Austria's Hagen Quartet—praised by The Guardian for their "fiery elan"—are set to present a complete cycle of Beethoven's monumental string quartets at the 92nd Street Y (a feat they achieved earlier
NOTE: This contest has ended. Feeling nostaglic for some '90s-style jams laced with legendary harmonica grooves? Blues Traveler is coming to the Gramercy Theatre on Saturday, November 23, at 7:00
To mark the 50th anniversary of John F. Kennedy's assassination in Dallas, Texas, Symphony Space turns back the calendar this Friday to November 21, 1963—the day before the tragedy that
A journey through the Mali blues last week with Vieux Farka Touré, who closed out his most recent U.S. tour with a show at CUNY's Elebash Hall. The show was
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.
