Schumacher Young Artist Competition Winner 2025 James will be performing Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor with the Cleveland Philharmonic on May 3rd and 4th, 2025. James Carson, 15, began studying piano at the age of six in the Bay Area, California. Since relocating to Cleveland in 2020, James has been studying with Gerardo Teissonnière, piano faculty at the… Read More »James Carson: 2025 Schumacher Young Artist Winner
Brahms Symphony No. 1 Haydn Cello Concerto No. 2 Barber First Essay
Ms. Dinova will perform Liszt Piano Concerto No. 2 this weekend, October 19th and 20th with the Cleveland Philharmonic. Click Here for tickets. Cleveland-based pianist Halida Dinova has performed and recorded with some of Europe’s finest orchestras. As a piano recitalist, she has performed cycles of works by Schubert, Chopin, and Scriabin and a series of concerts of 20th-century music. A champion of… Read More »Halida Dinova, Pianist
By Jeanne A. Hansen, PhD Zigeunerweisen (Gypsy Airs) Op. 20 by Pablo De Sarasate Pablo de Sarasate (1844-1908), Spanish solo violinist and composer, won first prize in the violin class in 1857 at the Paris Conservatory. In his early 20s, Queen Isabella gave him a Stradivarius violin, and he made his debut in Vienna in 1876. Throughout his life he concertized extensively… Read More »Mahler Symphony 1 – Chausson Poème – Sarasate Zigeunerweisen
Louis will perform Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Cleveland Philharmonic on Saturday, March 2nd at Cleveland State University and Sunday, March 3rd in Westlake. Tickets available at Eventbrite. Louis Wang, 16, from Great Neck, New York, is currently a junior at Solon High School in Ohio. He started his formal music training in piano at the age of… Read More »Cleveland Philharmonic Schumacher Winner: Louis Wang
Written by Jeanne A. Hansen The Cleveland Philharmonic Orchestra will perform Sibelius’s Symphony No. 2 & Violin Concerto on April 22nd and 23rd. Tickets available at Clevephil.org. Jean Sibelius Born: December 8, 1865, Tavastehus, Finland Died: September 20, 1957, Järvenpää, Finland Jean Sibelius was born into a middle-class Swedish-speaking family. He aspired to a career as a concert violinist. That… Read More »Jean Sibelius Biography, Symphony No. 2 & Violin Concerto
Marina will perform the Sibelius Violin Concerto with the Cleveland Philharmonic on Saturday, April 22nd at Cleveland State University and Sunday, April 23 in Westlake. Tickets available at Eventbrite. Marina Ziegler’s journey with music began at the age of four when she started studying piano with her mother, Mayumi Kikuchi. A year later, she started her violin education at the… Read More »Meet Marina Ziegler- Winner of the 2023 Schumacher Competition
Dear Friend of the CPO, I am Ramon Alvarez Sr., first violinist with the Cleveland Philharmonic and the orchestra’s longest member. I joined the orchestra in 1968, when I was 26 years old. Previously, I studied violin at the Cleveland Institute of Music and served as concertmaster of the Arequipa Symphony, in Arequipa, Peru, and first violinist with the National… Read More »Ramon Alvarez Sr. – Five Decades in CPO
Welcome to the Blog of The Cleveland Philharmonic Orchestra! On this page you will see more in depth information on our concert repertoire, soloists, members, and special events. The Cleveland Philharmonic is entering it’s 85th season this year. Each concert season brings the opportunity for us to share our music and we are happy you are here. After all, ‘philharmonic’… Read More »Special Events and Members