Letters inspired work that won Grawemeyer A boldly scored, four-movement violin concerto dubbed "The Lost Art of Letter Writing" has won Australian composer Brett Dean the 2009 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for...
Bettmann/Corbis Making music in the Bach household (from a painting by Toby Rosenthal). This year, Hoffman relishes relatives — not only those members of the family who gather, sometimes only once a year, for the giant feast,...
Concerts at the Crossroads @ Christ Episcopal Church 11/22 Christ Episcopal Church embarked on an ambitious recital series this fall, presenting the larger Lieder series of Robert Schumann. With two soloists, Amy Christina...
Wednesday, November 26, 2008 Ishrat Hyatt Islamabad ‘Superb’, ‘Delightful’ and ‘Wonderful’ were some of the accolades heard after the piano recital by Ursula Monter at a concert arranged by the Cultural Section of the Embassy...
James Gaffigan Music Director of City Music Cleveland There’s a famous poem that starts: “If once you have slept on an island, you'll never be quite the same again." It’s by Rachel Field, and dates from the 1920's. It seems...
Did you ever notice that we’re surrounded by information but hardly ever come across an idea in the media that might help us lead sane and happy lives? Oh, not the usual self-help drivel about how to lose weight or enjoy sex,...
The London Philharmonic Orchestra in Concert at the Philharmonie on Sunday 16 November at 20:00 in the Grand Auditorium. Conducted by Vladimir Jurovsky, and with Hélène Grimaud on piano. Igor Stravinsky: Scherzo fantastique op....
VATICAN CITY, NOV. 13, 2008 .- Benedict XVI will visit the Roman parish of St. Lawrence Outside the Walls and stop at the tomb of Alcide de Gasperi, a founding father of the European Union. The Pope will make the visit and...
Ms. Schmidt is recognized as one of the most gifted concert pianists and finest composers of her generation. She started composing at the age of five and came to attention of the distinguished Canadian composer, Allan Bell,...
Here’s a fact few people know, and perhaps only music critics need to ponder: For about a dozen years, before he was a famous playwright, George Bernard Shaw paid the rent by writing concert reviews. Here’s what he wrote June...