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Pianist Gary Graffman turned a right hand injury around into a brilliant career performing repertoire written for the left hand alone. Hear him play works by Bach, Brahms, Scirabin, Corigliano, and more.

As part of the Music and Conversation series, Andrea Ceccomori and Elitza Harbova will perform and discuss works for flute and piano by living Italian and American composers.

Even though the Philly Orchestra is off to Colorado, there are still some great midweek concerts to attend.

The Philly Orchestra is finally back in town. Hooray!

  • The Kingsessing Recreation Center, site of an April 12 shooting, has long had, and continues to have, problems with drugs and violence. Residents don't feel the city is doing enough. The regular monthly meeting of the Kingsessing Recreation Center Advisory Council is tonight at 7 at 50th St. and Kingsessing Ave.
  • We always get a little sad when the main classical music season ends and all the musicians go to their fun summer festivals. But, this can only mean that the Mann Center's season is just around the corner!

    Things look a bit light this week, with the Philly Orchestra on a well-deserved break, Easter on the horizon and Passover beginning tonight.

  • Speaking of cool local music stories, check out this article about an 11-year-old sixth-grader who's a talented and accomplished jazz pianist, with his own band and everything.
  • The Philadelphia Orchestra became the first major US orchestra to open its own online music store on Thursday. Other orchestras have their music available for download, but ours is the first to do it without an outside distributor. Way to enter to the 21st century, Philly Orchestra! Check out the store for yourself here.
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