Marking György Kurtág’s 100th birthday, Elena Schwarz and Víkingur Ólafsson led a programme of hushed intensity and fleeting ferocity ...
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The Icelandic pianist and Finnish conductor make a superb case for John Adams' latest concerto; the Philharmonia play Ravel's ...
Sir Donald Runnicles and the BBC Scottish reunite for an astonishing Mahler 2 with Karen Cargill, Jennifer Davis and the Edinburgh Festival Chorus.
The Blur bassist loves his Britpop rivals, weeps over Radiohead’s Creep and finds Chitty Chitty Bang Bang sexy. But which Beatles hit did he get sick of?
The legendary Jamaican-born bass Willard White made his New York City Opera breakthrough the year I was born, so he has been around a long time (I am no spring chicken). But any fear that time had ...
Vikingur Ólafsson and the Philharmonia Orchestra under Esa-Pekka Salonen cast a spell with the new work and a dazzling performance of Daphnis et Chloé ...
Firecracker conductor Maxim Emelyanychev was in his element sharing a bracingly diverse collection of music, writes David ...
An excited mix of old and young couples showed up to enjoy the intimate ambiance at Grace Episcopal Church on Feb. 14.
Electronic music, rock, chanson française, hip-hop... From Paris to Marseille, via Saint-Malo or Caen, the French festival scene offers an abundance of options sure to satisfy every musical taste.
Remembering banh chung is, for many, the same as remembering Tet itself – the ancestral tradition and the warmth of family reunion each spring.
Curious what a brass quintet can do with chamber music compared to a traditional string quartet? The Mt. Lowe Chamber Players ...