SHEFFIELD – Yehuda Hanani’s friends wanted to visit the Berkshires in the summer. Hanani, the legendary cellist, had been teaching master classes all over the world for years. He'd also long run the ...

COVID-19 policy: Masks are required. After two postponements due to the pandemic, the Close Encounters With Music commission will finally receive its world premiere on Nov. 6 at the Mahaiwe Performing ...

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. -- Close Encounters with Music, under the direction of cellist Yehuda Hanani, began its 19th season Saturday night with a leap of faith that paid off in a stunning performance ...

Tyler Duncan sings Schumann’s “Dichterliebe” on a program paired with Mendelssohn’s Piano Trio No. 1 in D Minor.

When opera comes back it’s going to be big. I’m not even a particular opera fan but that thought crossed my mind as I watched cellist Yehuda Hanani and his fellow musicians perform several works, ...

Music filled the air at Crossgates Mall this Saturday as Empire State Youth Orchestra students performed in the group’s annual Play-A-Thon.The students played c Jumpin' Jack's in Scotia to kickoff ...

On Sunday, June 6 the Catskill Mountain Foundation presents Close Encounters with Music in a 2:30 p.m. performance entitled Prague-Spring—Czech Idyll at the Doctorow Center for the Arts, on Route 23A ...