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Music, poetry and Spanish history in graceful motion in Met’s “Ainadamar”
Lorca, who was a classical pianist, was captivated by cante jondo, or “deep song, the original manifestation of flamenco, ...
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Love is all around Philharmonic, from Pintscher to Mendelssohn to Schoenberg
The overarching theme of Thursday’s intriguing program of the New York Philharmonic, conducted by Matthias Pintscher, was ...
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Despite distractions, Tepfer and Trio Fadolin find the Feldman groove
The New York Studio School, an important training center for drawing, painting, and sculpting, is marking its 60th ...
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Violinist Avsharian’s unique concert mixes music with brainwave education
Shostakovich and light, entertaining music are not generally synonymous, but the Soviet composer wrote film music to pay the ...
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Ólafsson’s spellbinding Brahms highlights Honeck’s Philharmonic program
Vikingur Ólafsson performed Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 1 with Manfred Honeck conducting the New York Philharmonic Friday night. Photo: Ari Magg/DG This week’s New York Philharmonic program is built on ...
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Parlando opens season with music of the night
Flutist Yoobin Son and harpist Parker Ramsay performed in Parlando’s concert Thursday night, led by Ian Niederhoffer. Photo: Crios Photography The chamber orchestra Parlando, led and fronted by ...
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Met’s “Tales of Hoffmann” offers dark Romanticism and a feast of female voices
Benjamin Bernheim with admirers in the title role of Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffmann at the Metropolitan Opera. Photo: Karen Almond / Met Opera E.T.A. Hoffmann, spinner of bizarre tales in the early ...
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Superb singing in “Rigoletto” highlights return of Met’s Weimar Verdi
Nadine Sierra as Gilda and Quinn Kelsey in the title role of Verdi’s Rigoletto at the Metropolitan Opera. Photo: Nina Wurtzel / Met Opera Rigoletto returned to the Metropolitan Opera on Monday evening ...
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Kurzak brings fresh vocal richness to Met’s “Tosca”
Aleksandra Kurzak and SeokJong Baek star in Puccini’s Tosca at the Metropolitan Opera. Photo: Karen Almond / Met Opera David McVicar’s 2017 staging is traditional to a tee, except for the odd angle on ...