For Tamás Vásáry (1933-2026)
Recorded at the International Piano Competition “City of Vigo”, 2018. Telegraph obit here.
Classical
How to Get to Carnegie Hall: After 50 Years, the Colorado Symphony Returns with Itzhak Perlman
When you live in New York, where we’re spoiled by a never-ending stream of visiting international orchestras, not to mention our very own world-class orchestra, it’s easy to forget that
Pianist Unbound: Igor Levit Performs Variations by Beethoven and Rzewski at Carnegie Hall
This January, my musical cup runneth over. Just one day after hearing The Cleveland Orchestra and Franz Welser-Möst dismantle symphonies by Mozart (41) and Shostakovich (11), I was back at
The Prague Philharmonia Bring Their Music – and Musicianship – to Carnegie Hall
Identity is an elusive quality among today’s symphony orchestras. Whereas orchestras were once home-grown, populated by players largely from within their own borders, today they have become global ensembles, drawing
The Cleveland Orchestra Returns to Carnegie Hall with Mozart and Shostakovich
It must bug the bejeezus out of the big-budget U.S. orchestras to hear over and over again that The Cleveland Orchestra – long regarded as one of the Big Five
A Pair of Pennsylvanians: The Philadelphia Orchestra at the Kimmel Center and the Pittsburgh Symphony at Carnegie Hall
Great music exists all over this country: from the northern plains, to southern California, and everywhere in between. Cross a couple of rivers west from New York and you’ll reach
Ravel @150: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet Plays the Complete Piano Music at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
“For me, (Ravel’s) music works the most when you do less.” – Jean-Efflam Bavouzet 2025 is the 150th anniversary of the birth of the brilliant, chronically underappreciated French composer Maurice Ravel, which
A Word About Women Conductors
Joana Mallwitz In perusing the schedule for my upcoming Tanglewood visit this weekend, I came across a name I wasn’t familiar with: Anna Handler, one of the Boston Symphony’s two
Gabriela Ortiz Widens the Scope at Tanglewood’s Festival of Contemporary Music
LENOX, MA – Amidst the whirlwind of activity last weekend at Tanglewood, it would have been easy to miss another, wholly separate festival taking place on the Tanglewood grounds. Since