“Glass’s music is perfect circus music.” So believes Tilde Björfors, founder and artistic director of Cirkus Cirkör, Sweden’s “contemporary circus” and director of the recent production of Philip … » Read

The Hungarian State Opera’s current residency in New York is quite an undertaking. Over the course of two weeks, 350 singers, dancers, and musicians will present a wealth of opera, ballet and concert performances, with the opera program … » Read

NEW YORK - Dutch pianist Ralph van Raat has frequently been one of my “go-to” pianists for contemporary music recordings. A longtime Naxos artist, he has released CDs featuring a number of composers, ranging from Adams to Andriessen, … » Read

In interviews with colleagues, French pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard is invariably cited as a generous collaborator as well as a good friend and deep thinker. The October 25 Zankel Hall duet recital with Serbian pianist Tamara Stefanovich was an … » Read

LOS ANGELES—A pattern has emerged at the Los Angeles Opera over the last decade, with the main stage at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion dominated by standard works and smaller-scale experimentation left to the company’s LA Opera … » Read

CHICAGO—MusicNOW, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s contemporary chamber series, observed its 20 th anniversary last season, and celebrations were certainly in order. Especially in recent years, the series at downtown’s sleek … » Read

Last Thursday marked the official New York debut of the Houston-based River Oaks Chamber Orchestra (ROCO), an innovative, 14-year-old ensemble here performing in an innovative, ancient space—the subterranean recesses at the Church of the … » Read

CHICAGO—Sometimes the season-long projects that orchestras announce with great fanfare add up to much ado about nothing. Over-arching themes like “Revolution” or “Breaking New Ground” can devolve into just another … » Read

NEW YORK—On paper, adapting Winston Graham’s 1961 novel Marnie as an opera isn’t a bad idea. The tale of theft and deceit orbits around the title character, whose life is a chain of forged identities. As she travels through 1959 … » Read

SEATTLE, WA—Last May, when he performed three pieces at the Royal Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markl, cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason enchanted a global audience, piquing the interest of many listeners new to classical music. That … » Read