Jon Batiste Has Got the Whole Wide Music World in His Hands
The pianist is following his Grammy win with “World Music Radio,” a concept album that challenges genre borders and carries a message of open-armed inclusivity.
Jaeger-LeCoultre and the ‘Golden Ratio Musical Show’
The Swiss watch brand, whose Reverso model was inspired by the mathematical proportion, commissioned a short symphony in its honor.
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At Bard, a Festival Argues for the Music of Vaughan Williams
This year’s Bard Music Festival explores the work and context of a composer who strove to make art “an expression of the whole life of the community.”
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Ireland Says Goodbye to Sinéad O’Connor
In the coastal town of Bray, south of Dublin, the site of Ms. O’Connor’s last Irish home, mourners prepared to pay their last respects to the singer.