Jose Llana in Lincoln Center’s “American Songbook” Series
by Steven Pisano (All photos by Steven Pisano.) The "American Songbook" series presented by Lincoln Center for over 20 years has been a reliably top-notch showcase for showing off the […]
Winter Jazzfest Marathon 2019
by Dan Lehner and Pete Matthews Winter finally reared its adversarial head for last weekend’s Winter Jazzfest, which was incredibly celebrating its 15th year. The bitter cold may have deterred
Winter Jazzfest 2019: Medeski Martin & Wood with Alarm Will Sound at Brooklyn Steel
Winter Jazzfest ventured out to Bushwick's Brooklyn Steel on Wednesday night for a special evening with Medeski Martin and Wood and contemporary chamber orchestra Alarm Will Sound. For nearly 30
Winter Jazzfest 2019: “We Resist” at Le Poisson Rouge
by Steven Pisano (All photos by Steven Pisano) The Winter JazzFest is filling venues all week with a wide range of musical styles linked to "jazz", including old school, new
Winter Jazzfest 2019: The “Half-Marathon”
By Dan Lehner Theo Bleckmann and The Westerlies at SubCulture Winter Jazzfest’s famous marathon, a two-night musical expedition that lasts eight hours and stretches almost the entire width of Manhattan,
New York Philharmonic Plays Home Alone
by Nick Stubblefield Photo: New York Philharmonic The New York Philharmonic rounded out the year with a sold-out performance of John Williams' score for the 1990 film Home Alone, part
“The Carnival of the Animals” at the Miller Theatre
by Steven Pisano (All photographs by Steven Pisano.) The Carnival of the Animals, a fanciful suite of brief musical portraits of different animals, was composed in 1886 by Camille Saint-Saens
Songs About “The Song of Songs” at YIVO
by Steven Pisano (All photos by Steven Pisano) The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research was established in 1925 in Poland, with support from leading intellectuals of the time such as
“Greek” at the Brooklyn Academy of Music
by Steven Pisano (All photos by Steven Pisano.) The composer Mark-Anthony Turnage made his mark in London almost 20 years ago with his second opera, which was based on the