Tag: Music
Too Close to Putin? Institutions Vet Artists, Uncomfortably.
In Canada, an acclaimed 20-year-old Russian pianist’s concert was canceled amid concerns about his silence on the invasion…
5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Wagner
In the past we’ve chosen the five minutes or so we would play to make our friends fall…
A Pianist Strolls Her Harlem History, and Scott Joplin’s
Not long before his death in 1917, Scott Joplin predicted that he would become a fixture of the…
Black Artists Pioneered Electronic Music. This Festival Celebrates Them.
Hutchinson said the issue is not just effacement — historical neglect has had a material impact on Black…
50 Years Later, the Rothko Chapel Meets a New Musical Match
Before Tyshawn Sorey composed a note of his latest work, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Rothko Chapel…
For Three Avant-Garde Musicians, It’s Time for Pop
In his recent documentary about the Velvet Underground, Todd Haynes depicted both poles of that group’s creativity. There…
John Williams, Hollywood’s Maestro, Looks Beyond the Movies
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. — At the outset of the coronavirus pandemic, when film production came to a halt…
For a Composer at 90, There’s Nothing but Time
Éliane Radigue lives and works in a second-floor apartment in the Montparnasse neighborhood of Paris. A weeping fig…
5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Music for Dance
In the past we’ve chosen the five minutes or so we would play to make our friends fall…
Spotify and Joe Rogan Respond to Complaints About Covid Misinformation
The chief executive of Spotify responded on Sunday to growing complaints from musicians and listeners over the role…
‘There’s Nothing Quite as Distressing as This Piece’
I’ve asked myself, what was my Brahms problem? It sounds terrible, but it’s pieces like the fourth piece…
5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now
‘Blueprint’: Piano Music by Nikolai Kapustin for Jazz TrioFrank Dupree, piano; Jakob Krupp, bass; Obi Jenne, drums (Capriccio)When…