Coffee Conversation: Kronos Quartet’s David Harrington
For anyone who cares at all about the living art of music, there is no more vital institution than the Kronos Quartet. Since their founding 41 years ago, this indefatigable
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Sonatas from the Soviet Era at SubCulture
by Christina Klessig Last week, pianist Ignat Solzhenitsyn and violist Hsin-Yun Huang presented an intimate concert at Subculture entitled “Sonatas from the Soviet Era.” Solzhenitsyn, the son of Nobel Prize winning dissident Alexandr Solzhenitsyn, began with Sergei
Duke @116
Duke Ellington, who was born this day in 1899, was by any measure the greatest composer this country has ever produced. Over a career that spanned more than half of
Australian Chamber Orchestra at Zankel Hall
The chamber orchestra is a unique musical animal, combining the fleetness of a string quartet with the power of a full symphony orchestra. Once the standard performance ensemble of the
Free Tickets: PUBLIQuartet at Weill Recital Hall Tomorrow Night
This contest is now ended. PUBLIQuartet, one of New York's most "independent minded ensembles" (New Yorker), bring an innovative program to Carnegie's Weill Recital Hall tomrrow night, featuring works by
Preview: Australian Chamber Orchestra Perform Jonny Greenwood’s “Water” at Carnegie Hall
This Sunday, the Australian Chamber Orchestra – reputed to be one of the finest chamber orchestras in the world – makes a rare stateside visit to Zankel Hall with a
Free Tickets: New World Symphony at Carnegie Hall
Anne-Sophie Mutter takes the the Carnegie Hall stage with the New World Symphony next Tuesday, April 28th at 8:00pm for a performance of Berg's Violin Concerto and the New York premiere of Norbert
New Music in the Tennessee Mountains: Big Ears Festival 2015
KNOXVILLE, TN – It didn't take long after my arrival at the Big Ears Festival in Knoxville last weekend for me to realize that this was no run-of-the-mill music festival.
The New York Philharmonic Premieres John Adams’ “Scheherazade.2”
In the orchestra world, the received thinking is that if you're going to have a new work on a program, you put it on the first half, in order to