Category: Music

Harvard’s Taylor Swift Scholars Have Thoughts on ‘The Tortured Poets Department’

The students taking Harvard University’s class on the singer are studying up. Their final papers are due at the end of the month.
Review: Thomas Adès Meets the Profound Beauty of Schubert

The Danish String Quartet returned to Carnegie Hall with its Doppelgänger project, pairing Schubert’s String Quintet and a premiere by Adès.
Philharmonic Opens Inquiry After Misconduct Allegations Are Revived

The New York Philharmonic commissioned an outside investigation into its culture after a magazine article explored how it handled an accusation of sexual assault in 2010.
Charlize Theron, Michelle Williams and Naomi Watts Turn Out for Dior

This week, the musician Kim Gordon performed after a star-studded Dior runway show in Brooklyn. And, luminaries honored Tony Bennett during Jazz at Lincoln Center’s annual gala.
Jorie Graham’s Poetry of the Earth and Humanity, Set to Music

The composer Matthew Aucoin, Graham’s former student, and the director Peter Sellars have adapted her poems into the operatic “Music for New Bodies.”
Hipgnosis Agrees to $1.4 Billion Deal to Sell to Concord

Hipgnosis, which owns the rights to songs by Justin Bieber and Neil Young, helped kick-start a rush on catalog sales. But its future has been in doubt.
FKA twigs Dances Martha Graham: ‘This Is Art in Its Truest Form’

Once a young bunhead, the acclaimed musical artist is taking the stage with the Martha Graham Dance Company. For her, this is holy grail territory.
A Pathbreaking Singer Arrives at the Met, With Pearls and Tattoos

Davóne Tines, who stars in the oratorio “El Niño,” is challenging traditions in classical music and using art to confront social problems.
Maurice El Medioni, Jewish Algerian Pianist, Dies at 95

He fused the music of his Sephardic roots with Arab traditions, incorporating boogie-woogie and other influences, to create a singular style.
Philharmonic Sidelines 2 Players It Tried to Fire for Misconduct

The New York Philharmonic said the musicians would not perform for now, after a magazine article brought new attention to allegations of misconduct. They have denied wrongdoing.
15 Looks That Did the Most at Coachella

The music festival had plenty of memorable fashion. Most (but not all) of it was ostentatious.
Review: Under Manfred Honeck, the Philharmonic Becomes One

In a program of Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff, a guest conductor coaxes a sumptuous sincerity from the orchestra’s musicians.