Desmond Child in Lincoln Center’s “American Songbook” Series
by Steven Pisano (All photos by Steven Pisano.) He may not be a household name, but few songwriters have enjoyed the enormous success that Desmond Child has had over the […]
Yuja Wang at Carnegie Hall, with Igudesman and Joo
by Steven Pisano (All photos by Steven Pisano.) The pianist Yuja Wang has been wowing audiences worldwide for over a decade. Her exuberant virtuoso technique has always been one of
Messiaen’s “Quartet for the End of Time” at the Crypt Sessions
by Steven Pisano (Photo by Andrew Ousley/Unison Media.) Last week, the Crypt Sessions, a series of concerts curated by Andrew Ousley in the burial crypt underlying the Church of the
Robert Ashley’s “Improvement (Don Leaves Linda)” at The Kitchen
by Steven Pisano (All photos by Steven Pisano.) The composer Robert Ashley's opera Improvement (Don Leaves Linda) is an interesting case as an opera because it was not conceived traditionally
Jose Llana in Lincoln Center’s “American Songbook” Series
by Steven Pisano (All photos by Steven Pisano.) The "American Songbook" series presented by Lincoln Center for over 20 years has been a reliably top-notch showcase for showing off the
Winter Jazzfest 2019: “We Resist” at Le Poisson Rouge
by Steven Pisano (All photos by Steven Pisano) The Winter JazzFest is filling venues all week with a wide range of musical styles linked to "jazz", including old school, new
“The Carnival of the Animals” at the Miller Theatre
by Steven Pisano (All photographs by Steven Pisano.) The Carnival of the Animals, a fanciful suite of brief musical portraits of different animals, was composed in 1886 by Camille Saint-Saens
Songs About “The Song of Songs” at YIVO
by Steven Pisano (All photos by Steven Pisano) The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research was established in 1925 in Poland, with support from leading intellectuals of the time such as
“Greek” at the Brooklyn Academy of Music
by Steven Pisano (All photos by Steven Pisano.) The composer Mark-Anthony Turnage made his mark in London almost 20 years ago with his second opera, which was based on the