Curtis Institute Of Music

Lang Lang, the world's most famous touring concert pianist, trained at the Curtis, one of the country's finest music schools, housed in a rambling historic limestone mansion with its own theater (and soon getting a brand-new facility at 17th and Locust Sts.). Eighteen percent of the principal chairs in America's leading orchestras -- and musical directorships of three major orchestras -- are held by alumni. Nearly half of the players in the Philadelphia Orchestra are alumni, too. Curtis itself has a small hall just off Rittenhouse Square that's excellent for chamber works. Free student recitals are Monday, Wednesday, and Friday evenings at 8pm from October through May. Both the Curtis Opera Theater and the Curtis Symphony Orchestra present full-scale productions at the school, the Prince Music Theater, and the Kimmel Center.

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