If we don't really have an atlas in the end, we have an idea for one – a set of maps drawn in the shifting sands of sound.
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Exclusive Interview: Pianist Adam Żukiewicz on Saint-Saëns, Chopin, and the Boulder Chamber Orchestra at Carnegie Hall
The pianist spoke with us about his upcoming concert at Carnegie, his Chopin project, and commissioning new music from Colorado to Eastern Europe.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Café Resistance’
Failures of script, storyline, direction and acting make 'Café Resistance' a misbegotten attempt at a play-with-music on a serious subject.
Read More »Music Review: New Thread Quartet – ‘Saxifraga,’ New Music for Saxophones
Even the most familiar of instruments harbors endless possibilities. Mining them is a task that never ends, and never should.
Read More »Concert Review: Mannes Orchestra with Sandbox Percussion, Stefan Jackiw
Throughout the concert the young musicians showed a high level of collective polish and individual skill to go with their infectious enthusiasm.
Read More »Music Review: Haochen Zhang – ‘Beethoven and Liszt’
Liszt's B minor sonata gives a pianist opportunities to show off blazing technique. But interestingly, Zhang's particular skills allow him to find greater depths of feeling in the piece than I'm used to hearing.
Read More »Music Review: loadbang – ‘A Garden Adorned’
The quartet's new album harvests the creativity of five composers, each marshaling in their own style loadbang's unique sound world.
Read More »Exclusive Interview: Pianist Haochen Zhang on His New Album of Beethoven and Liszt
Zhang plays Beethoven's 'Hammerklavier' and Liszt's B minor Sonata on his latest recording.
Read More »Music Review: ‘Northern Light: Echoes from 17th-Century Scandinavia’ from Ensemble Correspondances and Lucile Richardot
Music from the court of Charles XI of Sweden, "a deliberate crossroads of European music and musicians."
Read More »Concert Review: Leonard Slatkin Conducts the New York Philharmonic in Shostakovich’s 5th Symphony, NY Premiere of Corigliano’s Saxophone Concerto ‘Triathlon’
Having recently marked his 80th birthday, Maestro Slatkin looked as fit and energized as ever conducting Corigliano, Shostakovich and McTee.
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