“The Death of Klinghoffer” at the Met Opera
Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera "There aren't many things left worth fighting for in this world. Art is one of them." – FoM In his 2008 memoir, Hallelujah Junction, John Adams devotes an entire
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White Light Festival: Roomful of Teeth Perform Music by Eckert, Amidon, Wells and Shaw
About a year ago, vocal octet Roomful of Teeth offered the first complete NYC performance of Caroline Shaw's Pulitzer Prize-winning Partita for 8 Voices. Not long after, they performed it again during
Museum Music: Ryoji Ikeda’s “superposition” at the Met Museum; Sound/Source at MoMA PS1
Are art museums the new concert halls? Not exactly, but, there is a long and storied tradition of presenting live music in art galleries and museums. Particularly in the realm
Nonesuch at BAM: Laurie Anderson’s “Landfall” with Kronos Quartet
Over the past 40 years, the Kronos Quartet has been responsible for more new music than any other institution, commissioning more than 800 works from just about every major composer on
Ear Heart Music Series Opens with Richard Reed Parry, yMusic Ensemble, and Nico Muhly at Roulette
by Steven Pisano Photo: Steven Pisano If nights of the week have a music personality, and Friday and Saturday nights are the loud and rowdy party animals in the group,
Eighth Blackbird Opens the Season at Miller Theatre
by Nick StubblefieldHiroyuki Ito for The New York Times I've attended many great presentations of new music in New York City over the past couple of years, so when I
The Power of Song at the Resonant Bodies Festival
Of all musical instruments, the human voice is the both the most accessible – we all have one – and the most challenging to execute. In the right hands, there
ICE Ends Their Mostly Mozart Run with Mixed Program
by Emre Tetik Armen Elliot for The New York Times For the third time this week, the International Contemporary Ensemble (a.k.a., ICE) appeared at the Park Avenue Armory's Board of Officers
Lisa Bielawa Creates Musical Poetry at The Stone
Composer and Vocalist Lisa Bielawa says she is happiest when she's working with artistic collaborators who are friends. That sentiment is reflected in Lisa's first-ever residency at The Stone this