When Canadian violinist James Ehnes made his 2003 New York Philharmonic debut playing Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto in Central Park, he was all of 27 and decided to take advantage of the occasion by proposing […]
I don't, as they say, do weddings. But, Saturday night's marriage between Tristan Perich and Lesley Flanigan wasn't your typical surf-'n-turf affair at the local banquet hall. No, these guys
One of the (few) perks of working downtown are all of the free music events, most of which happen during lunch hour. But come summertime, the floodgates open, and there
by Michael Cirigliano II I’ve always admired the relationship fostered by the Juilliard School and London’s Royal Academy of Music [and not just because I’m a graduate of the latter].
by Angela Sutton River to River Festival hosted the multi-instrumentalist Dana Leong, along with sidemen John Shannon (guitar) and DJ Icewater (turntables and electronics), at One New York Plaza for
For those who may have missed it, I paid a visit yesterday to WQXR, where I engaged in a thoughtful, lively roundtable discussion on classical music criticism in the digital age, with Anne
Apparently, Patti Smith is a big opera fan. Who knew? "Because I tour a lot," she says, "if I have a day off and there's an opera, I'll go hear it."
Robi Botos, winner of the 2012 Montreal Jazz Festival Grand Prix de Jazz, on the Place des Festivals Renaud Garcia-Fons at the Maison Symphonique, playing solo double-bass Free Flamenco Trio
by Donald Hagar Photo: Willie Davis for the New York Times The temperature topped 95 degrees last Friday, and what better way to cool down than to hear the Flux
