Gerstein, Kirill

Gerstein’s ‘Music in Time of War’ Pairs Debussy and Komitas

Kirill Gerstein’s immense recording project “Music in Time of War” surveys works by artists who witnessed World War I and the Armenian genocide.

By Hugh Morris

Gerhaher, Christian Gerstein, Kirill Grigorian, Asmik Gruber, H K Hengelbrock, Thomas Huffman, Ted (Theater Director) Makela, Klaus McBurney, Simon Opera Orchestre de Paris Ostermeier, Thomas Rattle, Simon Tcherniakov, Dmitri Venables, Philip

The Ups and Downs of the Aix-en-Provence Festival

Not everything was an artistic or audience success at the 75th Aix-en-Provence Festival in France. But everything was worth discussing.

By Joshua Barone

Berlin Philharmonic Classical Music Gerstein, Kirill Petrenko, Kirill (1972- ) Rachmaninoff, Sergei Second Piano Concerto (Musical Work)

At 150, Rachmaninoff and His Music Are ‘Here to Stay’

Kirill Gerstein, who has recorded a new account of the Second Piano Concerto with the Berlin Philharmonic, discusses the composer’s polarizing legacy.

By Joshua Barone

Classical Music Dvorak, Antonin Eastman, Julius (1940- ) Femenine (Musical Work) Gerstein, Kirill Harlem Chamber Players In Seven Days (Musical Work) New York Philharmonic Reinhardt, Ruth (1988- ) Rosner, Tal Talea Ensemble

Review: ‘In Seven Days’ Conjures the Creation, With Video

The New York Philharmonic, conducted by Ruth Reinhardt, played Thomas Adès’s “In Seven Days,” for piano, orchestra and moving image.

By Zachary Woolfe