A concert of programmatic music by Holst, Saint-Saëns and Respighi opened this year's festival in style, back live (and online) after an all-online 2021.
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Yo-Yo Ma, Shanghai Quartet, Maestros Long Yu and Michael Stern to Participate in ‘Youth Music Culture Guangdong’ Festival Promoting Cross-Cultural Connections (Guangdong, China)
YMCG is one of the year's premiere opportunities to strengthen cultural ties around the world in a time of restricted travel.
Read More »Music Review: Eric Nathan – ‘Missing Words’ (Based on Ben Schott’s ‘Schottenfreude’) with Neave Trio, International Contemporary Ensemble
A two-CD trip through the inventive mind of a composer who's part translator of the human condition, part trickster.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Every Good Boy Does Fine: A Love Story, in Music Lessons’ by Jeremy Denk
The pianist's revealing memoir takes us behind the scenes into the developing mind of a music student as he becomes a mature virtuoso.
Read More »Interview: Wray Armstrong and Evita Zhang of Armstrong Music & Arts on Bridging the China-West Cultural Divide
As it manages artists and tours the agency works to facilitate cross-cultural exchange of music, opera, dance and more while building careers.
Read More »Concert Review (NYC): The Knights at the 92nd Street Y, 11 December 2021
The Brooklyn orchestral collective performed music by Schubert, Vaughan Williams, Gottschalk and contemporary composer Jessie Montgomery.
Read More »Concert Review (NYC): American Classical Orchestra Plays Mozart at Alice Tully Hall (14 December 2021)
The musicians' joy at performing live on stage in a well-tuned concert hall again was visible in their body language as well as audible in their sound.
Read More »Concert Review (NYC): ‘Handel & Hanukkah’ – Clarion Choir and Clarion Orchestra Perform ‘Judas Maccabeus’ and More, 1 December 2021
There's more to Handel and the holidays than the 'Messiah.' A suite from his oratorio 'Judas Maccabeus' featured original instruments and superb soloists.
Read More »Music Review: Harpsichordist Jean Rondeau – ‘Melancholy Grace’
The French musician performs works by composers of the late 16th and 17th centuries on two harpsichords, one dating from the early 16th century.
Read More »Concert Review (NYC): Classical Guitarist Berta Rojas (20 November 2021)
The Paraguayan classical guitarist paid tribute to female pioneers of the instrument with a rousing solo concert at the 92nd Street Y.
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