Winter Jazzfest Marathon 2020 – Friday Recap
Charles Altura, left; Jure Pukl, right by Dan Lehner An unseasonable warm spell may have made for an odd environment for Winter Jazzfest this year, but encouraging people to
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“The Love Suicides at Sonezaki” at the White Light Festival
by Steven Pisano (© Hiroshi Sugimoto/Courtesy of Odawara Art Foundation) 2019 marks the 10th anniversary season of Lincoln Center’s White Light Festival, offering works from around the world in music,
“desi:NOW” at Lincoln Center Out of Doors
by Steven Pisano (All photos by Steven Pisano.) A desi is “a person of Indian, Pakistani, or Bangladeshi birth or descent who lives abroad.” You can include Sri Lanka too.
2019 NYC Summer Music Preview
It's up in the mid-80's today in NYC, which has got me thinking about my favorite time of year: summer, when all sorts of amazing music heads outdoors. In addition
World Music Institute Presents Anda Union at Merkin Hall
by Steven Pisano (All photos by Steven Pisano.) On March 30, the World Music Institute hosted a fascinating concert at Merkin Hall featuring the Mongolian musical group Anda Union, whose
Winter Jazzfest 2019: The “Half-Marathon”
By Dan Lehner Theo Bleckmann and The Westerlies at SubCulture Winter Jazzfest’s famous marathon, a two-night musical expedition that lasts eight hours and stretches almost the entire width of Manhattan,
Songs About “The Song of Songs” at YIVO
by Steven Pisano (All photos by Steven Pisano) The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research was established in 1925 in Poland, with support from leading intellectuals of the time such as
Summer 2018 Music Preview
Hard to believe it's already June, and while this year's Gov Ball has already come and gone, the music is just starting to move to the great outdoors. Below is
“Qyrq Qyz (Forty Girls)” at BAM
by Steven Pisano (All photos by Steven Pisano.) The epic story of Gulayim, a teenage female warrior from Uzbekistan who banded 40 female warriors together to fight off invaders, resonates