The MET Orchestra Returns to Carnegie Hall
by Pete Matthews (All photos by Pete Matthews) Life has never been easy being a member of the MET Orchestra, the concert stage orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera. For 33
by Pete Matthews (All photos by Pete Matthews) Life has never been easy being a member of the MET Orchestra, the concert stage orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera. For 33
(Photo: Steven Pisano) "This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely, more beautifully, more devotedly than ever before." – Leonard Bernstein, November, 1963 In dark times
It's been three years since the vaunted Vienna Philharmonic has been to NYC – in pre-COVID times, they came here each year – but they'll be back this weekend with
Friday, 2/11 Ethan Iverson at Roulette, 8pm Ever since leaving The Bad Plus, the rock-jazz trio he co-founded in 2000, pianist Ethan Iverson has flourished as a solo artist while
by Steven Pisano (All photos by Steven Pisano) The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ended its most recent tour of the U.S. with a visit to Carnegie Hall on Monday night. Appropriately
Photo by Pete Matthews/Feast of Music After going virtual last year, Carnegie Hall's SongStudio returned live to the Resnick Education Wing this week. The Weill Music Institute's premier program for
Well, it's been a rough couple of months here in NYC. Just when we thought we were almost done with COVID-19, it came roaring back around Thanksgiving, shutting down bars,
Last night, pianist Jonathan Biss was supposed to appear at the 92nd Street Y to perform Beethoven's last three piano sonatas. Unfortunately, as with just about everything these days, Biss was
After consecutive cycles of all of Beethoven's string quartets, followed by all of his symphonies, where does one go? For me, it was back to Carnegie Hall last Thursday to