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
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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
Ear Heart Music: Del Sol String Quartet Performs New Works
Picture this: Veteran Bay Area string quartet visits New York with a program of recent work incorporating elements from a variety of musical traditions, presented with evocative stage lighting and
PROTOTYPE: Angel’s Bone, Theotokia, and The War Reporter
Unfortunately, I'm not allowed to disclose many details about Angel's Bone, Du Yun's stunning new fantasy about human trafficking, performed at Trinity Wall Street this past week as part of
GlobalFEST Rocks Webster Hall
by Melanie Wong Webster Hall hosted the 12th annual globalFEST, North America's largest and most comprehensive world-music festival, on Sunday night—a riotous sold-out event, with three stages and 12 bands performing throughout the
PROTOTYPE: The Lounge at The Public Theater
After last night's performance of Thumbprint, I joined several members of the cast and production team down at The Public Theater, which is hosting a late-night cabaret each night this week.
PROTOTYPE: Thumbprint at Baruch Performing Arts Center
by Robert Leeper Opera is no stranger to drama, but Sunday night's performance of the chamber opera Thumbprint at the Baruch Performing Arts Center—part of the ongoing PROTOTYPE Festival—grabbed you by the gut
Preview: Steve Schick Performs Solo Percussion at Miller Theater
Hard to believe, but before Karlheinz Stockhausen wrote Zyklus in 1959, there were no works for solo percussion. The tireless Steve Schick, who has emerged as this country's foremost pracitioner of solo
Preview: PROTOTYPE 2014
Among the many casualties when City Opera folded last year was their contemporary-opera lab VOX: an essential incubator for emerging composers that presented some 70-odd operas over 14 seasons. Fortunately, Beth