The Cliburn Award-winning Chinese-American pianist will perform George Gershwin's 'Rhapsody in Blue' at Lincoln Center's Lunar New Year concert on Jan. 28.
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Music Review: Dave Soldier – ‘Zajal’
On his brilliant new album the keyboardist and guitarist has set thousand-year-old poems in Hebrew, Arabic and the other languages of Andalusia to bubbling stews of traditional instrumentation with strains of jazz and swatches of the Western avant-garde.
Read More »Exclusive Interview: Danish Cellist Jakob Kullberg
The award-winning cellist performs music by Nordic composers, including his longtime mentor and collaborator Per Nørgård, at National Sawdust Feb. 2.
Read More »Operetta Review: ‘The Mikado’ from the New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players
NYGASP's 'Mikado' is replete with clever updates, but its rich flowering of stage basics is what makes it a great Gilbert and Sullivan production.
Read More »Music Review: ‘New Jewish Music Vol. 2’ – Orchestre Classique de Montréal
The album presents distinctive approaches by composers Kelly-Marie Murphy and Avner Dorman to new music based on traditional tunes and themes.
Read More »Cabaret/Theater Review: Sven Ratzke, ‘Where Are We Now’ – Songs of David Bowie
Cabaret superstar Sven Ratzke and brilliant pianist Christian Pabst's 'Where Are We Now' is an ardent tribute to David Bowie and a vivid efflorescence of two towering artistic personalities.
Read More »Concert Review: Juilliard String Quartet Play Beethoven, Kurtág (NYC, 12 Dec 2019)
The Juilliard String Quartet captured Beethoven at his brightest and darkest, with string quartets early and late.
Read More »Music Review: Rozina Pátkai – ‘Taladim’
The Hungarian bossa nova specialist's new album includes jazz, electronic, folk, and world music settings of poems by Verlaine, Garcia Lorca, T.S. Eliot and more.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Doctor Faustus’ by Christopher Marlowe at the Secret Theatre
Just in time for the holidays, the Secret Theatre presents a smashing new staging of the Christopher Marlowe classic 'Doctor Faustus.'
Read More »Central Conservatory of Music Symphony Orchestra of Beijing in U.S. Debut Dec. 13 at Carnegie Hall
Central Conservatory of Music Symphony Orchestra of Beijing (CCOM) will perform U.S. premieres of music for modern symphony orchestra and traditional Chinese instruments at its American debut at Carnegie Hall.
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