Bogdan Roscic and Lotte de Beer are shaking the dust off Vienna’s two biggest repertory companies.
Category: Music
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Jean-Philippe Allard, Jazz Producer and Musicians’ Advocate, Dies at 67
He called himself a “professional listener,” and he tended to develop lifelong relationships with the artists he worked with.
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Review: ‘Inside Light’ Gives a Taste of Stockhausen’s Opera Epic
At the Park Avenue Armory, a five-hour selection of pieces from the 29-hour “Licht” cycle is best appreciated as a marathon performance.
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Gone in a Six-Year Flash: Farewell to the New York Phil’s Maestro
The pandemic-derailed tenure of Jaap van Zweden, the orchestra’s music director, was too short to give us a full sense of him, as man or maestro.
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Mitsuko Uchida Says What She Thinks
The star pianist sat for a candid, occasionally tense interview in which she discussed creativity, the pandemic and why she doesn’t conduct Beethoven.
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‘The Spark’: How Irish Kids Created the Song of Summer
Think you can stop what they do? I doubt it.
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Wiener Festwochen Says ‘No Excuses Anymore’ for Inequality
In Vienna, a series of concerts and summits will highlight women and nonbinary composers, as well as the dominance of the dead, white, male canon.
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Luther Vandross, Pop Perfectionist, Didn’t Want You to Hear These Albums
Early records reveal that his sumptuous voice and longing lyrics were there from the start. Out of print since 1977, “This Close to You” will be available Friday.
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5 Minutes That Will Make You Love South African Jazz
The country has a rich, original relationship to jazz, with American techniques layered into regional traditions and rhythms. Explore 50 years of recordings picked by musicians, poets and writers.
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As Ukraine Rebuilds Its Identity, Folk Songs Are the New Cool
Faced with Russia’s efforts to erase Ukrainian culture, people have embraced traditional music as a way to reconnect with their past and affirm their identity.
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At the Curtis Institute, Students Live Entirely for Music
For a year, we followed five Curtis Institute of Music students as they made friends, pushed their artistry and stared down an uncertain future.
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The Opera Singer Aigul Akhmetshina on Her Career, ‘Carmen’ and More
During a break at the Royal Opera House, Aigul Akhmetshina discussed her action-packed career, “Carmen” and her mission to spread her love of opera.