The Sketchy Orkestra Plays Le Poisson Rouge
by Nick Stubblefield Guest Star Emily Braden sings Applying genre labels to music and musicians can be a tricky business — it sells a product, but is often at odds with […]
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MATA Festival 2016 Wrapup
by Steven Pisano (All photos by Steven Pisano.) As one of NYC's leading contemporary classical and experimental music festivals, the MATA Festival was back in town last week for six
Ticket Giveaway: Utah Symphony celebrates 75 at Carnegie Hall with Andrew Norman premiere
The Utah Symphony and music director Thierry Fischer perform at Carnegie Hall in next Friday, April 29th—in a concert celebrating the orchestra’s 75th anniversary. The program features the New
Katherine Jenkins at the Café Carlyle
Photo: David Andrako When you visit the Café Carlyle, just off the lobby of the historic Carlyle Hotel on Madison and 76th Street, you know you aren't just seeing any old cabaret show. The minute you're
Charlie Parker’s Yardbird at the Apollo Theater
by Steven Pisano (All photos by Steven Pisano.) Saxophonist Charlie Parker was one of the seminal jazz musicians of the twentieth century, whose fast and furious improvisational style was the
TICKET GIVEAWAY: Orchestra of St. Luke’s at Carnegie Hall
Next Thursday, April 7th, the Orchestra of St. Luke's brings an evening of music spanning over 250 years of English music to Carnegie Hall. The evening includes Purcell's devastating "Dido’s Lament" from his opera
Preview: Big Ears Festival 2016
I'm excited to be returning to Knoxville, TN this weekend for the Big Ears Festival, which I attended for the first time last year and was pretty much blown away by
Ticket Giveaway: Ensemble ACJW at National Sawdust TONIGHT
Ensemble ACJW, made up of some of the finest young professional classical musicians from the United States, is kicking off a three-concert series at Williamsburg's National Sawdust tonight with “Reflections”: a contemporary program that seeks
Dénes Várjon Plays Zankel Hall
by Nick Stubblefield Serendipity first introduced me to Hungarian pianist Dénes Várjon. A friend of mine had deeply treasured some recordings of the Chopin Nocturnes when he was a kid, but