Reviews

Michael Zwiebach - July 21, 2026

The program included Polish mazurkas by Dvořák and Chopin, played on period instruments.

James Bash - July 21, 2026

Revisiting a 2009 concert, Wu Han and David Finckel found rarities and underplayed works that turned out to be gems.

Michael Zwiebach - July 21, 2026

The world premiere of Jake Heggie’s comic opera about the legendary 1976 blind tasting is a hometown victory.

Harlow Robinson - July 21, 2026

The weekend at Music Academy of the West included contemporary chamber music and then a multimedia orchestra concert.

Tamzin Elliott - July 20, 2026

Grief, defiance, and humor honor trans lives in full classical splendor.

Richard S. Ginell - July 20, 2026

Andrew Megill has it both ways in Carmel, pairing pointed Bach cantatas with a candlelit collage of Rilke-inspired choral music.

Jeff Kaliss - July 20, 2026

With nine friends, Delan ditched recital format for a smoothly staged set of cabaret songs by classical composers.

Harlow Robinson - July 14, 2026

Principal conductor Thomas Wilkins led a concert of Black composers and songs from the Broadway musical Suffs.

Richard S. Ginell - July 14, 2026

The festival's opening weekend stretches Carmel's ears with collages of old and new.

Paul Bodine - July 14, 2026

Dinnerstein and her Baroklyn ensemble find intimacy, strangeness, and benediction in two of Glass's most cinematic scores.