Happy Birthday, Béla Bartók
Amidst all my running around this weekend, it almost slipped past me that today would have been Bartók's 131st birthday. As timeless and transcendent as Bartók's music continues to be, sometimes we […]
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SXSW 2012 Pics
All of my pics from SXSW 2012 are now up on the photo page: Thursday Pics Friday Pics Saturday Pics Sunday Pics Did you make it down to SXSW this
SXSW: Nonclassical/Fast Forward Austin Showcase
I've been coming down to SXSW off and on for the past dozen years or so, and have seen everything from pop to punk, indie to Indian music, Delta blues
They Used to Call It Classical at SXSW
Taking a break from the constant showgoing here in Austin, I was able to get into this afternoon's panel "They Used to Call It Classical" at the convention center, where
Modern Beethoven Festival at the New York Phil: Symphonies 8 and 4
By Caleb Easterly The New York Philharmonic’s Modern Beethoven Festival began earlier this month, kicking of with the 2nd and 7th symphonies and Stravinsky’s Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra. Each
Aaron Roche and FLUX Quartet with Logan Coale
by Laura Wasson Last night’s concert featuring Aaron Roche and FLUX Quartet with Logan Coale was a perfect example of why staging is so important. That isn’t to say that the
SXSW or Bust
Am I the only person who thinks it's crazy that just about the entire music industry – bands, label managers, bloggers, and their various hangers-on – is headed to Austin,
Stéphane Denève Makes His Carnegie Debut with the Boston Symphony Orchestra
by Michael Cirigliano II If Friday night’s concert at Carnegie Hall is any indication, the Boston Symphony is an orchestra in crisis. Although they have only technically been without a
Rocking It Old School With Fima
After an early dinner off Union Square, I walked three blocks east to Washington Irving High School on Irving Place where Yefim Bronfman, one of the world's great pianists,