The composer George Benjamin and the pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard met as students. In a new piece, they perform at the keyboard together.
Category: Ninety-Second Street Y
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Wild Up’s Darkness Sounding Festival: The Power of Tuning
The Los Angeles collective Wild Up brought its Darkness Sounding festival to New York, with some of the event’s appeal lost in transit.
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Can a Piano Capture the Grandeur of Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Music?
Inon Barnatan has created a solo transcription of “Symphonic Dances” in which he tries “not to imitate an orchestra, but to embody it.”
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A Russian Pianist Speaks Out Against the War From Home
Polina Osetinskaya, a critic of the invasion who has stayed in Moscow even as the government cracks down on dissent, will play a Baroque program in New York.
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Now Celebrated, Julius Eastman’s Music Points to a New Canon
The 92nd Street Y, New York and Wild Up presented a three-concert festival of works by this pioneering Black queer composer. What next?
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Review: A Pianist’s Inheritance Inspires Little Masterpieces
The New York Times – Music:Adam Tendler’s program of works that he commissioned from 16 composers after the death of his father is emotionally involving and musically rewarding.
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Review: Bach Collegium Japan Returns With Chamber Music
The New York Times – Music:Players from the ensemble came to New York to perform works by Bach, Telemann and Johann Gottlieb Janitsch at the 92nd Street Y, New York.
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Review: A Singer Brings Her Splendid Sound to an Eclectic Recital
The New York Times – Music:The mezzo-soprano J’Nai Bridges performed at the 92nd Street Y, joined by the pianist Mark Markham and the Catalyst Quartet.
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Review: In ‘Difficult Grace,’ a Cellist Moves Beyond Classical Confines
The New York Times – Music:In his wide-ranging multimedia program at the 92nd Street Y, Seth Parker Woods used different artistic avenues as channels for personal and communal exploration.