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Long before Bugs Bunny made a mockery of opera, it was none other than Mozart who wrote the definitive parody of opera directors and singers. In this contemporary adaptation, Knoxville Opera’s egomaniacal Impresario engages Cristoforo Cannelloni, a “know-it-all” Italian opera fanatic, to deal with the trials and tribulations of casting his upcoming production of Gianni […]

Part of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra’s Chamber Classics Series, which marks the KSO’s 83rd season. The KSO’s final Chamber Classics concert of the season offers a range of works for all listeners. The program is led by Music Director Aram Demirjian and features Mozart’s Symphony No. 36 (‘Linz’), followed later by Copland’s “Quiet City,” spotlighting […]

Part of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra’s Chamber Classics Series, which marks the KSO’s 83rd season. This performance led by Music Director Aram Demirjian features Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 9, "Jeunehomme," performed by University of Tennessee Professor of Piano Chih-Long Hu. It is surrounded by Auerbach's Eterniday (Homage to Mozart) and Tchaikovsky's Souvenir de Florence. Open […]

Please note, this concert takes place at the Sandra Powell Recital Hall, Natalie L. Haslam Music Center on the UT campus. Part of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra’s Chamber Classics Series, which marks the KSO’s 83rd season. KSO Principal ensembles will perform a program built around Schubert’s Octet in F Major. Composed in 1824, Schubert’s Octet is […]

Part of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra’s Chamber Classics Series, which marks the KSO’s 83rd season. The KSO’s Chamber Classics series brings you an afternoon of musical honoring the talents of Joseph Haydn. Known lovingly by his students as “Papa Haydn”, Haydn’s “Symphony No. 82 in C Major” will be conducted by Aram Demirjian. Associate Concertmaster […]

Part of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra’s Moxley Carmichael Masterworks Series, which marks the KSO’s 83rd season. The season concludes with a program of works written with the intent of transporting the listener to another time and place. A performance of Joaquín Rodrigo’s Concierto de aranjuez features Jason Vieaux, Grammy award-winning guitarist. Vieaux’s artistic mastery and […]

Part of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra’s Moxley Carmichael Masterworks Series, which marks the KSO’s 83rd season. This Masterworks performance takes the audience on a journey of symphonic transformation through history. Mei-Ann Chen returns to lead the KSO. The night will also include the Masterworks debut of KSO Concertmaster William Shaub performing Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto. The […]

Part of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra’s Moxley Carmichael Masterworks Series, which marks the KSO’s 83rd season. The KSO’s Masterworks Series offers a night of romance with Aram Demirjian and the KSO. The lineup begins with Frederick Delius’ musical dramatization of Shakespeare’s beloved tragedy, Romeo and Juliet. The romantic sentimentality of the night continues as the […]

Part of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra’s Moxley Carmichael Masterworks Series, which marks the KSO’s 83rd season. This Masterworks experience led by Music Director Aram Demirjian explores the ideas of a “New World,” from American composer Rachel Grimes to the Czech influence of Antonín Dvořák.  Korngold’s Violin Concerto features renowned violinist Tessa Lark, graduate of the […]

Part of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra’s Moxley Carmichael Masterworks Series, which marks the KSO’s 83rd season. This KSO Masterworks program illuminates the friendship of German composers Robert Schumann, Clara Schumann, Johannes Brahms, Felix Mendelssohn, and Fanny Mendelssohn. The Mendelssohn family artistry is represented by Felix Mendelssohn’s Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream and his sister […]