Classical Music – Page 130

Grace Bumbry, Barrier-Shattering Opera Diva, Is Dead at 86

A flamboyant mezzo-soprano (who could also sing meaty soprano roles), she overcame racial prejudice to become one of opera’s first, and biggest, Black stars.

By Alex Williams

Bang on a Can Classical Music Glass, Philip Hutchings, Shabaka Long Play Monk, Meredith Moye, Famoudou Don Sanford, David (1963- ) Threadgill, Henry

Long Play Rises to the Top of New York Classical Music Festivals

This weekend of concerts, organized by Bang on a Can, has quickly but assertively ascended to the rank of destination event.

By Seth Colter Walls

Beaux Arts Trio Classical Music Deaths (Obituaries) Menahem Pressler Pianos

Menahem Pressler, Pianist Who Co-Founded the Beaux Arts Trio, Dies at 99

Mr. Pressler, who fled Nazi Germany as a youth, was the anchor of a group that, with various lineups, performed all over the world for 53 years.

By Robert D. McFadden

Classical Music Kavakos, Leonidas New York Philharmonic Noseda, Gianandrea Shostakovich, Dmitri

Review: When the Philharmonic Applauds the Soloist

Without interplay from the musicians, Leonidas Kavakos found tension in his own playing in Shostakovich’s First Violin Concerto.

By Oussama Zahr