Kate Lindsey, accompanied by the pianist Justina Lee, programmed cycles of life, love and creation by Schumann and Fauré.
Category: Classical Music
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Camaraderie and Visibility: A Festival for Black Classical Musicians
“You feel like you’re home,” a bassoonist said of the Gateways Music Festival, which for 30 years has provided Black musicians with performing opportunities.
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Gender Imbalance in Opera: Where Are the Female Conductors?
A new report found that women are dramatically underrepresented when it comes to conducting, directing and designing operas at leading American companies.
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In an Opera About Civil War Spies, Dancers Help Drive the Drama
Houston Grand Opera, known for innovation, unveils Jake Heggie’s “Intelligence,” directed by Jawole Willa Jo Zollar and featuring Urban Bush Women.
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In Debut, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla Gets the Philharmonic
The New York Philharmonic’s renovated hall is a proving ground for guests to balance the orchestra. Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla did so with assurance.
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Riccardo Muti Takes a Victory Lap With the Chicago Symphony
The orchestra’s former conductor — now its music director emeritus for life — opened Carnegie Hall’s season with a two-night engagement.
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Review: New York Philharmonic Plays New Steve Reich Piece
In “Jacob’s Ladder,” which premiered at the New York Philharmonic on Thursday, Reich’s signature chugging rhythms returned.
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Russell Sherman, Poetic Interpreter at the Piano, Is Dead at 93
He was known as a passionate, idiosyncratic performer in concerts and on recordings and admired as a longtime teacher at the New England Conservatory of Music.
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Tzadik’s Experimental Music Is Streaming. Start Here.
Listen to 15 streaming highlights from the vast catalog of Tzadik, the imprint founded by John Zorn.
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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.