by Melanie Wong In accordance with their self-proclaimed mission to reach new audiences and change America’s “stuffy” and “elitist” perception of opera, nonprofit organization Opera on Tap presented their first original opera,
Last weekend's edition of CONTACT!, the NY Phil's new-music series, leaned older and more establishment than in the recent past. Which is both good and bad: on the one hand, you know
by David Artavia Transatlantic Ensemble’s Friday night performance at (le) Poisson Rouge might have created a new dictionary entry for "classical music." It doesn’t need to be played for white-haired
By Pete M and Melanie Wong Photo credit: Richard Termine, New York Times Last week, the Los Angeles Philharmonic returned to Avery Fisher Hall for a two-night run as part of Lincoln Center's
A pair of quality video promos for this Friday's ACO concert at Zankel, courtesy of composers Troy Herion and Ray Lustig. Tickets and info on the Carnegie website.
It's been a tough slog for Issue Project Room over the past few years. In 2008, they were forced to abandon their space in an old Gowanus silo, thanks to a greedy landlord. (The
by Aristea Mellos and FoM For those who remember stealing their parents' car to catch the old Pink Floyd laser-light shows at the Hayden Planetarium (okay, maybe that was just me),
"No statue has ever been erected to a critic." – Jean Sibelius Times are tough for music criticism. Just this past year, one newspaper reassigned one of their two full-time
"Toto, I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore." How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Become a world famous orchestra, pianist, or singer—or, just cough up about $25,000.
