The Vienna Philharmonic with conductor Andris Nelsons plays Kurtág’s Petite musique solennelle, Mozart’s Symphony No. 36, and Dvořák’s Symphony No. 6, 8 p.m. Saturday; and Strauss’s Also sprach ...
Lack of certainty is an underrated quality in classical music. The norm is to value repertoire performances that aren’t just technically precise but have a sense that the ideas about the music are ...
Ensemble Connect, the professional-development program for young musicians founded by Carnegie Hall and The Juilliard School, ...
Why is this work a masterpiece? That thought must have been on some minds as Ian Niederhoffer led Parlando in Georg Friedrich Haas’ in vain at Merkin Hall on Sunday afternoon.
The Experiential Orchestra, led by James Blachly, performed music of Arvo Pärt Thursday night at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. Photo: Sandy Choi Carnegie Hall hosted two concerts last October ...
Nadine Sierra stars as Amina in Bellini’s La Sonnambula at the Metropolitan Opera. Photo: Marty Sohl / Met Opera For such a famous opera, a vehicle for some of the great modern divas, La Sonnambula ...
Patricia Kopatchinskaja performed Stravinsky’s Violin Concerto with Jakub Hrůša and the New York Philharmonic Wednesday night at David Geffen Hall. Photo: Marco Borggreve The main attraction at New ...
Behzod Abduraimov performed a recital at Carnegie Hall Friday night. Photo: Evgeny Eutykhov It wasn’t hard to imagine that Behzod Abduraimov, pianist from Tashkent, was bringing centuries of history ...
Piotr Beczała in the title role and Sonya Yoncheva as Maddalena in Giordano’s Andrea Chénier at the Metropolitan Opera. Photo: Karen Almond / Met Opera Andrea Chénier returned to the Metropolitan ...
Kathleen Kim as Barbara and Renée Fleming as Clarissa Vaughan in Kevin Puts’s The Hours at the Metropolitan Opera. Photo: Evan Zimmerman / Met Opera Some things are even better the second time around.
1. Mahler: Symphony No. 7. Gustavo Dudamel/New York Philharmonic Gustavo Dudamel isn’t officially the music director of the New York Philharmonic until next season, but performances this year show ...
Ursula Oppens performed with Jerome Lowenthal Saturday afternoon at Merkin Hall in a concert marking her 80th birthday. Photo: June Feng Pianist Ursula Oppens has been one of the most important voices ...