(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 […]
Music in Time of War: Vienna Philharmonic Returns to Carnegie Hall Read Post »
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
Weekend Preview: 2/11-2/13 Read Post »
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
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at Carnegie Hall Read Post »
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,
New Year, New Leaf: Igor Levit at Carnegie Hall Read Post »
STOCKBRIDGE, Massachusetts – On a fairly unremarkable Tuesday in March 2020, I decided at the last minute to go see the NY Phil and Louis Langrée perform a concert at
The Boston Symphony Orchestra Returns to Live Performance at Tanglewood Read Post »
"Music is not really a job, it’s something that the more you practice in it and work in it, the more interesting it becomes. My activities are the result of
John Williams Conducts the Vienna Philharmonic at the Musikverein Read Post »
This has been a sad, sobering day in the cultural life of New York City. As of today (3/12), all major NYC arts organizations – Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, the
Louis Langrée Conducts the New York Philharmonic in Debussy, Ravel and Scriabin Read Post »
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
Beethoven @ 250: Orchestra of St. Luke’s and La Chapelle de Québec at Carnegie Hall Read Post »
"Symphonies are the best representation of my true self." – Beethoven Beethoven's nine symphonies are the foundation of the symphonic repertory, the standard by which all others are measured. His
