Musi̇c
-
Arts
Angela Lansbury Will Receive Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement
Angela Lansbury, an acclaimed and beloved star of stage, film and television, will be honored this year with a special…
Read More » -
World
‘A form of hope’: As air-raid sirens sound, a Lviv orchestra opens a summer festival with Mozart’s Requiem.
Credit...Diego Ibarra Sanchez for The New York TimesThe audience members took their seats among boxes of medicine, first-aid kits and…
Read More » -
Arts
Review: Henry Threadgill’s Music From Two Perspectives
The most reductive observation I can provide about the composer and improvising multi-instrumentalist Henry Threadgill’s activity at Roulette ...
Read More » -
Arts
In Cleveland, Schubert Outsings Even the Mighty ‘Otello’
CLEVELAND — On the morning of Friday, March 13, 2020, the Cleveland Orchestra played Schubert’s Ninth Symphony. The musicians were…
Read More » -
Arts
The Bolero Is Timeless. Miguel Zenón Is Giving It a Jazzy Tinge.
On New Year’s Eve 2020, the saxophonist Miguel Zenón and his longtime collaborator, the pianist Luis Perdomo, took the stage…
Read More » -
Arts
Samora Pinderhughes Explored Incarceration in Song. The Result Is ‘Grief.’
OAKLAND, Calif. — Near the end of a sold-out show earlier this month, celebrating the release of his visionary second…
Read More » -
Arts
Review: After 36 Years, a Malcolm X Opera Sings to the Future
DETROIT — “When a man is lost,” sings Betty Shabazz, Malcolm X’s wife, “does the sky bleed for him, or…
Read More » -
Arts
The Most Famous Girl at the Waffle House
DALEVILLE, Ala. — About 25 minutes north of the Florida border, near the mouth of a U.S. Army post and…
Read More » -
Arts
A Violin From Hollywood’s Golden Age Aims at an Auction Record
Rare violins once owned by famed virtuosos like Fritz Kreisler, Jascha Heifetz and Yehudi Menuhin have sold privately in recent…
Read More » -
Arts
5 Minutes That Will Make You Love the Horn
In the past we’ve chosen the five minutes or so we would play to make our friends fall in love…
Read More »