Feast of Music

Sound On at the NY Philharmonic with Kwamé Ryan

As the 2023-24 season winds down, the NY Philharmonic held its last Sound On new music concert of the season […]

It's been seven long years since I last went to the Big Ears Festival, a combination of Covid shutting things

After spending the past six weeks surveying orchestras from Boston, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, and Vienna, I felt it was high time I

Photo: Sara Krulwich/The New York Times The Met's current revival of Verdi's La Forza Del Destino – which will be

Growing up in a proud Irish-American family, I am an unapologetic fan of all things Irish: the food, the literature,

by Pete Matthews In a world that's sometimes feels it's on the brink of chaos, it's comforting to know that

Franz Welser-Möst with the Vienna Philharmonic, Carnegie Hall, 2/26/17 “Now, whenever I stand in front of them, it’s just making

by Pete Matthews (in Cleveland, OH and Pittsburgh, PA) Despite being several generations removed from their industrial heyday, both Cleveland

by Pete Matthews While I will always and forever cherish my summers seeing the Boston Symphony Orchestra up in their