Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Music Review By Zachary Woolfe Normally it is not news when an orchestra sounds like, well, an orchestra. But when that orchestra places as much stock ...
In the heart of Kinshasa, the frenzied capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, classical music has found an unlikely band of heroes. Past the noisy, gritty markets and the cacophony of the city’s ...
The Revolution Orchestra tends to look for new riffs on all sorts of classics, finding different ways to play and perform everything from Beethoven to The Roosters, a historic Israeli band. Their ...
This relatively new musical tradition of turntablism has a fascinating and rich history which is only about 40 years old. To my mind it’s one of the most unique and interesting instruments to emerge ...
Members of the French orchestra wore rain covers as they played at the Trocadero, but their instruments were exposed to the elements. “That poor piano in the torrential rain,” the classical music ...