Why Shirin Neshat Knew She Had to Collaborate With Emel Mathlouthi Posted by By Sandra E. Garcia April 20, 2023Posted inCulture, Culture (Arts), Iranian-Americans, Mathlouthi, Emel, Music, Neshat, Shirin, Tculture2023 When the filmmaker Shirin Neshat heard the singer-songwriter Emel Mathlouthi, she knew she’d found a fellow artist whose work was “truly international.”
At the Salzburg Festival, Riches, Retreads and Notes of Caution Posted by By Zachary Woolfe August 14, 2022Posted inBarenboim, Daniel, Bartoli, Cecilia, Castellucci, Romeo, Classical Music, Currentzis, Teodor I, Kat'a Kabanova (Opera), Kaufmann, Jonas, Kosky, Barrie (1967- ), Lang Lang, Music, Nelsons, Andris, Neshat, Shirin, Opera, Salzburg (Austria), Salzburg Festival, Vienna Philharmonic Classical music’s pre-eminent annual event had more revivals than usual, but also a breathless new staging of Janacek’s “Kat’a Kabanova.”
At the Salzburg Festival, Riches, Retreads and Notes of Caution Posted by By Zachary Woolfe August 14, 2022Posted inBarenboim, Daniel, Bartoli, Cecilia, Castellucci, Romeo, Classical Music, Currentzis, Teodor I, Kat'a Kabanova (Opera), Kaufmann, Jonas, Kosky, Barrie (1967- ), Lang Lang, Music, Nelsons, Andris, Neshat, Shirin, Opera, Salzburg (Austria), Salzburg Festival, Vienna Philharmonic Classical music’s pre-eminent annual event had more revivals than usual, but also a breathless new staging of Janacek’s “Kat’a Kabanova.”
The Classical Music Event of the Summer Is in Salzburg’s Shadow Posted by By Joshua Barone August 1, 2022Posted inClassical Music, Currentzis, Teodor I, Gardiner, John Eliot, Hagen Quartet, Hinterhauser, Markus (1958- ), Kopatchinskaja, Patricia, Levit, Igor, Monteverdi Choir, Music, MusicAeterna, Neshat, Shirin, Rihm, Wolfgang, Salzburg Festival, Savall, Jordi, Tallis Scholars, Wiegand, Florian With surprising concerts performed at the highest level, the Ouverture Spirituelle is part of the Salzburg Festival but outshines it.