The New York Times – Music:
Hans Werner Henze, born 100 years ago and the son of a Nazi, captured the ambivalence of making art in the shadow of the 20th century.
Author: Jeffrey Arlo Brown
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‘It’s Very Simple’: 50 Years of Making Avant-Garde Music Sound Effortless
The New York Times – Music:
Founded by Pierre Boulez to treat new compositions with orchestral rigor, Ensemble Intercontemporain has honed the art of turning forbidding scores into expressive sound.
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Here’s What ‘the Most Important Mozart Discovery in Decades’ Sounds Like
The New York Times – Music:
A newly found notebook documenting the composer’s lessons with a student includes seven previously unknown compositions.
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Hagen Quartet Is Taking Its Final Bows After 45 Years
The New York Times – Music:
Formed by siblings who grew up playing together, the Hagen Quartet is finishing a farewell tour with an unforced, casual goodbye.
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He Left the Berlin Philharmonic to Find His Voice. He Found a World Stage.
The New York Times – Music:
The viola player Brett Dean took a risk that paid off when he left the orchestra to become a full-time composer.
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The ‘Gigantic, Fecal Baby’ Inside Every Populist Ruler
The New York Times – Music:
Olga Neuwirth’s new opera, “Monster’s Paradise,” leans into the absurd to examine the phenomenon of the strongman leader (with added zombies).
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A Fairy Tale Opera Trades the Moral for the Mysterious
The New York Times – Music:
Matthias Pintscher’s first opera in 20 years invites audiences to find their own meaning in a macabre 19th-century tale.
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Berio’s Music Saw Our Age of Information Overload Coming
The New York Times – Music:
Luciano Berio, who would have turned 100 this year, anticipated an overwhelming media culture in his classic “Sinfonia.”
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Helmut Lachenmann’s Music Is Like Nothing Else
The New York Times – Music:
The composer, who turns 90 this fall, has expanded the spectrum of sounds that instruments produce and that audiences can perceive.