Voyager craft have carried galaxies of information to and from space since 1977. Earthlings in Vienna are finally correcting one cultural omission.
Category: Music
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These Fans Love ‘Pride & Prejudice’ a Billion Times Over
The soundtrack for Joe Wright’s film adaptation of the Austen novel has long been a hit. At a 20th-anniversary ball, people got to hear it live.
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Yasunao Tone Dead: Experimental Composer and Fluxus Artist Was 90
A Japanese-born multimedia artist whose associates included John Cage and Yoko Ono, he pushed digital music past its breaking point.
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Charles Wadsworth, Pianist and Champion of Chamber Music, Dies at 96
As the founder, director and genial host of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, he helped drive the chamber music bomb of the 1970s.
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It’s Still South by Southwest, but This Time It’s in London
The music, tech and film festival, long known for being in Austin, Texas, expands to Europe for the first time.
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Waiting for Dudamel, the New York Philharmonic Is Doing Fine
Between music directors this season, the orchestra has been sounding fresh, engaged and more cohesive.
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South by Southwest London Has Its Own Musical Touch
The festival, which has a long association with music, presents an opportunity for London acts to perform on a bigger stage.
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‘This House’: An Intimate, Intergenerational Opera Is Also a Family Affair
Ricky Ian Gordon and Lynn Nottage tell the story of three generations in a Harlem home. Enter a second Nottage generation, her daughter, on the creative team.
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5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now
Brooklyn Rider’s exploration of the four elements, miniatures by Kurtag and the Anzû Quartet’s debut recording are among the highlights.
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What I Learned From the Great Singer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
The baritone Benjamin Appl remembers his teacher at 100, as one of the 20th century’s greatest singers and a complicated, conflicted man.
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Why Isn’t My Favorite Composer More Popular?
I love the operas of Leos Janacek. So do audiences — when they go to see them. But the works remain stubbornly on the outskirts of the repertory.