Nagano, Kent – MOSAEC

Review: Unsuk Chin’s New Opera Gives Music to the Unsaid

Unsuk Chin’s “The Dark Side of the Moon,” a reinterpretation of the Faust myth, reflects a restless mind with constant musical invention.

By Jeffrey Arlo Brown

Concerto Koln Die Walkure (Opera) Dresdner Festspielorchester Nagano, Kent Opera

How Did Wagner Want His ‘Ring’ Cycle to Sound?

With a team of researchers and dedicated musicians, the conductor Kent Nagano is taking a historically informed performance approach to Wagner’s epic.

By Joshua Barone

Beethoven, Ludwig van Brahms, Johannes Carnegie Hall Classical Music Dresdner Kreuzchor Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra Nagano, Kent Sean Shepherd Vogler, Jan

Review: Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra Gets Ambitious at Carnegie Hall

After decades away, the musicians, led by Kent Nagano, were back in the United States to perform works by Sean Shepherd, along with Beethoven and Brahms.

By Anastasia Tsioulcas