Of the four works on last Friday's American Composers Orchestra concert at Zankel Hall—dubiously entitled "Time Travels"—only two had anything to do with time (unless you acknowledge that all music is about
The Budapest Festival Orchestra—30 years old this year and still led by its ebullient co-founder, Ivan Fischer—is Hungary's leading cultural export and one of the most celebrated orchestras in the world.
by Gabriel Furtado Curating concerts is all about framing pieces and performers in a way that gives the whole evening a sense of continuity. In the new-music world, this can
by Andreas Hager Stories of love and betrayal may be the usual opera diet, but sometimes you run across something completely different. Performed as part of the PROTOTYPE Festival, composer/librettist David T.
by Michael Cirigliano II Capping off a week of performances that brought their jazz, new music, and Baroque ensembles to four of New York City’s prized venues, the Oberlin Conservatory
by Nicholas Fernandez Were it not for awkward programming, Anna Gourari's concert Thursday evening at the German Consulate could have reached the technical and emotional heights artists aim for when sharing
Now, THIS was fun. Last week, I was invited by WQXR'S online music station, Q2, to put together a set of music for their weekly Mixtapes program. As you can imagine, I
Russian pianist Anna Gourari performs a sold-out concert of Bach and Chopin at New York City’s German Consulate this Thursday. As a special treat, Joerg Widmann’s “Fleur du Mal,” composed
by Michael Cirigliano II Few musical works are as emblematic of the time and circumstances of their composition as Olivier Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time. Written in 1941
