Originally published in “Score”, by Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, on December 10 2018, ahead of our December 13 performance there called “Ljova: Moving Pieces“, featuring a monstrous string section including…
concerts
Music for Mother’s Day
If your experience is anything like ours, attending the arts was a regular part of your life until you had children. At that moment, the arts suddenly became a luxury… more thoughts about the inaugural parallel concert for adults & children, May 11th, at the National Opera Center
very young people’s magic
a visit to the New York Philharmonic’s Very Young People’s Concerts, Mario the Magician, and Oran Etkin’s Wake Up Clarinet
Excuses, Excuses (Solutions, Solutions?)
thoughts on how to make concertgoing more friendly for people in their 30s-40s
Really, Madison?
Oy! A program of works by Osvaldo Golijov, Miguel de Aguila, Copland and Mendelssohn titled…
Bashmet at Carnegie
[FOREWORD: Out of respect for fellow artists and professional critics, I try to avoid opining…
new VIDEOS from Ljova and the Vjola Contraband, plus a great review!
For those of you couldn’t attend the recent LJOVA AND THE VJOLA CONTRABAND performance at…