 19, 8pm
Sanders Theatre, Cambridge
You can view all of these engagements in more detail and subscribe online at celebrityseries.org.
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