Gianandrea Noseda led his Washington ensemble at Carnegie Hall in a trio of works by George Walker, Prokofiev and Stravinsky.
Category: Classical Music
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Lincoln Center Revives Summer for the City, Hoping to Draw New Fans
The festival will include hip-hop, Korean arts, Mostly Mozart and a flock of 200 flamingo lawn ornaments.
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Review: Contemporary Music Champions Celebrate With the Hits
The Boston Modern Orchestra Project threw itself a sparsely attended 25th-anniversary party at Carnegie Hall. Those who didn’t go risk FOMO.
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Review: András Schiff Wears Two Hats at the New York Philharmonic
Taking a cue from Mozart, András Schiff appeared with the New York Philharmonic as both piano soloist and conductor.
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Spotlighting Lady Macbeth’s Anguish: Can What’s Done Be Undone?
With radical adaptations of Verdi’s “Macbeth” and Puccini’s “Tosca,” Heartbeat Opera shows why it’s so vital to New York’s music scene.
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Review: ‘Champion,’ at the Met Opera, Spars With History
Terence Blanchard’s jazz-inflected work tells the real-life story of the boxer Emile Griffith, haunted by guilt when an opponent died after a fight.
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Stephen Hough Revisits His Youth, in Playful Fragments
In his new memoir, “Enough: Scenes From Childhood,” Stephen Hough recalls his artistic and sexual coming-of-age with a light touch.
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Jascha Heifetz in the Case of the Violinist and the Fanatical Doorman
Who attacked Heifetz 70 years ago in Jerusalem for the crime of playing Richard Strauss? A dive into an unsolved mystery.
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Review: ‘Ainadamar’ Turns Lorca Into Death-Haunted Opera
Osvaldo Golijov’s poetic 2003 work is being presented in a new production at Detroit Opera that will travel to the Metropolitan Opera.
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James Bowman, Who Helped Resurrect the Countertenor, Dies at 81
He took up the repertory for the highest male voice at a time when few were performing it. He was particularly known for two roles in Britten operas.
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As Florence Price’s Music Is Reconsidered, She Turns 135. Again.
The work of Florence B. Price is having a renaissance, and new, foundational details about her life and racial identity are still being discovered.
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Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou, Nun With a Musical Gift, Dies at 99
Born in Ethiopia, she seemed headed for a career as a concert pianist before she chose a monastic life. Her intricate piano recordings gained a cult following.