Amit Peled looks around as if he can't believe his ears. The Peabody Institute cellist is sitting in the Bank of America lounge on the second floor of the Mount Vernon campus's Leakin Hall for a photo ...
The accomplished artist has collaborated with some of music's biggest names, yet she's still fighting to have people think differently about classical music. NEW YORK (JTA) — There’s a small music ...
The great Polish composer Witold Lutoslawski was born 100 years ago last month, and we can only hope for a centennial outpouring of his gritty, brilliantly theatrical music throughout the year. Music ...
Like so many others, Maya Beiser was "obsessed" with David Bowie's final album Blackstar when it came out in January 2016. "It was just a brilliant masterpiece." By Gary Graff Like so many others, ...
When the pandemic hit last year, cellist Matt Haimovitz admits that at first he felt paralyzed after being on the road touring and performing for more than three decades. He started wondering: What's ...
Written for his friend and 'best man', Rachmaninov's Cello Sonata turned out to be his last chamber work. Around the turn of the 20th Century, Sergei Rachmaninov was still going through the serious ...
It may seem a strange compliment, but Philip Glass’ new solo cello piece, “Songs and Poems for Cello,” gains much of its potency and poetry from sounding so little like the Philip Glass that we’ve ...
Until the principal artists — composer, conductor, guest musician and other instrumentalists — involved in a world premiere orchestral work are gathered in the same room, a new piece of music is ...
Cellist Yo-Yo Ma and children's television are old friends. In the 1980s, he made several appearances on Sesame Street, on one notable occasion playing the masterpiece “Beethoven for cello, two ...
Update: Cello Fortress sounded so bats*** insane that I decided to follow up with its creator, Joost van Dongen, to find out more about the project: notably how he reconciles making his music pleasing ...
NEW YORK (JTA) — There’s a small music room in the basement of cellist Maya Beiser’s large, kempt house in the leafy Riverdale section of the Bronx. It’s pretty spare — a few cellos, some basic ...
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