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Back in 1983 when the Tucson International Mariachi Conference held its first Espectacular Concert, the Tucson Symphony Orchestra shared the stage with the legendary Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán.On Saturday, April 22, the…

After a 14-year absence, Tucson Symphony Orchestra checked the box on Mahler's behemoth Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection" Friday, March 31, one of two cornerstone events of the spring leg of the 2023 Tucson Desert Song…

Mahler's behemoth Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection" is not something orchestras the size of the Tucson Symphony can program very often.It requires a big choir, two soloists and nearly 100 musicians to make it worth the…

Violin great Hilary Hahn walked onto the Linda Ronstadt Music Hall stage Wednesday night and drank in the deafening applause mixed in with a whoop-whoop coming from a woman in the fourth row. Hahn should have expected no…

Cello great Yo-Yo Ma is returning to the Tucson Symphony Orchestra next spring, one of several highlights of the just announced 95th season.His concert on May 9, 2024, will be his third with the TSO and second under Music…

The 2023 HSL Properties Tucson Jazz Festival kicks off in earnest this weekend with the all-out party of Pink Martini with China Forbes.The 17-member orchestra, based in Portland, Oregon, joins the Tucson Symphony Orchestra…

New classical music works usually get a single premiere, a chance for audiences to hear the piece for the very first time.Rising Mexican composer Juan Pablo Contreras’ “MeChicano” is getting six.“Which is very unique for a…

Anne Akiko Meyers was blown away in 2017 when she first heard Mexican composer Arturo Márquez’s “Danzón No. 2.”“I couldn’t believe it was a living composer that had written it. It sounded so Ravel or Rimsky-Korsakov to me,”…

Tucson Symphony Orchestra is teaming up for the second year with the Consulate of Mexico in Tucson for the annual Mexican Independence Day concert at Fox Tucson Theatre on Thursday, Sept. 15.The concert is a collaboration…