-
South African Pride: Paul Simon Joins Hugh Masekela's 75th Birthday Celebration at Jazz at Lincoln Center on April 4
In celebration of Hugh Masekela's 75th birthday, the South African icon will make an appearance at Jazz at Lincoln Center joined by the famous Americana pioneer Paul Simon (April 4 only). -
Stay Home, Dudamel, You're Sick: Pittsburgh's Manfred Honeck Ably Replaces Flu-Ridden Gustavo for New York Phil Concerts
Per the New York Times' ArtsBeat blog, Dudamel withdrew from his concerts with the New York Philharmonic earlier this week. Manfred Honeck, conversational conductor of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, took his place in the same program--which included Bruckner's Ninth Symphony and Claude Vivier's Orion. -
If You Like It, Put a Ring On It: Andrea Bocelli and Longtime Lover Veronica Berti Tie the Knot in a Small Italian Ceremony
Well, it's about time Andrea Bocelli finally put a ring on it. Bocelli, 55, married his long-suffering, 12-years-in-the making girlfriend, Veronica Berti, 30, in a small ceremony at the Sanctuary of Montenero in Livorno, Italy. Regarding the March 21 date, the couple remarked that the day was chosen in coordination with their daughter Virginia's second birthday. -
Tour Journal: Oh Honey's "Be Okay" Glee Premiere and the California Experience
I imagine most of these tours across the continental U.S. only warrant a mere look into a country almost entirely discovered and tramped. There probably aren't many that grant a unique look or interest into anything too unfamiliar. -
Tour Journal: Oh Honey Takes to the Mountains and Croons the Rockies
With SXSW having come to a close for our little folk quintet, the band and I took shelter somewhere in the solitude of the Rockies (scaling the Grand Tetons with a 15-passenger Ford and useless trailer attachment). -
Tour Journal: Oh Honey Plays and Takes in The SXSW Sights and Sounds
Music Times contributor Ian Holubiak and his band Oh Honey are on the road, traveling to SXSW and across the country to spread the musical word. Ian will give us a look into the life of the touring act as part of the Tour Journal series. Stay tuned for more refelctions from the road. -
UPDATE: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Responds to Honorary Conductor Bernard Haitink's Anniversary Boycott
UPDATE: "Over the past five years the management, our planning department and Bernard Haitink have had contact on a regular basis. In the past years the flexibility which other prominent conductors offered to make concert sessions for Bernard Haitink has reached its reasonable limitation." -- RCO -
Late Composer Robert Ashley's Pataphysical Operas Seek Whitney Biennial Premiere, Alex Waterman Directs via Kickstarter?
Kickstarter has certainly become the vehicle de rigueur for taking productions of all shapes and sizes to the widest possibly audience. This time, Alex Waterman needs your help staging the avant-garde stylings of the late American composer (perhaps thee greatest American composer we've ever had) Robert Ashley. -
Pull Out Method: Anna Netrebko Cancels 'Faust' at Covent Garden, Piotr Beczala Leaves 'Tales of Hoffman' in Vienna
It might seem that dropping a lead or even a supporting role in a highly anticipated opera would get your name onto some kind of list. But, of course, there's only one soprano named Anna Yuryevna Netrebko. -
Everything, Again: Rodrigo Maio's Tumblr, 'New Records Old Covers,' Gives Contemporary Vinyl That Classic Jazz Look
Designer Rodrigo Maio reimagines recent albums in the style of old jazz covers, of which he consigns to his Tumblr, New Records Old Covers. -
Screw You, Putin: Yara Arts Group's 'Captain John Smith Goes to Ukraine' Opens at La MaMa with Bob Holman, Susan Hwang and Julian Kytastyn
Regardless of the present Russian disposition, it seems history repeats itself in Ukraine--time and time again. At least American artists are responding. New York's own La MaMa has premiered a new production from Bob Holman, Susan Hwang and Julian Kytastyn entitled Captain John Smith Goes to Ukraine. -
Simon Rattle, Berlin Phil Bringing Bach's 'St. Matthew Passion' to Park Avenue Armory for Lincoln Center's White Light Fest
So, Bach hated opera because of its lazy audience. And yet his most operatic work, the St. Matthew Passion, constantly engages, asking questions about the role of an audience in that very production. If only there were a Socratic maestro--and a German ensemble--who could highlight such a line of inquiry? -
The Worst of Times: Now Metropolitan Opera to Cut Labor Salaries and Set Costs, Outraged Unions Await Negotiations
The Metropolitan Opera is proposing in contract talks with union-represented workers to cut compensation, the first this has happened in decades. -
Audio Ingenuity: Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville Transcribes Music to Paper, Carl Haber's Digital Needle Revives an Old Science of Sonic Measurement
Like a photograph, audio documentation has gone through stages of redesign and evolution over the decades. And like most early inventions, audio archiving techniques went through periods of abandonment--coupled with some pretty half-baked ideas. -
Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra Performs Unreleased, Unrecorded Music at Jazz at Lincoln Center's Allen Room March 14 and 15
After more than a decade-long absence, Maria Schneider will return to Jazz at Lincoln Center with a performance of previously unreleased, unrecorded music. A multi-Grammy-winning composer, arranger, bandleader and Upper West Side native, Schneider brings her internationally acclaimed Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra to JALC's The Allen Room on March 14 to 15.
View More
Festivals
Popular Now
-
Morgan Wallen Skips Court Appearance, Attorney Says Chair-Throwing Incident is a ‘Lesson in Life’
-
Dealbreaker for Taylor Swift? Patrick Mahomes Just Confirmed a Travis Kelce Red Flag
-
Drake Extends an Olive Branch to Rick Ross After Jet Crash? Fans in Disbelief
-
Ice Spice Called Nicki Minaj 'Ungrateful and Delusional' in Alleged Leaked Conversation With Her 'Ex-Best Friend'
-
Eddie Van Halen's Ashes: Where His Son Wolfgang Keeps His Memory — Revealed