The New York Philharmonic with Long Yu, Gil Shaham, and Haochen Zhang marked Lunar New Year 2020 with music by Chinese and Korean composers and Gershwin's 'Rhapsody in Blue.'
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Concert Review: Pianist Lucas Debargue Plays Scarlatti, Ravel, Medtner, Liszt (Brooklyn, 22 Jan 2020)
The pianist brought magnificent artistry to his performance of music by Scarlatti and from the Romantic era.
Read More »Exclusive Interview: GRAMMY-Nominated Composer Zhou Tian on U.S. Premiere at Lunar New Year Concert
Chinese-American composer Zhou Tian spoke with us about internationalism and his career in advance of a Lunar New Year concert performance of his piece 'Gift.'
Read More »Exclusive Interview: Pianist Haochen Zhang on NYC Lunar New Year Concert and ‘Rhapsody in Blue’
The Cliburn Award-winning Chinese-American pianist will perform George Gershwin's 'Rhapsody in Blue' at Lincoln Center's Lunar New Year concert on Jan. 28.
Read More »Music Review: Dave Soldier – ‘Zajal’
On his brilliant new album the keyboardist and guitarist has set thousand-year-old poems in Hebrew, Arabic and the other languages of Andalusia to bubbling stews of traditional instrumentation with strains of jazz and swatches of the Western avant-garde.
Read More »Exclusive Interview: Danish Cellist Jakob Kullberg
The award-winning cellist performs music by Nordic composers, including his longtime mentor and collaborator Per Nørgård, at National Sawdust Feb. 2.
Read More »Operetta Review: ‘The Mikado’ from the New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players
NYGASP's 'Mikado' is replete with clever updates, but its rich flowering of stage basics is what makes it a great Gilbert and Sullivan production.
Read More »Music Review: ‘New Jewish Music Vol. 2’ – Orchestre Classique de Montréal
The album presents distinctive approaches by composers Kelly-Marie Murphy and Avner Dorman to new music based on traditional tunes and themes.
Read More »Cabaret/Theater Review: Sven Ratzke, ‘Where Are We Now’ – Songs of David Bowie
Cabaret superstar Sven Ratzke and brilliant pianist Christian Pabst's 'Where Are We Now' is an ardent tribute to David Bowie and a vivid efflorescence of two towering artistic personalities.
Read More »Concert Review: Juilliard String Quartet Play Beethoven, Kurtág (NYC, 12 Dec 2019)
The Juilliard String Quartet captured Beethoven at his brightest and darkest, with string quartets early and late.
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