Calder Quartet and David Longstreth at Metropolitan Museum of Art
by Robert Leeper Photo credit: Hiroyuki Ito, The New York Times After the Calder Quartet's last show at the Met, which was clean but lacked a certain edge, they regrouped […]
by Robert Leeper Photo credit: Hiroyuki Ito, The New York Times After the Calder Quartet's last show at the Met, which was clean but lacked a certain edge, they regrouped […]
NOTE: This contest has ended. Banjo master Béla Fleck and classical guitar maven Miloš Karadaglić are coming to LPR this Sunday night at 8:00 p.m., and FoM is giving away a pair of
Clarinet quartet Ensemble 54 will perform music from the theater at the Interart Theatre Annex (500 W. 52nd Street) tonight at 7:30 p.m. The wide-ranging program includes works by Rossini, Weill, a live score performed to
by Melanie Wong San Diego Symphony Music Director Jahja Ling has said, "We should never call ourselves a world-class orchestra . . . only other people will say what kind of orchestra we
From symphonies to string quartets to slightly off kilter arrangements of Jimi Hendrix tunes, there is a lot of music for strings out there. On Wednesday night at Subculture, Zoë Keating continued in that tradition, but with one difference—she summoned the onslaught of sounds by herself. She uses a cello and a foot-controlled laptop and pedals to record layer upon layer of cello, creating intricate, haunting and compelling music. Zoë is known for both her use of technology – which she uses to sample her cello onstage – and for her DIY ethic, forgoing the usual hassle of record labels associated with success in music.
NOTE: This contest has ended. Catch the vocal stylings of indie soul-pop star Alexz Johnson at SubCulture this Thursday, November 7, at 7:30 p.m. with a pair of free tickets,
Photo credit: Andrea Mohin, The New York Times Visuals—be it film or computer-generated projections—have become something of a mainstay in contemporary concert music, and with good reason: More than ever, we
It's been more than five years since psychedelic garage rockers King Khan and the Shrines brought their wild, unruly stage show to McCarren Pool, complete with cheerleaders and King Khan
The Calder Quartet, who've accompanied everyone from The National to Airborne Toxic Event and Vampire Weekend, will be joined by David Longstreth of Dirty Projectors as part of the Bartók Quartet Cycle this Friday,