From Mozart and Gershwin to Andy Akiho and Zhou Long, the 2024 BMF bridged oceans and cultures with music and musicians from around the globe.
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Theater Review (NYC): ‘Ashes & Ink’ Are a Poignant Mix in Martha Pichey’s Addiction Drama
Addiction threatens a nascent new family in this powerful Off-Broadway drama.
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The Chamber Music Society launched its new season with a sold-out all-Haydn concert that revealed the composer's seminal importance to the development of classical music.
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The soprano and concert producer talks to us about her new recording of the rarely heard Biblical-themed oratorio by the Roman Baroque composer.
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The musicians of NOVUS interposed works by contemporary American composers between movements of Dvořák's "American" String Quartet.
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Bardanashvili's prize-winning 'Light to My Path' is described as evoking 'the different states of belief – supplication, ecstasy, doubt, gratitude – outlined in the Book of Psalms.'
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Sony Classical's three-CD set of music by Brahms from pianist Igor Levit and the Wiener Philharmoniker brilliantly carries the past into present.
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"'Kanata' is an important piece in my career – it reflects my love for this country and my evolving understanding of its history and landscapes."
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Parlando explored the music of the night, from peaceful to panicky, through Mozart, Bartók, Fauré, and Takemitsu.
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The seventh studio album from Jesse Terry bubbles with hooky heartland rock, country rockers, and poetic folk-rock.
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