Birge's Picks

This week on Birge’s Picks, the Duluth Chamber Music Festival returns for it’s second season and pianist Osip Nikiforov celebrates Rachmaninoff’s 150th anniversary at the Museum of Russian Art. Find out more!

This week on Birge’s Picks, events in Minneapolis, Brainerd and Fargo bring singing to the community in a variety of forms. Find out more!

This week on Birge’s Picks, the Vintage Band Festival returns to Northfield, the Great River Shakespeare Festival presents two plays and the Lakes Area Music Festival begins its 2023 season. Find out more!

This week on Birge’s Picks, the Northern Lights Music Festival presents Pucchini’s classic ‘La Boheme’ and the Minnesota Orchestra features a wide range of artists at its annual International Day of Music.

This week on Birge’s Picks, the Northern Lights Music Festival celebrates ‘Festive Fourth!,’ MacPhail Center for Music presents ‘Sounds of Summer,’ the Minnesota Orchestra performs at the Minnesota Beethoven Festival and much more!

This week on Birge’s Picks, the Great River Shakespeare Festival and the Minnesota Beethoven Festival open their seasons in Winona, and the Madeline Island Chamber Music Festival brings world-class string quartets to Minnesota.

This week on Birge’s Picks, the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra projects Ludwig van Beethoven’s ‘Pastoral Symphony’ at Rice Park outside Ordway Concert Hall.

This week on Birge’s Picks, head over to the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival to watch three classical music films.

‘I identify as me.’ That’s how pianist Sara Davis Buechner described her identity for ‘Proud to Be,’ YourClassical’s profiles of LGBTQ+ artists in classical music. This week on Birge’s Picks, Buechner returns to Minnesota to perform a recital and pass on her authentic wisdom to music lovers and students.

This week on Birge’s Picks, check out the Harlem Quartet as they perform a series of concerts in St. Cloud.