MATA Festival 2016 Wrapup
by Steven Pisano (All photos by Steven Pisano.) As one of NYC's leading contemporary classical and experimental music festivals, the MATA Festival was back in town last week for six […]
Ticket Giveaway: Utah Symphony celebrates 75 at Carnegie Hall with Andrew Norman premiere
The Utah Symphony and music director Thierry Fischer perform at Carnegie Hall in next Friday, April 29th—in a concert celebrating the orchestra’s 75th anniversary. The program features the New
Lewis Del Mar at Bowery Ballroom
by Steven Pisano (All photos by Steven Pisano.) As the Rockaways increase their hip quotient each year, first with surfers (who we all know make everything cool), then with artists,
Katherine Jenkins at the Café Carlyle
Photo: David Andrako When you visit the Café Carlyle, just off the lobby of the historic Carlyle Hotel on Madison and 76th Street, you know you aren't just seeing any old cabaret show. The minute you're
Lesley Flanigan presents Hedera at National Sawdust
by Robert Leeper Lesley Flanigan: Hedera (Trailer) from Physical Editions on Vimeo. The pursuit of sonic bliss has driven Lesley Flanigan to be a ceaseless experimenter. Her background in sculpture
Charlie Parker’s Yardbird at the Apollo Theater
by Steven Pisano (All photos by Steven Pisano.) Saxophonist Charlie Parker was one of the seminal jazz musicians of the twentieth century, whose fast and furious improvisational style was the
TICKET GIVEAWAY: Orchestra of St. Luke’s at Carnegie Hall
Next Thursday, April 7th, the Orchestra of St. Luke's brings an evening of music spanning over 250 years of English music to Carnegie Hall. The evening includes Purcell's devastating "Dido’s Lament" from his opera
Preview: Big Ears Festival 2016
I'm excited to be returning to Knoxville, TN this weekend for the Big Ears Festival, which I attended for the first time last year and was pretty much blown away by
Africa Now! at the Apollo Theater
by Steven Pisano (All photos by Steven Pisano.) The Africa Now! music festival, which just wrapped up it's fourth year at the Apollo Theater, aspires to provide American audiences with a tasting menu