The Celebrity Series of Boston
In his Celebrity Series debut, pianist Martin Helmchen performed a mostly vivid and colorful evening of Bach.
Read MoreIt was as if the pianists were performing in a small drawing room for a few friends, not at Jordan Hall.
Read MoreWhile the orchestra’s program was almost defiantly canonical, it was played with such lightness and energy that you could forgive its disappointing safeness.
Read MoreTheir combined sound, made by two nested pianos, their lids off, aided and abetted by Jordan Hall’s superb acoustics, was irresistible.
Read MorePianist/arranger/composer Billy Childs’s aim was to reimagine Nyro’s music.
Read MoreMaurizio Pollini’s Chopin was breathtakingly beautiful, and often downright thrilling.
Read MoreFor at least the last decade, the LAPO has set the bar in creative programming, commissioning new works, and integrating itself into its community.
Read MoreHeralded cellist Yo-Yo Ma has played with several distinguished pianists over the years, but none (are) better than Kathryn Stott.
Read MoreThe first part of the evening worked: Robert Pinsky was a good enough actor, his poetry was sufficiently transparent, and Vijay Iyer proved to be a brilliant accompanist.
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