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
Ticket Giveaway: Ensemble ACJW at National Sawdust TONIGHT
Ensemble ACJW, made up of some of the finest young professional classical musicians from the United States, is kicking off a three-concert series at Williamsburg's National Sawdust tonight with “Reflections”: a contemporary program that seeks
Preview: Stockhausen’s KLANG at the Met Museum
Though you wouldn't know it except for a few perfunctory blurbs in the local press, there is a landmark music event taking place in New York this weekend. For more than four years,
Dénes Várjon Plays Zankel Hall
by Nick Stubblefield Serendipity first introduced me to Hungarian pianist Dénes Várjon. A friend of mine had deeply treasured some recordings of the Chopin Nocturnes when he was a kid, but