On the strength of his recordings, I jumped at the chance to hear baritone Konstantin Krimmel sing Schubert live. His recital with pianist Ammiel Bushakevitz at 92NY proved his refined technique and impressive communicative ability work even better in concert.
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Interview: Composer Dalit Hadass Warshaw, Winner of the 2026 Azrieli Commission for Jewish Music
"I ultimately decided that my role as a composer is not necessarily to provide a sonic documentary, but to explore and convey what must have been a great internal struggle."
Read More »Concert Review: Pianist Beatrice Rana at Carnegie Hall
The Italian artist wields her pianistic prowess in service of the wide-ranging expressivity that signals a true and complete virtuoso.
Read More »Concert Review: Focused on Ukraine, Dalia Stasevska Conducts the New York Philharmonic, Joshua Bell
A war-themed program at Lincoln Center featured volatile works by two Ukrainian composers, plus Benjamin Britten and Aaron Copland.
Read More »Music Review: Pianist Jeneba Kanneh-Mason – ‘Jane Austen’s Piano’
Kanneh-Mason's deft touch clarifies every ornament on this EP that also features music by Handel and two English composers Jane Austen was familiar with.
Read More »Music Review: Duo Gelland – ‘Antonio Lucio Vivaldi: Four Sonatas for Two Violins’
What accounts for the persistent popularity of Vivaldi's music after all these centuries? Cecilia and Martin Gelland, together known as Duo Gelland, capture one important reason on their new recording.
Read More »Concert Review: Modus Operandi Orchestra, Violinist Chloé Kiffer, and Mozart (October 15, 2025)
Violinist Chloé Kiffer's rich-toned, elegant, note-perfect playing took Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 5 to a high level rivaling the weightiness of his final two symphonies at MOO's latest NYC concert.
Read More »Concert Review: Parlando Chamber Orchestra – Can Art Make You a Better Person? Music of Strauss, Mendelssohn, Schreker
Can art make you a better person? Ian Niederhoffer and his chamber orchestra Parlando posed the question thoughtfully at the ensemble's season-opening concert.
Read More »An International Mosaic: 28th Beijing Music Festival Links Classical and Contemporary, China and the West, October 10–24, 2025
Every fall the BMF brings together China's top rising talent with world-class musicians from across the globe.
Read More »Concert Review: A ‘Rococo Repast’ from Musicians of the American Classical Orchestra
Musicians of the ACO enveloped us in the pure joy of sweet-sounding, often deeply inspired chamber music of the Rococo period by J.C. Bach, Michael Haydn, and Mozart.
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