This new fable with roots in the lands of the Indigenous Comcáac people of Mexico is told with bountiful puppet ingenuity. But with more focus and tauter pacing it could have reached much higher.
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Mayor Mamdani and Affordability – for the Arts
New York City's new mayor is aiming his affordability arrow at the arts.
Read More »Concert Review: Pianist Chengcheng Ma – Chopin, Liszt, Zhang, and Challenging Music from Two Contemporary American Composers
Ma's impressive recital was an almost nonstop whirlwind of effervescent power.
Read More »Exclusive Interview: Pianist Chengcheng Ma on His Jan. 8 NYC Concert
"The score is not an endpoint but a starting point. Music truly comes alive in the moment – in breath, time, and immediate reaction."
Read More »Music Review: Suzanne Jerosme – ‘Il Generoso Cor,’ with Music of Camilla de Rossi and Maria Margherita Grimani
This fine new release includes world-premiere recordings of oratorio music from early-18th-century female Viennese composers, plus music of their contemporary Alessandro Scarlatti for context
Read More »Music Review: Andy Kozar – ‘Ein Horn’ (New Music for Trumpet)
Andy Kozar plays all the trumpet parts on a selection of contemporary music scored for as many as 36 trumpets.
Read More »Music Review: Lei Liang – ‘String Quartets: Live’
Inspired by the music of Mongolia and Taiwan, these pieces feature the Brentano, JACK, Formosa, and Mivos quartets.
Read More »Music Reviews: Scott Ordway, Lorelei Ensemble – ‘North Woods’; Reena Esmail, Cathedral Choral Society – ‘Exaltations’
Two recent EPs of spiritually-inspired vocal music have struck me as the winter holidays approach.
Read More »Music Review: Adam Roberts – ‘Book of Flowers’ with Conrad Tao, Piano
A set of 16 piano pieces by Adam Roberts is replete with pianistic virtues, thanks to a symbiotic connection between the score and pianist Conrad Tao.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Predictor’ by Jennifer Blackmer
‘Predictor’ exemplifies how theater can tell stories, including true ones like this one, of the invention of the home pregnancy test, in ways that delight the senses and ignite the imagination.
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