Posted inCarnegie Hall Chicago Symphony Orchestra Classical Music Kavakos, Leonidas Muti, Riccardo 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. Posted by By Oussama Zahr
Posted inClassical Music Geffen, David, Hall (Manhattan, NY) Jacobs Ladder (Musical Work) Music New York Philharmonic Reich, Steve Travelers Prayer (Musical Work) van Zweden, Jaap 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. Posted by By Zachary Woolfe
Posted inClassical Music Deaths (Obituaries) Manhattan (NYC) Massachusetts New England Conservatory Sherman, Russell Wha Kyung Byun 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. Posted by By Vivien Schweitzer
Posted inClassical Music Tzadik 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. Posted by By Seth Colter Walls