MATA Festival Comes to Brooklyn
More good music making it’s way to Brooklyn: the 9th annual MATA Festival of New Music will be held next week at the Brooklyn Lyceum. MATA was founded in 1996 […]
Sad News From New Jersey
According to Dan Wakin in today’s Times, the NJSO is planning to sell off their Golden Collection of 30 rare stringed instruments, which I had the chance to hear just
Both Hands
A packed house at the People’s Symphony last night to see the venerable pianist Leon Fleisher in recital. For those of you unfamiliar with Fleisher’s story: he was on his
Misha Makes Good
I made my way over to Hell’s Kitchen last night to see a wonderful recital, part of the new Baryshnikov Arts Center’s Movado Hour series. These monthly concerts – which
Get Your Wagner On
Anyone with six hours to spare today would do well to tune into 96.3 FM for the Met’s broadcast of Richard Wagner’s Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg, starring Johan Botha as
Last Night @ Barbes
Two great sets last night at local music temple Barbes. The early set featured Ljova, stage name of the 28 year old Russian-American violist and composer Lev Zhurbin, playing with
This is Serious Business
An extraordinary event last night at Carnegie, though one seen by a less-than-capacity crowd, perhaps put off by the sub-zero temperatures here in New York, or tapped out after the
Mott Music
Saw a great little film at Barbes last night called Mott Music, about a piano warehouse in the Bronx where they repair and rehabilitate old pianos. At one point, the
Music From Across the River
I have a confession to make: I am originally from New Jersey. And, while I’ve lived in New York for well over a decade, my family still lives there, and