Celebrity-Series

Concert Review: Jazz Vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant — Falling in Love Again

February 14, 2024
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Once again, here was the shock in Cécile McLorin Savant’s subversive conceptual daring.

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Concert Review: Soprano Renée Fleming and Pianist Inon Barnatan — Voices of Nature

February 7, 2024
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It is always a thrill to be in the audience when the legendary American soprano Renée Fleming performs.

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Concert Review: Pianist Hélène Grimaud — Combining Gritty Force and Dark Ecstasy

January 23, 2024
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Hélène Grimaud’s performances of Brahms, Busoni, and Beethoven drew on the strengths of her boldly imaginative powers, which have only deepened over the past two decades.

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Classical Concert Review: Pianist Igor Levit — A Beethoven Recital to Remember

March 7, 2023
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More proof that, with pianist Igor Levit, Beethoven had found new interpreter, not only worthy, but important.

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Concert Review: Pianist Seong-Jin Cho — Fire and Precision

December 12, 2022
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The South Korean pianist possesses technique to burn. His tone is pearly and deep, capable of both haunting distance and grandeur.

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Classical Concert Review: Pianist Víkingur Ólafsson — A Fresh Look at Late Mozart

November 30, 2022
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Víkingur Ólafsson’s bold keyboard presence gave us a composer pressing against the conventions of his time while absorbing everything his ears took in.

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Dance Review: “The Just and the Blind” — Shackled, Humiliated, Scared

April 3, 2022
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The Just and the Blind sends a needed and powerful message — it is 2022, we need to wake up!

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Classical Concert Review: Pianist Conrad Tao in Recital

December 3, 2021
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During the pandemic months, Conrad Tao – who, in addition to being an exceptional pianist, is also an accomplished composer – has evidently been honing his skills as an improviser.

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Jazz Album Review: Miguel Zenón’s Law Years Band & Christian McBride’s New Jawn Band

April 12, 2021
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Two pianoless quartets + two restless leaders = some of the best music of the last few years.

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Dance Commentary: Paul Taylor — Now You See It, Virtually

April 23, 2020
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I’ve always believed that dance has a literature, much like music or drama. Dance’s literature consists of both ideas (choreography) and the execution of ideas (performance).

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