Known for dazzling virtuosity, Wang faces a new challenge in a three-and-a-half-hour Rachmaninoff marathon at Carnegie Hall.
Category: Music
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Review: A Young Pianist Finds His Way to Carnegie Hall
Mao Fujita’s playing had a prettiness all its own, but he didn’t connect profoundly with all the composers on his largely safe program.
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5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now
Hits from Renée Fleming’s career at the Metropolitan Opera, an unlikely Mozart and Beethoven recording and Florence Price are among the highlights.
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Ticketmaster Cast as a Powerful ‘Monopoly’ at Senate Hearing
The Judiciary Committee, responding to the bungled sale of Taylor Swift concert tickets, heard the company apologize and its critics trace the problem to the industry’s lack of competition.
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Justin Peck’s New Americana, ‘Copland Dance Episodes’
At New York City Ballet, Peck’s “Copland Dance Episodes” brings the composer’s three classic ballet scores under one roof, at last.
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A Decidedly French “Hamlet” Returns to Paris
Starting in March, Ambroise Thomas’s version of the Shakespearean tragedy will be revived at the Opéra Bastille for the first time since 1938.
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He Quit Singing Because of Body Shaming. Now He’s Making a Comeback.
The tenor Limmie Pulliam, who made his debut at Carnegie Hall on Friday, hopes to break barriers for larger artists.
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Ginny Redington Dawes, Composer of Memorable Ad Jingles, Dies at 77
She collaborated on the melodies for signature commercials that sang the praises of McDonald’s, Coca-Cola and other brands.
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Review: Dalia Stasevska Returns to the New York Philharmonic
Dalia Stasevska returned to the orchestra’s podium with a world premiere and subtly linked works by Tchaikovsky and Sibelius.
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Review: Carnegie Hall Makes an Intimate Space More Intimate
Zankel Hall has been temporarily reconfigured so that audiences can sit in the round, beginning with an enjoyable performance by the group yMusic.
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She Brought New Sounds to Colombia. The World’s Catching Up.
Jacqueline Nova created forward-thinking, often transgressive electroacoustic music in the 1960s. New releases are helping put her back on the map.
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David Crosby, Mainstay of Two Classic Rock Bands, Dies at 81
He was an original member of the Byrds and a founder of Crosby, Stills & Nash. But he was almost as well known for his troubled personal life as for his music.