CHICAGO—The world needs more tenors like Karim Sulayman. Sulayman, 48, showed uncommon grace, levity, and nuance in a Feb. 27 recital hosted by the Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago (CAIC). Sulayman was born and raised in Chicago; … » Read

LONDON—The adrenaline was flowing at this February 28 Barbican Centre concert with the BBC Symphony Orchestra (BBCSO) and Elim Chan. Not only was the Hong Kong-born conductor—a rapidly rising star and the first woman to win the … » Read

Moby-Dick arrives the Metropolitan Opera with an impressive track record. In the years since its 2010 Dallas Opera world premiere, the Jake Heggie/Gene Scheer opera has racked up performances in a dozen different opera houses. This production, … » Read

The Vienna Philharmonic historically has had no music director, but if it did, Riccardo Muti in all likelihood would hold the post. Having first conducted the orchestra in 1971, he has led more than 500 concerts, including annual New Year’s … » Read

The breadth of America’s contemporary music scene is captured in Adjacence , the latest release from Brooklyn-based guitarist Daniel Lippel . The double album brings together an eclectic group of 14 chamber works for ensembles large and … » Read

LONDON—February 26 marked the latest installment in the London Philharmonic Orchestra’s so-called "Moments Remembered" season, a concept so vague that any piece of music would seem to qualify. Excellent though much of the event was, … » Read

SAN FRANCISCO—As part of its cost-saving regimen, the San Francisco Symphony has said it will commission fewer new works in the future. But one that was already in the pipeline, Xavier Muzik’s Strange Beasts , received its world … » Read

SAN FRANCISCO—What do you do when your audience can’t get enough of Yuja Wang? Feature her twice, on a single program. Marathon performances like the one on Feb. 16 at Davies Symphony Hall are nothing new for Wang. But her … » Read

LOS ANGELES—For Armenian-American composer Mary Kouyoumdjian, the prospect of transforming Atom Egoyan’s 2008 film Adoration into an opera—her first—must have seemed predestined. How could she resist? One of the main … » Read

LONDON—In recent years the U.K. has seen a steady rise in micro- Rings , pared back versions of Wagner’s epic four-parter delivered by increasingly smaller orchestral forces. Graham Vick and Jonathan Dove's boiled down ten-hour cycle … » Read