40 and fab
byKalichstein-Laredo-Robinson might sound like the name of a prestigious law firm. But everyone in classical music knows them as the members of the terrific…
Mozart
Viking conquests
byHow can three generations of relatives make the most of a European vacation? A Viking River Cruise. As its ads on PBS’ “Masterpiece” explain,…
Dawn Upshaw: with a song in her heart
byEinstein said that “the definition of genius is taking the complex and making it simple.” So it is no surprise that Dawn Upshaw was…
If Peter Oundijian has a baton, he will travel
byHe had carved out a distinguished career as the first violinist of the acclaimed Tokyo String Quartet. But focal dystonia, a repetitive stress condition,…
You’re invited to ‘The Marriage of Figaro’
byPurchase Opera will present the Mozart classic “Le Nozze di Figaro” (“The Marriage of Figaro”) March 12 through 14 in the Recital Hall, Purchase…
Saying it with music – twice
byThe Dover Quartet continues its tenure as the 2013-14 Ernst Stiefel String Quartet-in-Residence at the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts in Katonah…
The boys in the band
byOK, what do you get when you cross Mozart with Chippendales (and we’re not talking furniture here)? The quartet Well-Strung, featuring four hunky guys…
Vienna hits all the right notes
byThe evening of Sept. 24 was joyous at The Metropolitan Opera as maestro James Levine – who had been incapacitated for two years with…
Touched by the sun: Dazzle shines, warms – and burns
byWhat makes someone or something dazzling? Is it virtuosity, or a kind of sleight-of-hand, an act of manipulation? Maybe it’s a little of both.
A night at the opera, with vino
byDoes Bacchus live at The Met? Beginning with a new production of Donizetti’s “L’Elisir d’Amore,” starring Anna Netrebko (Sept. 24), this year’s Metropolitan Opera…