Author name: Peter Matthews

The first time I met Simon Rattle was on a snowy January night in 2003, in the backstage area of the Musikverein in Vienna, where he had just conducted the

In New York, we are fortunate to have the best musicians in the world – classical, pop, electronic, whatever – come visit on a regular basis. Sometimes, it’s easy to

"The (Berlin Philharmonic's) standard of playing at all times, whether it'll be in a Primary school classroom or in the Philharmonie, is absolutely fantastic. And when you go off into

For all those who aren’t able to make it to the BPO’s bi-annual concerts at Carnegie this week (yes, they do come every other year, not just when Carnegie decides

A major event took place at Carnegie Hall last night, and the music world turned out in force, filling Stern Hall to capacity. Every New York critic was in the

Before I run up to Carnegie for the NYC debut of the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela and their conductor, Gustavo Dudamel,  a quick recap of the whirlwind weekend.

Despite a chilly rain in the city last night, a capacity crowd filled the massive Church of St. Paul the Apostle for the latest installment of Ronen Givony’s Wordless Music

Having spent more than a fair amount of time  over the past few weeks attending both classical and rock concerts, I’ve started thinking about the differences and similarities between the

In response to several requests, I’ve made some recent improvements to the site that I hope readers will find useful: On the right nav bar, there is now a Search