String Orchestra of Brooklyn Premieres Modern Works
by Zoë Gorman The String Orchestra of Brooklyn (alternately known as the SOBs, wink) is giving new flair to concert music by bringing modern compositions to the streets of New York’s
Get That on the Record!
Attention NYC Musicians: Starting June 10th, Nightlife Productions—a NYC recording studio with top-of-the-line equipment, as well as stellar producers and engineers—is holding a contest to give away free recording time and
Ensemble Linea Performs at CUNY During Second Overseas Tour
by Melanie Wong France’s premier contemporary chamber group, Ensemble Linea, arrived at CUNY’s Elebash Recital Hall Friday night while in the midst of their second overseas tour. While officially a sextet—flute,
Nikolay Khozyainov Makes Carnegie Hall Debut
by Melanie Wong Photo credit: Michelle V. Agins, The New York Times Earlier last month, Nikolay Khozyainov (Russian winner of the 2012 Dublin International Piano Competition) gave his Carnegie Hall debut.
Germany 2013: Music in the Thomaskirche Leipzig
As much as Leipzig has been celebrating its native son Wagner this week, it is J.S. Bach—who lived in Leipzig for the last 27 years of his life—whom they hold
Germany 2013: Leipzig
I may have done things in reverse, but after all of the concerts this week in the Wartburg, Dresden, and Bayreuth, I've finally found myself in Leipzig, where Wagner was born
Germany 2013: Interview with Sven Friedreich, Director of the Wagner Museum
After all of the Wagner-related concerts and historic sites I've been to this week, it felt like an oasis of calm to spend my last hour in Bayreuth yesterday with
Germany 2013: Wagner 200th Birthday Concert in Bayreuth
The stars and luminaries turned out last night in Bayreuth to hear Christian Thielemann (again) lead the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra in an amazing sampler of Wagner's mature work, including all
Germany 2013: Wagner Birthday Concert in Dresden
The first of two extraordinary concert events took place Tuesday night in Dresden's Semperoper, with Wagner specialist Christian Thielemann leading the Dresden Staatskapelle on the eve of Wagner's birthday. In addition to