These Keyboard Musicians Are Thinking Beyond the Piano
Modern pianos are central to classical music. But some musicians are learning other keyboard instruments, and feel like better artists for it.
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Two Concerts Reveal a Dramatic Shift Between Mahler Symphonies
Over consecutive evenings, the New York Philharmonic and the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra performed Mahler’s works on programs with star sopranos.
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Can a Piano Capture the Grandeur of Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Music?
Inon Barnatan has created a solo transcription of “Symphonic Dances” in which he tries “not to imitate an orchestra, but to embody it.”
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Review: The Boston Symphony Plays a Sober ‘Lady Macbeth’
The orchestra, under Andris Nelsons, gave a clear and controlled concert performance of Shostakovich’s crushing opera at Carnegie Hall.