Archive for 2024

Mäkelä and Concertgebouw signal the start of a beautiful friendship in DC – Nov 26, 2024

Klaus Mäkelä will become chief conductor of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra […]

Mäkelä, Concertgebouw deliver impassioned Schoenberg, remarkable Mahler at Carnegie – Nov 25, 2024

Love was in the air Saturday night at Carnegie Hall, as […]

Berlin Philharmonic nearly reaches the summit in Bruckner’s Fifth  – Nov 20, 2024

There was a single flaw in the Berlin Philharmonic’s performance of  […]

Trifonov launches CSO residency with faultless virtuosity and insight – Nov 19, 2024

Two sonatas, each in four movements and separated by 84 years, […]

Opening U.S tour, the Berlin Philharmonic lives up to its name in Washington – Nov 17, 2024

What could possibly cast a shadow on the Berlin Philharmonic making […]

A first-rate cast brings the romance and heartache to Met’s “Bohème” – Nov 15, 2024

With over 500 performances, even a crowd-pleasing production like Franco Zeffirelli’s La […]

Blazing Copland, Kirchner highlight AMP’s 10th anniversary finale – Nov 05, 2024

Following successful collaborations with the Kontras Quartet and Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra […]

Bates Piano Concerto proves an instant classic in Trifonov’s debut recording – Oct 31, 2024

“My American Story.” Daniil Trifonov, pianist. Yannick Nézet-Séguin/Philadelphia Orchestra (Deutsche Grammophon, […]

A harpsichord festival grows in Washington, courtesy of Capriccio Baroque  – Oct 23, 2024

Carolyn Winter founded Capriccio Baroque in 2017, splitting off the harpsichord-centered […]

Ax masterfully illuminates contrasts and convergence in Celebrity Series recital – Oct 15, 2024

Of all the unexpected connections to emerge from Emanuel Ax’s recital […]