FREE TICKETS: Philadelphia Orchestra at Carnegie Hall
NOTE: This contest has ended. Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Philadelphia Orchestra come to Carnegie Hall this Monday at 8:00 p.m. for an electrifying program of Smetana and Dvořák,
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FREE TICKETS: The Music of Now Marathon at Symphony Space
Photo credit: Richard Alexander Caraballo NOTE: This contest has ended. The Music of Now: Rapid Ear Movement (REM) kicks off February's citywide Composer's Now Festival, beginning at 2:00 p.m. this Saturday at Symphony
New York Guitar Festival: Silent Films/Live Guitars
by Robert Leeper Badi Assad (top) and Kaki King On Thursday night at Merkin Concert Hall, The Goddess, a classic film from the golden age of Chinese cinema, was given a
GRAMMYs 2014 Preview
Apologies for the ad—you can thank the Times—but just had to share this tender, sweet improv by Caroline Shaw, who is making her way to L.A. as we speak with
The Cleveland Orchestra and Youth Chorus at Severance Hall
CLEVELAND, OH — Although I've heard The Cleveland Orchestra in New York enough times to realize that they are, hands down, one of the best orchestras in the world, it's always been a
Pittsburgh Symphony Performs Haydn, Danielpour, and Strauss in Heinz Hall
PITTSBURGH, PA — During a weekend visit to Cleveland (more to come on that), I had time to drive two hours south on Sunday to see the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra give
Only in New York: NY Phil Announces 2014–15 Season at WNYC Greene Space
Yesterday the NY Phil invited about 80 or so music writers—bloggers and newspaper critics alike—to the WNYC Greene Space for a press conference of sorts to announce details of the 2014–15
Mermaids, Nightingales, and Bassoons at the New York Philharmonic
by James Rosenfield Lost in between romanticism's last gasps and modernism's birth cries, Alexander Zemlinsky is one of those near-great composers whose work is virtually unknown today, despite the fact that
RIP, Claudio Abbado (1933–2014)
by Michael Cirigliano II Photo credit: University Musical Society, © Creative Commons News of Claudio Abbado's death earlier today at the age of 80 has been spreading quickly across all