Pianist and fashion designer Weiyin Chen believes music combined with medicine can generate "thousand-fold healing power."
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Music Review: Stacey Q – ‘Better Than Heaven’ (2-CD Reissue)
A new reissue shows that the unique blend of radio-friendly melodies and cutting-edge tracks which Stacey Q and SSQ purveyed prove she was more than a one-hit wonder.
Read More »Music Review: Apollo Chamber Players – ‘MoonStrike’
The string ensemble presents Native American Moon legends from Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate in honor of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing and music from Jennifer Higdon and Pierre Jalbert.
Read More »Concert Review (NYC): The Knights and Lara St. John with Music of Avner Dorman and Felix Mendelssohn at the Central Park Bandshell
St. John joined The Knights for Avner Dorman's violin concerto based on Jewish songs from around the world.
Read More »Music Reviews: Lorelei Ensemble – James Kallembach: ‘Antigone’ and Plínio Fernandes – ‘Saudade’
A new choral suite commemorates Sophie Scholl and the White Rose movement through the lens of Greek myth; a brilliant Brazilian guitarist makes his major label debut.
Read More »Exclusive Interview: Violinist Nancy Zhou on New Jersey Symphony’s ‘East/West: A Symphonic Celebration’ July 20 at Lincoln Center
The violinist spoke with us about juxtaposing Eastern and Western musical traditions, and her blossoming career.
Read More »Jessie Montgomery and ChamberQUEER Shine with Eastman’s Gay Guerrilla at National Sawdust (12 June 2022)
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.
Read More »Concert Review (NYC): ‘Mass for the Endangered’ by Sarah Kirkland Snider at the Green-Wood Cemetery Catacombs, Brooklyn (14 June 2022)
Death of Classical began its new season of concerts in the Green-Wood Cemetery Catacombs with a spectacular piece for chorus and small orchestra.
Read More »Concert Review (NYC): Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra’s New York Debut at Carnegie Hall with Maxim Vengerov (7 June 2022)
The Oxford Philharmonic played Brahms, Bruch, and Pablo de Sarasate at their Carnegie Hall debut.
Read More »SXSW Music Festival 2022: Thursday, March 17
Danielle Ponder and Midlake were among the highlights on the fourth night of SXSW Music Festival 2022 in Austin, Texas on Thursday, March 17.
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