Two Pianists Make a Life Out of an Intimate Art Form Posted by By Hugh Morris February 10, 2024Posted inCarnegie Hall, Classical Music, Dating and Relationships, Music, Royal College of Music (London, England), Russia Pavel Kolesnikov and Samson Tsoy, partners onstage and off, began to play as a duo in school. Now, they are dedicating their careers to it.
Review: Vikingur Olafsson’s ‘Goldbergs’ Mesmerize Carnegie Hall Posted by By Oussama Zahr February 8, 2024Posted inCarnegie Hall, Classical Music, Music, Olafsson, Vikingur In his debut on the main Carnegie stage, Olafsson gave a spectacular reading of Bach’s “Goldberg” Variations.
Carnegie Hall Announces Its 2024-25 Season Posted by By RSS Feed February 7, 2024Posted inCarnegie Hall, Classical Music, Music Our critics choose highlights, including concerts featuring Mitsuko Uchida as a Perspectives artist and Gabriela Ortiz as the hall’s composer in residence.
Review: The Boston Symphony Plays a Sober ‘Lady Macbeth’ Posted by By Zachary Woolfe January 31, 2024Posted inBoston Symphony Orchestra, Carnegie Hall, Classical Music, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (Opera), Music, Nelsons, Andris, Opera, Opolais, Kristine The orchestra, under Andris Nelsons, gave a clear and controlled concert performance of Shostakovich’s crushing opera at Carnegie Hall.
The Cleveland Orchestra Says a Lot, but Only Through Music Posted by By Oussama Zahr January 22, 2024Posted inCarnegie Hall, Classical Music, Cleveland Orchestra, Music, Welser-Most, Franz With neither encores nor speeches, this ensemble presented a subtly clever, cogent and complete pair of concerts at Carnegie Hall.
Franz Welser-Möst to Leave the Cleveland Orchestra Posted by By Joshua Barone January 11, 2024Posted inAppointments and Executive Changes, Carnegie Hall, Classical Music, Cleveland (Ohio), Cleveland Orchestra, Music, Welser-Most, Franz Franz Welser-Möst, the Cleveland Orchestra’s music director since 2002, is beginning to wind down his career.
Review: Daniel Barenboim Misses His American Swan Song Posted by By Zachary Woolfe December 1, 2023Posted inBarenboim, Daniel, Brahms, Johannes, Carnegie Hall, Classical Music, Music, Nezet-Seguin, Yannick, Staatskapelle Berlin The ailing conductor was to have led the Staatskapelle Berlin in Brahms’s symphonies at Carnegie Hall. Yannick Nézet-Séguin jumped in.
Review: With Premieres, an Orchestra Keeps Facing Forward Posted by By Seth Colter Walls November 10, 2023Posted inAmerican Composers Orchestra, Carnegie Hall, Classical Music, Music The American Composers Orchestra, which occupies an essential place in the New York scene, presented an evening of several new works at Zankel Hall.
The Kronos Quartet Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary Posted by By Zachary Woolfe November 6, 2023Posted inCarnegie Hall, Classical Music, David Harrington, Kronos Quartet, Music, Paul Wiancko The group, which celebrated its birthday on Friday at Carnegie Hall, changed music with its open-eared and open-minded approach.