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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…

The second leg of the 2023 Tucson Desert Song Festival kicks off this weekend with True Concord Voices & Orchestra mounting Rachmaninoff’s “Vespers,” also known as The All-Night Vigil.Next weekend, Tucson Symphony…

In the classical music world, there are long-awaited, much-anticipated encores.And then there’s Hilary Hahn.Nearly 16 years to the day that she played her one and only Tucson Symphony Orchestra concert in 2007, she will…

Bluegrass queen Alison Krauss and Brit rocker Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin fame are reuniting 14 years after they collaborated on the critically-acclaimed duet album “Raising Sand.”The pair two years ago released the follow…

As a kid growing up in Buffalo, New York, composer Vincent Calianno was a fan of Michael Jackson’s landmark album “Thriller.”That’s where his connection to the King of Pop began and ended.Until 2012, when Jackson ended up…

Paula Fan, who spent 31 years as the principal pianist with the Tucson Symphony Orchestra and 40 years teaching piano at the University of Arizona, died on Thursday, Feb. 23, after suffering a heart attack in Australia. She…

Tucson Symphony Orchestra Music Director José Luis Gomez promised there would be excitement and fireworks with the orchestra's season-long ¡Celebración Latina! series.Last weekend, Venezuelan trumpeter Pacho Flores returned…