Music
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Magazine
The ‘Converse Conductor’ Fighting Elitism in Classical Music
The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra had just finished performing Respighi’s “Pines of Rome” on a recent evening when the ensemble’s new…
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Magazine
Mabe Fratti, a Spark in Mexico City’s Experimental Music Scene
The singer, cellist and composer has found inspiration in the city’s flourishing avant-garde. Her new LP, “Sentir Que No Sabes,”…
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World
Jeremy Tepper, SiriusXM’s Longtime Alt-Country Impresario, Dies at 60
As a journalist, singer, label owner and radio producer, he fostered a community of musicians on the outskirts of Americana.
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Magazine
Listening Through the Life of George Crumb
It’s rare for a composer to quickly find a broad audience. It usually takes years, or even decades, and sometimes…
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Magazine
A Met Orchestra of Mixed Quality Returns to Carnegie Hall
The tenure of Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the Metropolitan Opera’s music director, can be difficult to assess. That much was evident over…
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Magazine
What We Think About When We Think About Joni Mitchell
In her new book, “Traveling,” the music critic Ann Powers offers a highly personal, even confessional, meditation on Mitchell’s life,…
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Magazine
Review: A Glorious ‘Titanic,’ Returned From the Depths
Maury Yeston’s score, stupendously played and sung, is the star of the final production of an excellent Encores! season at…
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Magazine
Officials Condemn Protest Outside Exhibit Memorializing Oct. 7 Victims
Anti-Israel demonstrators gathered outside the exhibition in New York that honors people at a music festival in Israel who were…
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Magazine
What’s the Best Way to Honor Sophie in Song?
Recent tracks from Charli XCX, A.G. Cook, Caroline Polachek and St. Vincent capture the producer’s philosophy and humanity, but not…
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Opinion
‘Music Speaks to Some Deep Need Among Humans’
More from our inbox: Will Politicians Accept the Election Results?Honoring the DeadFear of CrimeA research team that comprised musicologists, psychologists,…