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Pianist Tian Jiang provided a bright spot amid a grim outing by the Vienna Royal Orchestra Tuesday night at Carnegie Hal...
03/06/2026

Pianist Tian Jiang provided a bright spot amid a grim outing by the Vienna Royal Orchestra Tuesday night at Carnegie Hall.

The Vienna Royal Orchestra is a chamber-sized string orchestra with a title that evokes the musical and social depths of history, of the accouterments of the aristocracy. But there’s a generic quality to the name as well, with aristocracy and geography as a vague brand. Vienna is central to classi...

The all-star trio of Bell, Isserlis and Kissin belatedly found their ensemble groove with Tchaikovsky Sunday at Carnegie...
01/06/2026

The all-star trio of Bell, Isserlis and Kissin belatedly found their ensemble groove with Tchaikovsky Sunday at Carnegie Hall.

The history of rock supergroups is the perfect example of the description “mixed.” For every Cream or Emerson, Lake, and Palmer, there’s been an Asia or a U.K., bands where a lot of talent and even more effort produce diminishing results. 

Gotta Dance! Morty Feldman and others hit the dance floor Thursday night at the MATA Festival.
22/05/2026

Gotta Dance! Morty Feldman and others hit the dance floor Thursday night at the MATA Festival.

The great thing about the MATA Festival is that you never know what you’re going to get, which in any kind of festival or concert can also be a drawback.

The Taiwan Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble brought a wide range of indigenous arts to its concert.
22/05/2026

The Taiwan Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble brought a wide range of indigenous arts to its concert.

When Antonín Dvořák was brought to the U.S.A. in the 1890s specifically to foster an American style of composition, he looked first to African-American songs—but also to music of indigenous people. And in fact, in the early 20th century there was a brief vogue for “Indianist” works by whit...

Leading a strong cast, Brian Jagde proved a Calaf for the ages in the Met’s spring “Turandot.”
22/05/2026

Leading a strong cast, Brian Jagde proved a Calaf for the ages in the Met’s spring “Turandot.”

Puccini’s Turandot returned to the Metropolitan Opera Tuesday evening for a late spring run. The first performance brought impressive role debuts by Anna Pirozzi in the title role and Brian Jagde as Calaf. It was a night made special, not only by their magnificent singing, but also by how much...

The New York New Music Ensemble brought 49 years of experience to its exciting and imaginative season finale Monday nigh...
19/05/2026

The New York New Music Ensemble brought 49 years of experience to its exciting and imaginative season finale Monday night.

There are plenty of top-flight musicians and ensembles who play new music in New York City, and life and culture being what it is here, too few chances to perform. So it’s astonishing in and of itself that the New York New Music Ensemble has been able to steadily present concerts of—and sometime...

The Curtis Chamber Orchestra brought youthful verve and finesse to repertory cornerstones on Sunday.
18/05/2026

The Curtis Chamber Orchestra brought youthful verve and finesse to repertory cornerstones on Sunday.

The Curtis Chamber Orchestra performed a trio of repertoire staples to perfection Sunday afternoon at the 92nd Street Y. 

The Sebastians' period instruments rocked the Baroque as well as contemporary works Saturday afternoon.
17/05/2026

The Sebastians' period instruments rocked the Baroque as well as contemporary works Saturday afternoon.

The Bible warns against putting new wine in old wineskins, but that didn’t prevent the early music ensemble The Sebastians from performing brand-new music—a world premiere, even–on their period instruments Saturday afternoon in the chapel of Brick Presbyterian Church on Park Avenue.

The Met is successfully wrapping an eventful season with Gabriela Lena Frank's "El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego.El Últi...
15/05/2026

The Met is successfully wrapping an eventful season with Gabriela Lena Frank's "El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego.El Último."

The final production of the Metropolitan Opera season opened Thursday night, and might be the most satisfying experience on the Met stage since it opened last fall.

Leon Botstein guided The Orchestra Now through the peaks and valleys of Richard Strauss's "Alpine Symphony" Tuesday nigh...
13/05/2026

Leon Botstein guided The Orchestra Now through the peaks and valleys of Richard Strauss's "Alpine Symphony" Tuesday night at Carnegie Hall.

Leon Botstein, the college president who conducts orchestras, will soon be shedding one of those roles, but he did a creditable job with the other in Carnegie Hall Tuesday night, leading his graduate-student band The Orchestra Now in an ambitious all-Richard Strauss program.

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