New Year, New Leaf: Igor Levit at Carnegie Hall
Well, it's been a rough couple of months here in NYC. Just when we thought we were almost done with COVID-19, it came roaring back around Thanksgiving, shutting down bars,
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Weekend Live Music Preview: 9/17-9/19
The summer may have unofficially ended on Labor Day weekend, but with a delayed reopening to live music thanks to COVID, things are still going strong here in NYC into
The Boston Symphony Orchestra Returns to Live Performance at Tanglewood
STOCKBRIDGE, Massachusetts – On a fairly unremarkable Tuesday in March 2020, I decided at the last minute to go see the NY Phil and Louis Langrée perform a concert at
Frederic Rzewski (1938-2021)
(Frederic Rzewski performing The People United Shall Never Be Defeated! at 2017's Big Ears Festival) De mortuis nihil nisi bonum ("Don't speak ill of the dead") – Chilon of Sparta
The New York Philharmonic Returns to Live Performance at The Shed
by Steven Pisano (All photographs by Steven Pisano) The year 2020 will be remembered as a vacuum in the New York City performing arts world for quite some time. For
It’s Been a Year
Almost impossible to believe, but it was a year ago today that I saw my last live concert: the NY Philharmonic with mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard and conductor Louis Langrée. From
John Williams Conducts the Vienna Philharmonic at the Musikverein
"Music is not really a job, it’s something that the more you practice in it and work in it, the more interesting it becomes. My activities are the result of
Music in the Time of COVID: Christian Sands and Ashley Bathgate
(Photo: Sabrina Santiago, The New York Times) Well, it's been a minute. First and foremost, I hope everyone out there is hanging in, staying safe and sane. But, I won't
Music at Home
Ok, being stuck at home sucks, but at least we have modern technology to get us through the day. And no, I don't mean bingeing Tiger King. There is a