CONCERT CALENDAR: Week of April 16-23
Tuesday, April 18
Sypert Salon Series: 3 p.m. Daniels Pavilion, Artis—Naples, 5833 Pelican Bay Blvd., North Naples. Beethoven and Schumann, with Lilya Zilberstein, piano, and Naples Philharmonic chamber ensembles. $45 artisnaples.org or 239-597-1900
Thursday, April 20
Royal String Quartet: 8 p.m. Center for Performing Arts - Hinman Auditorium,10150 Bonita Beach Road (at Vermont Street), Bonita Springs. From Warsaw, Poland one of Europe's foremost quartets in the first of three programs, "Musica Vincit Omnia," featuring Debussy, Penderecki and more. $27-$37. www.artcenterbonita.org or 239-495-8989
Friday, April 21
Pundit Rajeev Taranath: 7 p.m. Riverside Church, 8660 Daniels Parkway, Fort Myers. India's renowned instrumental masters, Pundit Rajeev Taranath and Sarod Maestro with percussionist Udayraj Karpur on the tabla. $25. 239-994-7120 or 239-634-6668.
Tchaikovsky, Vaughn-Williams, Prokofiev: 8 p.m. Artis—Naples, 5833 Pelican Bay Blvd., North Naples. The Naples Philharmonic, with pianist Lilya Zilberstein performing the Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3; plus the Philharmonic Chorus, James Cochran, director, and Dmitry Liss, guest conductor. $15-$72. artisnaples.org or 239-597-1900
Saturday, April 22
Naples Concert Band: 2 p.m. Cambier Park, 755 8th Ave S., Naples. Including highlights from "Annie," "Themes Like Old Times," "Afterlife" and more. Freewill offering.
Magnificent Mahler: 8 p.m. Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall, 13350 FSW Parkway, Fort Myers. Southest Florida Symphony Orchestra performs the Mahler Symphony No. 1 and the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto, Caroline Goulding, guest artist, plus Jonathan Leshnoff's "Starburst." Music Director Nir Kabaretti conducts. 7 p.m. pre-concert lecture. $25-$85. 239-418-1500 Information: www.swflso.org
Olivia Newton-John: 8 p.m. Seminole Casino Hotel Immokalee, 506 S. First Street, Immokalee. Four-time Grammy Award-winning singer Olivia Newton-John performs her hits ("Magic," "Physical," "Have You Ever Been Mellow") and more. Show is an outside event, rain or shine, and attendees must bring their own chairs.No coolers or pets. $39 advance, $50 day of show; $125 VIP tickets offer a private section in front of the stage with seating, private bar, appetizers and two beverages. Seminoleimmokaleecasino.com.
Beata Bilinska: 8 p.m. Center for Performing Arts - Hinman Auditorium,10150 Bonita Beach Road (at Vermont Street), Bonita Springs. One of Poland’s leading pianists, combining a mastery of popular classical pieces with “a sure sense of how musical lines bend and expand," according to a New York Times critic. Performing Chopin, Symanowski, Gershwin and more. $27-$37.www.artcenterbonita.org or 239-495-8989
Tchaikovsky, Vaughn-Williams, Prokofiev: 8 p.m. See Friday listing.
Sunday, April 23
Bonita Springs Concert Band: 2 p.m. Sunday, Riverside Park, 10451 Old 41 Road, Bonita Springs. See Saturday listing for Naples Concert Band.
Sypert Salon Series: 3 p.m. See Tuesday listing.
FGCU Wind Orchestra: 3 p.m. Hayes Hall, Artis—Naples, 5833 Pelican Bay Blvd., North Naples. Including a consortium premier of James Stephenson's Concerto for Piccolo Trumpet and Wind Ensemble and a world premiere of Robert Thurston's "Jabberwocky," Matthew Sonneborn, guest artist, Rod Chestnutt, conductor. $15. artisnaples.org or 239-597-1900
Trumpet and organ: 4 p.m. Trinity-by-the-Cove Episcopal Church, 553 Galleon Drive, Naples. Richard Watson, assistant principal trumpet of the Boston Philharmonic, and Douglas Major, former organist of the Washington National Cathedral, perform ceremonial music for trumpet and organ,including compositions by former Naples Philharmonic trumpet James Stephenson, Eric Ewazen, Telemann, Tomasi and more. Free. www.trinitybythecove.com
Jake Shimakuburo: 8 p.m. Southwest Florida Performing Arts Center, 11515 Bonita Beach Road SE (at Imperial Parkway), Bonita Springs. American ukulele virtuoso and composer known for his complex finger work and genre-stretching style with the instrument. His music includes jazz, blues, funk, rock, bluegrass, classical, folK and flamenco. He has written music for films and performs around the world. $34-$48 plus fees and taxes. swflpac.com