Steve Olive, who has worked in the event carpet business for more than three decades, is the man the Academy trusts to get its iconic rug just right.
Category: Music
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Conductor Antonio Pappano, on Top and Learning on the Job
Antonio Pappano, who leads the London Symphony Orchestra, feels like he is always “playing catch-up” because he skipped music school.
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Michael Tilson Thomas, Facing Brain Cancer Recurrence, Scales Back Concerts
Michael Tilson Thomas, who led the San Francisco Symphony for 25 years, said, “Now is the time to wind down my public appearances.”
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100 Years Ago Recording Studios Got a New Tool: Microphones
On Feb. 25, 1925, Art Gillham’s session made history. The technology changed who was heard in recordings, how artists approach their music and how we hear it.
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Janet Jackson’s Las Vegas Residency Is A Masterclass In Music And Movement
Photo Credit: Solaiman Fazel By Okla Jones ·Updated February 22, 2025
Janet Jackson has remained a global icon, shaping the landscape of pop and R&B with her unmistakable voice, groundbreaking choreography, and genre-defining hits. From her breakout album Control to the socially conscious Rhythm Nation 1814
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The Young Voices Shaping ‘New Sonic Futures’
A new project from T magazine highlights a group of female singer-songwriters who are reinventing R&B.
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Chaka Khan On Inspiring The Next Generation Of Musicians, “Stay True To Yourself.”
Photo Credit: Per Ole Hagen/Redfern By Okla Jones ·Updated February 21, 2025
For more than five decades, Chaka Khan has remained a force of nature—an artist whose voice, >Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee will bring her legendary energy to Montreux Jazz Festival Miami, joining
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Coming Soon to Trump’s Kennedy Center: A Celebration of Christ
Richard Grenell, the center’s new president, told a conservative gathering that the “big change” at the center would be a “huge celebration of the birth of Christ at Christmas.”
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Seong-Jin Cho Tackles a Ravel Piano Marathon in New York
Performing in New York, Seong-Jin Cho presented a marathon survey of Ravel’s solo piano works and appeared in Prokofiev’s Second Piano Concerto.
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Review: Vikingur Olafsson and Yuja Wang, Side by Side
Vikingur Olafsson and Yuja Wang appeared at Carnegie Hall with a unified approach to works by Schubert, John Adams, Rachmaninoff and more.
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At Kennedy Center, Trump Inherits a Tough Job: Fund-Raising
For the arts institution, which receives only a small portion of its budget from federal funding, the perennial challenge is to raise additional revenue through ticket sales and private donations.
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Hear How a ‘Smash’ Song Got a Broadway Makeover
“Let Me Be Your Star,” which evokes an actor’s longing to shine, has come a long way from its TV days. Here’s how the song evolved on its way to the stage.