It may not be as big or run as long as its visual arts sibling, but the Music Biennale includes a wealth of commissions and premieres.
Category: Music
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A Mental Tightrope: When Instrumental Musicians Have to Sing, Too
Artists who take up contemporary music sometimes have to sing and play at the same time. The results can be extraordinarily powerful.
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Paul Di’Anno, Early Iron Maiden Frontman, Dies at 66
The English singer played with the band in its early years. He later worked with other bands and pursued a solo career.
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Review: A Choir Stands Out in a Multimedia Performance
The Crossing is one of many elements in “Can We Know the Sound of Forgiveness,” which links pieces by Gabriela Ortiz in a five-movement meditation.
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A New Venue Celebrates the Sound of the Bronx
The Bronx Music Hall is the first new independent music venue in the borough in more than 50 years.
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Lin-Manuel Miranda Releases ‘Warriors’ Album With Eisa Davis
He collaborated with Eisa Davis to make a concept album inspired by the 1979 movie. One big change: the main gang is made up of women.
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At 150, Charles Ives Still Reflects the Darkness and Hope of America
This pioneering composer is not the easiest to love. But while he explores the poison of American nationalism, his music also offers an antidote.
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Adam Abeshouse, Prolific Producer of Classical Music, Dies at 63
A trained violinist, he found his calling in the studio control room. He also started a foundation to help fund recordings that lack major-label support.
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Mitzi Gaynor, Leading Lady of Movie Musicals, Is Dead at 93
She was best known for starring in the 1958 screen version of “South Pacific.” But her Hollywood career was brief, and she soon shifted her focus to Las Vegas and TV.
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The Exquisite Fragility of Mark Andre’s Music
Andre’s family history is one of precarity and mutability. His works, vulnerable and intricate, aren’t so different.
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Leif Segerstam, Provocative Finnish Conductor and Composer, Dies at 80
He led his country’s principal orchestras and major orchestras elsewhere in Europe. He also mystified his countrymen with an unstoppable flow of symphonies.
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Philharmonic’s Afromodernism Festival Gathers Black Artists
An Afromodernism festival at the New York Philharmonic shines a light on Black artists, who are vastly underrepresented in classical music.