Merkin Hall (Manhattan, NY)

Anthony Davis Puts His Operatic Spin on Edith Wharton

Anthony Davis has written operas based on recent history. But now he is adapting, and dramatically changing, Wharton’s 1912 novel “The Reef.”

By Seth Colter Walls

A recent recipient of the MacArthur “genius” grant, this pianist and composer fuses different styles for a sound that is entirely her own.

By Seth Colter Walls

Institutions are cutting back, but in corners of the city there is still new music to be found, like song cycles by Ted Hearne and Paul Pinto.

By Seth Colter Walls

A festival responds to the assaults and insults of war by celebrating the composer who shaped the nation’s contemporary music, Borys Liatoshynsky.

By Oussama Zahr