Music News

Michael Zwiebach - February 27, 2014

There are so many ways to celebrate opera composer Gioacchino Rossini, who was born in a leap year, had a famously snarky wit, and was also a foodie.

Janos Gereben - February 25, 2014

Alice Herz-Sommer, a renowned concert pianist who was believed to have been the world's oldest known Holocaust survivor, died in London on Sunday at the age of 110.

Janos Gereben - February 25, 2014

This Sunday, March 2, Academy Awards will be given out for music too, in two categories:

Janos Gereben - February 25, 2014
<em>Hexameron</em> performance in Calgary Photo by Grant Black
Hexameron performance in Calgary
Janos Gereben - February 25, 2014
Katharina Wagner and Eva Wagner-Pasquier in Bayreuth, 2009
Katharina Wagner and Eva Wagner-Pasquier in Bayreuth, 2009

Eva Wagner-Pasquier

Janos Gereben - February 25, 2014
Tanaquil Le Clercq in Jerome Robbins' <em>The Cage</em>
Tanaquil Le Clercq in Jerome Robbins' The Cage

A balletic miracle will be

Janos Gereben - February 25, 2014
Alex Zhou
Alex Zhou

 A couple of weeks ago, Music News featured

Janos Gereben - February 25, 2014
Claudia Galli and Grégory Moulin: coming to Capp Street Photo by Michel Brumat
Claudia Galli and Grégory Moulin: coming to Capp Street
Michael Zwiebach - February 20, 2014
G.F. Handel
G.F. Handel

On Sunday, we commemorate G.F.

Janos Gereben - February 18, 2014

The show is promoted with this line: "Sex, drugs, and classical music illustrate what happens behind the curtains at the symphony can be just as captivating as what occurs on stage." No joke, although it's classified as a comedy.