by James Rosenfield Photo credit: Hiroyuki Ito, The New York Times When flu-stricken Gustavo Dudamel had to cancel his set of concerts with the New York Philharmonic last week, the Pittsburgh Symphony's
NOTE: This contest has ended. Cuban composer/pianist Fabian Almazan heads to Jazz Standard this weekend in support of his new album, Rhizome. An event you won't want to miss, Almazan's latest project fuses jazz band with
In honor of their 40th anniversary season, the Kronos Quartet takes over Carnegie Hall's Stern Auditorium this Friday night, March 28, with a host of notable guests, including Bryce Dessner of The
Photo credit: Jay Blakesburg NOTE: This contest has ended. The Kronos Quartet host their 40th-anniversary celebration at Carnegie Hall this Friday at 8:00 p.m., and FoM is giving away five
by Nick Fallon This past Saturday Grammy Award–winning jazz/fusion group Snarky Puppy made a stop at Irving Plaza to play to an enthusiastic sold-out crowd. As the final stop on the band's
by Robert Leeper After a delayed start to his run in Wozzeck at the Metropolitan Opera, Thomas Hampson returned from illness to take over the titular character last week. Hampson's tormented
Story telling among friends. That was the impression given during Wednesday nights Ecstatic Music Festival performance. The Merkin Concert Hall stage was a gathering of old friends and collaborators who wanted to play some new music that they had written. Timo Andres–whose new song cycle Work Songs was the impetus for the gathering–Gabriel Kahane, Ted Hearne, Becca Steven, and Nathan Koci each brought their unique charms to create a musical quilt in celebration of their musical friendship.
The reserved approach to the evening could have done with another uptempo number or two, but the relaxing atmosphere added to the storytelling effect apparent in most of the pieces. Each whisper or shout had a supporting role to the stories being told, and was wrapped up in the warm, if often subdued, sounds behind them.
by Melanie Wong This past Saturday at Carnegie Hall, National Symphony maestro Christoph Eschenbach led the Vienna Philharmonic through the penultimate event of this year's Vienna: City of Dreams festival. Eschenbach,
Recent Grammy Award winners Snarky Puppy will be making a stop in New York this Saturday at Irving Plaza, where the jazz/fusion group will be performing in support of their latest album, We
