The Newberry Consort used the Valentine’s Day weekend to present a concert which examined the many aspects of love. This ...

For Yuja Wang’s legion of fans, the pianist’s prodigious, seemingly inexhaustible gifts are a settled matter. The sound and fury, range and finesse, drama and delicacy she summons from a Steinway ...

During the passagework of his own sargam composition in Teentaal, Shehnai being an 1.5 octave instrument, Vikas displayed expertise in the upper octave ‘pa’ to access ‘dha’. Noticeable ...

The music was invigorating and original. Apkalna was a magician, easily darting from powerful lead voice to sudden quiet filigree. She played with confidence, offering robust passagework, grand ...

Even though it travels to fortissimo and occasionally requires fast passagework from Apkalna, the oceanic feel of the movement drew a contrast with the clicking-along first. Salonen notes that the ...

He's the giant, I'm the bean. In this one, I am climbing. One of us wants up, up. The other, Don 't make me come down there . His the voice like cannons booming down the stalk . I, the clouds like ...

Lewis is a remarkable pianist, with more than a trace of his erstwhile mentor Alfred Brendel about his playing. In this performance the pianistic passagework was crystal clear, the phrasing exact ...