Listen to 15 streaming highlights from the vast catalog of Tzadik, the imprint founded by John Zorn.
Category: Classical Music
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James Jorden, Parterre Box Opera Blog Creator, Dies at 69
With Parterre Box, he brought together high culture, punk aesthetics and gleeful camp in an irreverent source for news, criticism and gossip.
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Jaap van Zweden’s Final Season
The final season of Jaap van Zweden’s brief tenure as music director in New York began with a new suite for the star violinist Joshua Bell.
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Nancy Van de Vate, Composer and Advocate for Women in Music, Dies at 92
An American who settled in Vienna, she had a prolific career in contemporary classical music and broke gender barriers in her field.
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Conducting Lessons: How Bradley Cooper Became Leonard Bernstein
For “Maestro,” Cooper learned from top conductors like Gustavo Dudamel and Yannick Nézet-Séguin — and by stealth in concert halls or from the orchestra pit.
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Arthur Russell’s ‘City Park’: Reconstructed, Newly Performed
Arthur Russell, a victim of AIDS, composed fluidly in many genres. His “City Park” has been reconstructed for a new generation.
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5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now
George Walker’s Sinfonias, a new take on Monteverdi’s “Vespers” and a Sphinx Virtuosi debut are among the highlights.
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Christian Thielemann to Succeed Daniel Barenboim at Berlin State Opera
The conductor, an acclaimed Wagnerian, was named to replace Barenboim, who stepped down in January after three decades because of health problems.
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‘Doppelganger’ Review: A Soldier Confronts His Mortality
At the Park Avenue Armory, an imaginative and viscerally shocking staging of Schubert songs from the director Claus Guth and the tenor Jonas Kaufmann.
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John Cage Shock: When Japan Fell for Cage and Vice Versa
After a 1962 visit, a mutual love affair began between the composer and the country’s musicians. A new series at the Japan Society explores this relationship.
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Capturing John Zorn at 70: One Concert Is Just a Start
The Miller Theater at Columbia University began a series of programs to celebrate this restless and eclectic musician’s milestone year.
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Jonas Kaufmann and Friends Take On Schubert at the Armory
The tenor Jonas Kaufmann stars in “Doppelganger,” a staging of “Schwanengesang” by Claus Guth, making his New York debut.