CULVER CITY, CA – It’s uncanny how often the subject matter of new operas these days coincides, intended or not, with real-life events. Case in point: Peter Knell and Stephanie Fleischmann’s Arkhipov performed for the first … » Read

SAN FRANCISCO—The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra brought their A game to San Francisco on October 16. In a smartly conceived, brilliantly played bill consisting primarily of works by English composers, the evening began and ended on … » Read

LOS ANGELES – At last, a fully dedicated Pan American music concert from the Los Angeles Philharmonic—Sunday afternoon (Oct. 16) at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Launched last season, the Pan-American Music Initiative is a five-year … » Read

The U.K. is currently celebrating the 150th anniversary of the birth of Ralph Vaughan Williams, a composer whose visionary music and radical politics are in contrast to the comfy slippers that would be imposed on him by a post-Brexit heritage … » Read

The three seem an unlikely team: Composer Nico Muhly, harpist Parker Ramsay, and librettist Alice Goodman have gathered round the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, united by their Anglican sympathies and affiliations, and created The Street. The piece … » Read

A century ago, the largely self-taught Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos introduced himself to the avant-garde elite of Paris, saying “I didn’t come to study with you. I came to show you what I’ve done.” Over the … » Read

SAN FRANCISCO--In a fitting preview of what was to come, Yuja Wang had the opening measures of Magnus Lindberg’s Piano Concerto No. 3 all to herself. The dynamic, harmonically dense work received its world premiere by the San Francisco … » Read

One can hardly blame Lincoln Center and the New York Philharmonic for milking the reopening of David Geffen Hall for all it’s worth. This is no simple homecoming, after all, but rather the culmination of a $500 million pandemic project … » Read

LONDON—An hour and a half spent waiting for the lead character to commit suicide may sound a grim prospect, but in Last Days , Oliver Leith achieves something that’s rare and often strangely beautiful. His opera, seen at the Royal … » Read

LONDON--Iannis Xenakis is more than just a distinct creative voice—he speaks listeners outside of the contemporary classical music scene. It was appropriate, therefore, that London’s Southbank Centre opened itself up to everybody on … » Read