This is a Bellini season at the Metropolitan Opera, which is both a welcome and complex proposition. The composer and his bel ...

Pierre-Laurent Aimard performed music of Ligeti and others at David Geffen Hall. Photo: Chris Lee 1. Pierre-Laurent Aimard in music of Ligeti, Beethoven, Chopin and Debussy. This concert was a perfect ...

Manfred Honeck conducted the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra with Seong-Jin Cho as soloist in Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Wednesday night at Carnegie Hall. Photo: Chris Lee Manfred ...

Eric Owens and Ryan Speedo Green in Terence Blanchard’s Champion at the Metropolitan Opera. Photo: Ken Howard / Met Opera The production had a lot going for it: the good will (and expanded audience ...

The title 11,000 Strings promises something grand, and indeed Georg Friedrich Haas’ piece is large-scale in physical scope, duration, and ambition. This is a piece for 50 pianos (the 11,000 strings) ...

Andrzej Filończyk (left) and Myles Mykkanen in Mason Bates’ The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay at the Metropolitan Opera. Photo: Evan Zimmerman / Met Opera The best works of art, in any medium, ...

Nadine Sierra stars as Amina in Bellini’s La Sonnambula at the Metropolitan Opera. Photo: Marty Sohl / Met Opera For such a famous opera, a vehicle for some of the great modern divas, La Sonnambula ...

Günther Groissböck is known to New York audiences from his appearances at the Metropolitan Opera. Since his debut as Colline in La Bohème in 2010, the Austrian bass has appeared in Verdi, Wagner, and ...

Stephen Hough gave the world premiere of his Piano Quintet with the Viano Quartet Sunday at David Geffen Hall. Photo: Cherylynn Tsushima Sir Stephen Hough brought a sense of emotional equilibrium with ...

Matthew Polenzani in the title role and Etienne Dupuis as Rodrigue in Verdi’s Don Carlos at the Metropolitan Opera. Photo: Ken Howard/Met Opera The Metropolitan Opera returned from its February hiatus ...

Patricia Kopatchinskaja performed Stravinsky’s Violin Concerto with Jakub Hrůša and the New York Philharmonic Wednesday night at David Geffen Hall. Photo: Marco Borggreve The main attraction at New ...

Aubree Oliverson performed Mieczyslaw Weinberg’s Concertino for Violin and String Orchestra with Ian Niederhoffer conducting Parlando. Photo: Rebecca Fay Parlando, one of NYC’s most exciting chamber ...