by Melanie Wong France’s premier contemporary chamber group, Ensemble Linea, arrived at CUNY’s Elebash Recital Hall Friday night while in the midst of their second overseas tour. While officially a sextet—flute,
by Melanie Wong Photo credit: Michelle V. Agins, The New York Times Earlier last month, Nikolay Khozyainov (Russian winner of the 2012 Dublin International Piano Competition) gave his Carnegie Hall debut.
by Dan Lehner Pianist Mulgrew Miller, a constant fixture in the contemporary post-bop scene, died Wednesday at the age of 57. Largely known for his powerful performances, Miller was also
As much as Leipzig has been celebrating its native son Wagner this week, it is J.S. Bach—who lived in Leipzig for the last 27 years of his life—whom they hold
I may have done things in reverse, but after all of the concerts this week in the Wartburg, Dresden, and Bayreuth, I've finally found myself in Leipzig, where Wagner was born
After all of the Wagner-related concerts and historic sites I've been to this week, it felt like an oasis of calm to spend my last hour in Bayreuth yesterday with
The stars and luminaries turned out last night in Bayreuth to hear Christian Thielemann (again) lead the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra in an amazing sampler of Wagner's mature work, including all
The first of two extraordinary concert events took place Tuesday night in Dresden's Semperoper, with Wagner specialist Christian Thielemann leading the Dresden Staatskapelle on the eve of Wagner's birthday. In addition to
by Melanie Wong Above: Cadillac Moon Ensemble; below: Circles and Lines Friday evening at the Tenri Cultural Institute, Cadillac Moon Ensemble presented a program of music exclusively written by members the
