The music of this pianist, who played with giants like Billie Holiday, Charles Mingus and John Coltrane, can feel mysterious and private, but it rewards deep listening. Explore these 11 songs.
Category: Music
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Esa-Pekka Salonen Takes New Jobs in Los Angeles and Paris
The innovative conductor is taking on new roles in Los Angeles and Paris, as a creative leader and a conductor. Just don’t call him a music director.
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In Salzburg, a Cultural Kingdom Where Classical Music Still Reigns
Every summer, Salzburg, Austria, becomes the center of the classical music world, attracting some 256,000 visitors for a star-studded festival.
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How Bad Bunny’s Puerto Rico Residency is Boosting the Economy
Bad Bunny’s three-month concert series in San Juan is spurring a short-term surge in Puerto Rico’s economy.
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What’s Loud, Pink and Drawing New Yorkers Together?
With his Karlala Soundsystem, Karl Scholz is using nightclub-grade audio to ensure that neighbors gather.
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Rodion Shchedrin, Composer Who Captured Russia’s Soul, Dies at 92
He drew on Russian literature for his stage works and was an eager experimenter, inspired by folk tales, religious mysticism and melodrama.
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Austria’s Hills Are Still Alive, 60 Years Later
In Salzburg, an anniversary of “The Sound of Music” looks grand through a child’s eyes, even if the locals are gazing elsewhere.
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At Tanglewood, Making Classical Music Normal for Children
In recent years, Tanglewood has become visibly more welcoming to its youngest audiences. Just ask this critic’s three kids.
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Following the Sounds of Arabic to Rediscover Paris
A language student’s guide to the French capital highlights the culinary, literary and musical influences that quietly shape everyday life.
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Ousted Maestro Charged in Child Sex Abuse Imagery Case
Police in Indiana accused Julian Wachner, the former music director at Trinity Wall Street church in New York, of possessing sex abuse imagery purchased with cryptocurrency.
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5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now
The male soprano Samuel Mariño’s “Lumina,” a suite from Thomas Adès’s “The Tempest” and Ginastera’s string quartets are among the highlights.
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Brent Hinds, Lead Guitarist of Metal Band Mastodon, Dies in Motorcycle Crash
Mr. Hinds, 51, was found unresponsive late Wednesday after an S.U.V. appeared to slam into the motorcycle he was riding near downtown Atlanta, the authorities said.