{"id":2515506,"date":"2026-07-24T12:54:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T12:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2515506"},"modified":"2026-07-24T12:54:02","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T12:54:02","slug":"8-of-the-best-classical-music-events-to-catch-this-weekend-in-cleveland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/8-of-the-best-classical-music-events-to-catch-this-weekend-in-cleveland\/","title":{"rendered":"8 of the Best Classical Music Events to Catch This Weekend in Cleveland"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Piano Cleveland <\/strong>shifts into high summer gear on Friday at 7:30 in Mixon Hall at the Cleveland Institute of Music with Session 1 of the Semi-Final Round of the Cleveland International Piano Competition for Young Artists. <\/strong>Sessions 2 and 3 follow on Saturday and Sunday at 2 pm. Click here<\/a> for details.<\/p>\n

Before that Semi-Final Round gets underway, Piano Cleveland<\/strong> will present a community concert on Friday at Noon at the Natural History Museum.<\/p>\n

With the opening of The Red Mill<\/em> on Thursday, <\/em>this weekend, Ohio Light Opera <\/strong>will have all of its summer titles running in repertory. On Friday, catch Yeomen of the Guard<\/em> at 2, and The Merry Widow <\/em>at 7:30. Saturday\u2019s shows are Damn Yankees <\/em>at 2 and My Fair Lady <\/em>at 7:30. And The Red Mill <\/em>closes a busy week with a 2 pm matinee on Sunday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

On Saturday at 1pm, Akron Symphonic Winds <\/strong>will take their Happy Birthday, America! tour to the Akron Art Expo in Hardesty Park, and there may be places left for M.U.S.i.C. \u2013 Stars in the Classics\u2019<\/strong> 6:30 Summer Music in the Garden party in Orange Village.<\/p>\n

And on Saturday at 7 at Blossom, principal cello Mark Kosower will be the featured soloist with The Cleveland Orchestra<\/strong>, Kevin John Edusei, conducting, in Martin\u016f\u2019s Cello Concerto No. 1.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, three al fresco<\/em> concerts close out a packed weekend. At 4 pm, Friends of the McGaffin Carillon <\/strong>in University Circle will present Keiran Cantilina in a Summer Carillon Festival Concert.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Close by in Rockefeller Park on Sunday at 6, The Cleveland Opera and Cleveland Ballet Theater will host Opera in the Italian Cultural Garden.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n

And on Sunday at 7 at Blossom, The Cleveland Orchestra <\/strong>will present An Evening with vocalist Idina Menzel, star of Rent, Wicked, and Frozen<\/em>, Andy Einhorn conducts.<\/p>\n

For details of these and other classical music events, please visit the ClevelandClassical.com concert listings<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.clevescene.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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