NY Phil’s CONTACT! at the Met Museum
The NY Phil's CONTACT! new-music series, now in its fourth season, has become something of a holiday ritual for New Yorkers—at least for those looking for an alternative from the
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Bang On A Can All-Stars Premiere Two New Works at Japan Society
by Gabriel FurtadoPart of a painting by Sakai Hōitsu Much has been made of the parallels between music and the visual arts: Debussy’s love of Turner's seascapes, Rauchenberg’s White Paintings providing
(un)common threads with Gabriel Kahane at Zankel Hall
By Laura Wasson Photo credit: Chris Lee Monday’s (un)common threads performance with Gabriel Kahane at Zankel Hall began on a somber note. Jimmy Zankel, co-chair for the Notables Committee that
Orpheus Club Holiday Concert with Denyce Graves
RIDGEWOOD, NJ — Each year around this time, I make my way out to New Jersey to see my Dad sing a holiday concert with the Orpheus Club: a semi-professional
Andreas Scholl at Alice Tully
by Angela Sutton Saturday's recital at Alice Tully Hall began with an endearing episode. The damp late-Autumn weather, as it sometimes does for many of us, played havoc with star
WQXR Discussion on Avery Fisher Hall Renovation
by FoM Longtime readers of FoM know that I haven’t minced words about the visual and aural eyesore that is Avery Fisher Hall, by far the worst concert hall of any
The Collegiate Chorale Presents “Beatrice di Tenda”
by Andreas Hager Photo credit: Erin Baiano The Collegiate Chorale presented something of an early-bird special at Carnegie Hall on Wednesday evening. Bellini’s underperformed Beatrice di Tenda, began at an
Xiayin Wang and the Escher String Quartet
by Craig Brinker There is a lot of chamber music being performed on any given week in New York, and one of the best tickets in the city this week
The Juilliard School and Lindemann Fellows Present “Cosi Fan Tutti”
by Andreas Hager Photo Credit: Nan Melville Attending a co-production of Juilliard and the Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Program can feel similar to a high-school match at the steroidy heights of