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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…
Kalichstein-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…
How can three generations of relatives make the most of a European vacation? A Viking River Cruise. As its ads on PBS’ “Masterpiece” explain,…
Einstein said that “the definition of genius is taking the complex and making it simple.” So it is no surprise that Dawn Upshaw was…
He had carved out a distinguished career as the first violinist of the acclaimed Tokyo String Quartet. But focal dystonia, a repetitive stress condition,…
Purchase Opera will present the Mozart classic “Le Nozze di Figaro” (“The Marriage of Figaro”) March 12 through 14 in the Recital Hall, Purchase…
The 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…
OK, 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…
The evening of Sept. 24 was joyous at The Metropolitan Opera as maestro James Levine – who had been incapacitated for two years with…
What 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.
Does 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…