Acclaimed international pianist Alon Goldstein’s solo recital at a Ridgeland house concert Wednesday night raised more than $38,700 for Beth Israel Congregation’s Piano Fund. The benefit sponsored by the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra used culture’s most universal language — music — as a tool for inspiration.
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2026 POI International Composition Competition Winner Announced
Congratulations to Ecuadorian composer Josué Plúa Trujillo for winning the 4th POI International Composition Competition! His work “Theme and Variations on a Danzante” will be premiered on June 12, at 7:00 pm at Millsaps College.
Brahms concerto in welcome hands of pianist Goldstein
International pianist and local favorite Alon Goldstein returns to Jackson for Mississippi Symphony Orchestra’s April 11 “Mighty Keys” concert at Thalia Mara Hall – an evening that opens with the wit and melodious charm of Sergei Prokofiev’s Lieutenant Kijé Suite and finishes with Johannes Brahms’ epic Piano Concerto No. 1.
Jackson fave Goldstein back for MSO’s ‘Mighty Keys’
International pianist Alon Goldstein, hailed for delivering “pure pleasures” in performance, returns to Jackson for the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra’s season-capping Bravo concert “Mighty Keys” on Saturday, April 11, at Thalia Mara Hall.
Next Stop, Mississippi | Morgan Freeman’s Symphonic Blues Experience & Mississippi Symphony Orchestra
For our first stop, we’re off to the ultimate mashup of all time, Morgan Freeman’s Symphonic Blues Experience, happening March 27th in Jackson with Mississippi Symphony Orchestra Executive Director, Janet Reihle & blues musician, Keith "The Prince of the Delta Blues" Johnson
‘Spring Delights’ welcomes season with brightness and joy
In Mississippi Symphony Orchestra’s “Spring Delights” chamber concert, the music riding in on that breeze carries all the right sentiments of the season. The charm of street entertainment, the yearn of nostalgia, the convivial spirit of folk celebrations and the sap-rising vigor that pulls us outdoors – these are the connective threads that make springtime, and this concert, such a joy.