The 2020 festival's impressive closing concert by the China Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Long Yu featured soloists all born in the year 2000.
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Concert Review: Gala Concert for the 2020 Azrieli Music Prizes (Montreal/Livestream, 22 October 2020)
Four world premieres celebrated the 2020 winners of these prestigious prizes in Jewish and Canadian music.
Read More »Theater Review: Tonya Pinkins in ‘The School for Wives’ – Livestream from Molière in the Park
Molière in the Park presents a well-performed, cleverly directed livestream production of the French satirist's 17th-century #MeToo moment.
Read More »Music Review: Sabine Devieilhe and Alexandre Tharaud – ‘Chanson D’Amour’
Devieilhe's vocal quality and interpretive sensibility suit these songs marvelously well, whether it's Fauré's grave melodicism, Debussy's gossamer textures and fringe weirdness, Ravel's hypnotic mysteries and childlike play, or Poulenc's lighthearted colors.
Read More »Music Video Premiere: Brad Brooks – ‘God Save the City’
Blogcritics premieres the manic video for the title track of Brad Brooks' new album 'God Save the City.'
Read More »Concert Review: Wuhan Philharmonic Orchestra and Others – ‘Dedicated to 2020’ by Wuhan Composer Ye Zou at Beijing Music Festival
The opening concert on October 10 presented the world premiere of 'Dedicated to 2020' by Wuhan composer Ye Zou.
Read More »Beijing Music Festival Responds to COVID-19 Pandemic with Innovative, Diverse, 10-Day Online Streaming Program
One of the world's most prestigious music festivals goes online this year with 240 hours of diverse programming with the theme "The Music Must Go On."
Read More »Book Review: ‘All the Sonnets of Shakespeare,’ Edited by Paul Edmondson and Stanley Wells
A new edition re-orders the sonnets chronologically, shining a new light on Shakespeare the poet. An ideal gift for the English major in your family.
Read More »Music Review: Pianist Khatia Buniatishvili – ‘Labyrinth’
The introspective new album from the French-Georgian pianist is a collage of short pieces spanning the centuries. Listen with a glass of wine of two.
Read More »Book Review: ‘The Memory Monster’ by Yishai Sarid
The first English translation of a book by Israeli novelist Yishai Sarid – a tale of a modern-day Holocaust historian – appears at an opportune time.
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