Are art museums the new concert halls? Not exactly, but, there is a long and storied tradition of presenting live music in art galleries and museums. Particularly in the realm […]
NOTE: This contest has ended. On October 23-25, NYU Skirball welcomes back The Joshua Light Show, “the most psychedelic light show of all time" (Rolling Stone). This year's 3-day festival of liquid light
Ruth Fremson/The New York Times In 1998, I was working at the downtown arts center HERE when Basil Twist's Symphonie Fantastique premiered in a small black box theater in the basement. Billed as
by Robert Leeper Photo Credit: Richard Termine Despite frequent comparisons to the now-defunct City Opera, Gotham Chamber Opera has managed to avoid all of the baggage that comes with filling City
In the world of music, there are small masterpieces: Allegri's Miserere, Barber's Adagio for Strings, Claire de lune. Then, there are bigger ones: Handel's Messiah, Beethoven's Missa Solemnis, Mahler's 2nd symphony. And then, there
The renowned Emerson String Quartet shares a bill with pianist Yefim Bronfman for Schumann's Piano Quintet in E-flat major this Tuesday at Carnegie Hall. On its own, the quartet will perform Beethoven's
by Michael Cirigliano II It may not seem like Russian orchestral music would align with the Berlin Philharmonic's glossy, pristine sound, but luckily it seems that no one has ever
Continuing where they left off on Sunday night, a downsized Berlin Philharmonic and chief conductor Simon Rattle returned to Carnegie Hall on Monday night to complete their cycle of Schumann's four symphonies. They began with
"It's like Christmas all year round with these pieces." – Sir Simon Rattle At the center of the Berlin Philharmonic's residency in New York this week are two concerts at Carnegie
