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Onstage, “Cats: The Jellicle Ball” and Adrien Brody in “The Fear of 13.” Plus: Cardi B goes on tour, Lise Davidsen takes on Isolde at the Met, 100 years of Martha Graham and more.
Category: Classical Music
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What Can Musical Variations Teach Us About Creativity?
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Anthony Brandt, a musicologist whose work focuses on music cognition, talks about what this musical form and how human beings approach open-ended problems.
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Helmuth Rilling, Who Recorded Huge Swaths of Bach, Dies at 92
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He was the first to record all of J.S. Bach’s nearly 200 sacred cantatas, a project that stood out not only for its range but also for its steadfast style.
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Beethoven’s ‘Egmont,’ by Way of Cate Blanchett and Jeremy O. Harris
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Gustavo Dudamel, Blanchett and Harris sit down to discuss their new version of Beethoven’s classic, premiering in Los Angeles this week.
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5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now
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Tyshawn Sorey’s tribute to the Rothko Chapel, a vintage Pavarotti concert and a release from the Berlin Philharmonic are among our selections.
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Tamas Vasary, Pianist of Power and Sensitivity, Dies at 92
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He bought technical brilliance and stylistic authority to Romantic-era music, particularly the works of Chopin and Liszt.
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What Happens in a Performer’s Brain While Playing Music?
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The pianist Nicolas Namoradze teamed with neuroscientists for a breakthrough in experiment design.
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Iván Fischer’s Budapest Festival Orchestra Illuminates Mahler’s Third
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Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra led an illuminating journey through one of Mahler’s less heard symphonies at Carnegie Hall.
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Carnegie Hall’s 2026-27 Season: What We Want to Hear
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Highlights include the hall’s first “Ring,” cycles of sonatas by Beethoven and Mozart and a birthday celebration for Steve Reich.