Classical
The Wiener Festwochen, Vienna’s annual festival for performing arts and classical music, opened this week and will be flooding the Austrian capital with a wealth of performances and concerts over the next four weeks. Originally founded in the 1920s, the...
Using laptops, tablets, and six-sided speakers, Princeton University's Laptop Orchestra teaches students the art of creating and coding music. It's neither Mozart nor Star Wars.
Hundreds of talented musicians perform on the streets of New York City. But Colin Huggins stands out. The classically-trained pianist pushes his 700 pound baby grand almost a mile through the streets of Manhattan to reach...
The New York City Opera returns to their celebrated home at City Center with a new production of Gioachino Rossini’s original version of “Moses in Egypt.” Based on a 1760 play by Francesco Ringhieri, the opera tells the familiar story of the Exodus, beginning...
David McVicar’s production of George Frederic Handel’s “Giulio Cesare” makes its Metropolitan Opera debut tonight, the first of 10 showings between now and May 10. The opera, which focuses the relationship between Julius Caesar and Cleopatra, stars...
“To say you are writing a symphony in today’s world is a statement in itself,” says 27-year-old Arab-American composer Mohammed Fairouz, sitting in a chair in his living room in New York City, his cat Homer at his feet. We’re discussing “In the Shadow of No...
The Salzburg Easter Festival is entering a new era this year, with the Staatskapelle Dresden replacing the Berlin Philharmonics as its orchestra in residence. Founded in 1967 by Herbert von Karajan, the Austrian festival for classical music is considered one...
Last week, just days before they were to embark on a highly anticipated East Coast tour, the musicians of the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra announced they would be going on strike. From the steps of Davies Symphony Hall, the musicians held signs that read...
The trajectory of Tyondai Braxton’s career has been nothing short of incredible. From his earliest days performing solo while sitting on the ground, surrounded by a circle of effects-generators, to his stint as the frontman of celebrated mid-aughts rock...
Willy Decker’s production of Giuseppe Verdi’s “La Traviata” has its season premier at The Metropolitan Opera tonight. The opening will feature soprano Diana Damrau in her first-ever performance as the opera’s heroine, the courtesan Violetta. She will perform...
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April 08, 2013
