TENET Vocal Artists demonstrated that Bach's motets are as uniquely, miraculously Bach as anything else he wrote for the human voice.
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Concert Review (NYC): Momenta Festival VII – ‘Horn Fifths,’ Music of Brahms, Bacewicz and Mogi
The Momenta Quartet presented music from three centuries, featuring piano and French horn, at Momenta Festival VII.
Read More »Exclusive Interview: Maestro Jun Märkl on Taiwan Philharmonic’s 2022-23 Season
The Taiwan Philharmonic's Music Director talks to us about the orchestra's "Virtuoso Music in Scotland" concerts and what's in store for the season.
Read More »Theater Review (Off-Broadway NYC): ‘Our Man in Santiago’ by Mark Wilding
Not everything is as it seems in this comic spy thriller about the CIA and the overthrow of Chilean president Salvador Allende in 1973.
Read More »Exclusive Interview: Kevin Kwan Loucks, CEO of Chamber Music America
CMA's head spoke to us as the organization gears up for its 45th Annual National Conference.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): Walt Disney Faces the Animators’ Strike of 1941 in ‘Burbank’ by Cameron Darwin Bossert
The play acutely dramatizes the strike using only three characters, and suggests parallels with our age that go beyond the current resurgence of union organizing.
Read More »Book Review: ‘The Red Widow: The Scandal That Shook Paris and the Woman Behind It All’ by Sarah Horowitz
A tale of a gripping scandal surrounding perhaps the most notorious crime of Paris's belle époque.
Read More »Music Reviews: Duduka Da Fonseca & Quarteto Universal – ‘Yes!!!’ and Russ Hewitt – ‘Chasing Horizons’
Excellent new albums from veteran jazz drummer Duduka Da Fonseca and guitar wizard Russ Hewitt take radically divergent approaches to Latin music traditions.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Victorious’ by Yishai Sarid
Sarid, a novelist and former IDF intelligence officer, has given us a cool-headed glimpse behind the scenes of military life in a small, troubled nation.
Read More »Exclusive Interview: Pianist Weiyin Chen on Music, Healing, and Designing Her Own Performance Wear
Pianist and fashion designer Weiyin Chen believes music combined with medicine can generate "thousand-fold healing power."
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