The New York Times – Music:
A concert to benefit relief efforts featured a young Ukrainian singer, Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” and the Met’s prima donna of the moment.
Author: Zachary Woolfe
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Review: At Carnegie, Going Beyond the Rapid-Fire Vivaldi
The New York Times – Music:
Jupiter, a young ensemble from France, made its Carnegie Hall debut with a variety of moods and the gifted mezzo-soprano Lea Desandre.
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Review: Gustavo Dudamel Could Be the New York Philharmonic’s Future
The New York Times – Music:
As the orchestra searches for a new leader, this superstar conductor led the first of two programs pairing Schumann symphonies with new works.
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Review: A Soprano’s Sound Floods the Met in ‘Ariadne’
The New York Times – Music:
Lise Davidsen unleashed rare grandeur of tone throughout her range in the title role of Strauss’s opera.
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Valery Gergiev and Anna Netrebko's Putin Ties Threaten Their Careers
The New York Times – Music:
The Russian conductor Valery Gergiev and the diva Anna Netrebko have lost engagements because of their ties to Putin, as geopolitics and music collide once again.
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Valery Gergiev and Anna Netrebko's Putin Ties Threaten Their Careers
The New York Times – Music:
The Russian conductor Valery Gergiev and the diva Anna Netrebko have lost engagements because of their ties to Putin, as geopolitics and music collide once again.
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Review: A Pianist Explores Mozart the Late Bloomer
The New York Times – Music:
Víkingur Ólafsson made his Carnegie Hall debut with a hypnotically unfurling program based on his recent album “Mozart and Contemporaries.”
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Review: At Rothko Chapel, a Composer Is Haunted by a Hero
The New York Times – Music:
Tyshawn Sorey’s “Monochromatic Light (Afterlife),” for the 50th anniversary of the Houston space, closely echoes Morton Feldman’s “Rothko Chapel.”