Thursday , March 28 2024

Concert Reviews

Concert Review: Ukrainian Pianist Illia Ovcharenko – Music of Liszt, Scarlatti, Silvestrov, Revutsky, Chopin (NYC, 26 February 2023)

Illia Ovcharenko making his debut performing at Zankel Hall, 2/25/2023

The 2023 Honens International Piano Competition winner dazzled a crowd at Carnegie Hall with the Liszt Sonata in B minor, Silvestrov and more]

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Concert Review (NYC): John Adams’ ‘El Niño: Nativity Reconsidered’ from American Modern Opera Company

El Niño: Nativity Reconsidered by John Adams from American Modern Opera Company at Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, 21 December 2022. Photo by Nina Westervelt

A compelling performance of Julia Bullock's chamber version of John Adams' 'El Niño: Nativity Reconsidered' was an unusual way to usher in Christmas at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine.

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Concert Review (DC): National Symphony Orchestra, Violinist Anne Akiko Meyers – World Premiere of Amelia Earhart-Inspired ‘Blue Electra’ by Michael Daugherty

Composer Michael Daugherty, Violinist Anne Akiko Meyers, and the National Symphony Orchestra, 12 November 2022 (photo credit: Jati Lindsay)

An exciting new violin concerto and a top soloist highlighted the National Symphony Orchestra's concert at the Kennedy Center.

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Jessie Montgomery and ChamberQUEER Shine with Eastman’s Gay Guerrilla at National Sawdust (12 June 2022)

chamberqueer national sawdust

The rhythmic pulsations of avant-garde composer Julius Eastman cascaded through National Sawdust in Williamsburg, Brooklyn on the closing night of ChamberQUEER’s The Future Is… Festival.

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