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By Gary Schwartz Once every three years since 1992, the Prince Bernhard Cultural Foundation, originally launched under another name in 1940 to aid the war effort, has awarded a prize to a person or institution in the humanities. It is a generous prize of 50,000 euros, of which two-thirds is to be spent on projects…
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Both players are long-time friends and recital partners; the pair thrive on tackling big stylistic and musical contrasts that are tied together by performances that were both interpretively thoughtful and technically accomplished.
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Maybe “A House of Dynamite” wants to tantalize us with a nightmare from which there is no escape in order to distract us, briefly, from the ongoing disasters that we are compelled to face and overcome.
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A collection of quotes that have stung or sustained me over the past 12 months.
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Bottom line: these are excellent performances and a valuable documentation of Elliott Carter’s early work.
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This world-premiere recording of a powerfully compelling opera, based on a play by Jewish philosopher Martin Buber, is revelatory.
Read MoreThis staging of Much Ado About Nothing would make an excellent ice-breaker for a discussion between adolescents and adults about sexting
Read MoreLike going to Mecca, shouldn’t every committed cinephile get to the Carthage Film Festival once in a lifetime?
Read MoreBreyten Breytenbach at this year’s Brooklyn Book Fair By Bill Marx On this week’s World Books podcast I talk to South African writer, painter, and human rights activist Breyten Breytenbach about his recently published book of mordantly fantastic fables “All One Horse.” In America, Breytenbach is known, if at all, for his four highly unconventional…
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Arts Commentary: A New Safety Net for Musicians?
Are we seeing the birth of a competing union, one dedicated to mobilizing a generation of musicians whose needs aren’t being met by the American Federation of Musicians?
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