This fall, PARMA returned to one of our favorite locations for making music: the Czech Republic. Filled with culture, history, and some of the most prominent contemporary orchestras, the Czech Republic is a hub of musical activity. CEO Bob Lord was especially hard at work this round of sessions, recording with three different symphony orchestras... Continue Reading →
This inaugural season of PARMA Recordings' China Tours has been a formative experience for all artists involved. Not knowing what to expect from their first time in the nation, each artist came away with their own individual stories. Each story, however, had a few things in common: the warm reception they were met with in... Continue Reading →
Jeff Morris creates experiences that pop audiences’ minds out of the ordinary, to realize new things about the sounds, technology, and culture around them. His performances, installations, lectures, and writings appear in international venues known for cutting-edge arts and for asking deep questions in the arts. He has won awards for making art emerge from... Continue Reading →
The China Tours continue! This week, acclaimed Croatian pianist, composer, and dear PARMA friend Matej Meštrović shared some of his experiences abroad as his trio, the Orient Expresto, took to the music halls of the Far East. This tour came right off the heels of PARMA and Matej recording his Chinese Rhapsody - a piece that employs... Continue Reading →
While touring is exciting, it can also be nerve-wracking and just a bit stressful. What happens when your performances are halfway around the world, you don't speak the language, and your cello doesn't fit in the overhead compartment? This summer, PARMA launched our first season of China tours with a number of the touring artists... Continue Reading →
PARMA Recordings is returning to Havana, Cuba, to record new choral works by composers L Peter Deutsch, Cynthia Folio, Michael F. Murray, J.A. Kawarsky and Meira Warshauer.
It has been a busy year so far for PARMA. Not only have we already had three successful months of releases (April releases coming soon), two albums had featured works in the "Classical New Releases" playlist curated by Spotify, reaching over 160k listeners; we've also traveled the world and back again. We began the year in... Continue Reading →
For the first time in the history of PARMA Recordings and PARMA Music Festival, on January 20th in the center of historic Havana, Cuba, we are going to have a PARMA Music Festival event, featuring Apollo Chamber Players, at the National Museum of Fine Arts (Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes). Admission is free to the public if you... Continue Reading →
For the annual National Take A Hike Day, we are spotlighting some of our artists who are a bit more daring than most. Christina Rusnak, Stephen Lias, and Sidney Balin head to the mountains, or to the sky...to draw creative inspiration. Check out their stories below. Can you think of anything better than hiking a mountain,... Continue Reading →
