Igor Levit’s response to tragedy, Ethan Iverson’s first piano sonata and a personal recording by Gidon Kremer are among the highlights.
Category: Classical Music
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Ewa Podles, a Rare Contralto With Sweeping Range, Dies at 71
With her molten chest voice and commanding presence, Ms. Podles, a galvanizing Polish opera singer, developed a cult following.
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‘The Chevalier’ Review: A Music-Theater Portrait of Joseph Boulogne
“The Chevalier,” an intriguing music-theater hybrid, unwraps the still little-known life and work of this 18th-century composer.
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The Cleveland Orchestra Says a Lot, but Only Through Music
With neither encores nor speeches, this ensemble presented a subtly clever, cogent and complete pair of concerts at Carnegie Hall.
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6 Highlights of Maria Callas’s Opera Career at La Scala
The soprano appeared in more than two dozen productions at the house in Milan as she rose to become opera’s leading lady. Here are six highlights.
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Peter Schickele, Composer and Gleeful Sire of P.D.Q. Bach, Dies at 88
He wrote more than 100 symphonic, choral, solo instrumental and chamber works. But he was better known, and celebrated, as a musical parodist. Who can forget “The Concerto for Horn and Hardart?”
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At 70, the Composer Georg Friedrich Haas Encourages Self-Discovery
One of Haas’s former students reflects on his time with a teacher who had lessons to offer in music, doubt and influence.
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Jay Clayton, Vocal Innovator in Jazz and Beyond, Dies at 82
She sparred with avant-garde instrumentalists and used electronics to alter and extend her vocal palette. She was also at home in more conventional settings.
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Hilary Hahn Announced as Avery Fisher Prize Winner at Philharmonic Concert
The star violinist’s appearance as artist in residence included an announcement that she had received the $100,000 Avery Fisher Prize.
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Franz Welser-Möst to Leave the Cleveland Orchestra
Franz Welser-Möst, the Cleveland Orchestra’s music director since 2002, is beginning to wind down his career.
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An Opera Superfan’s Surprise Gift: $1.7 Million for the Arts
Lois Kirschenbaum, who died in 2021, made the donations to cultural groups from unexpectedly large life savings.
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Channeling the Pain of Chinese Immigrants, in Music and Verse
“Angel Island,” an oratorio by Huang Ruo, brings to life the stark poetry of Chinese detained on the California island in the first part of the 20th century.