Hugh Morris
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At 75, the Aldeburgh Festival Is Bigger Than Benjamin Britten
The coastal festival, founded by the composer and Peter Pears in the 1940s, has built a reputation for rich, forward-looking programming.
At 75, the Aldeburgh Festival Is Bigger Than Benjamin Britten
The coastal festival, founded by the composer and Peter Pears in the 1940s, has built a reputation for rich, forward-looking programming.
Gerstein's ‘Music in Time of War’ Pairs Debussy and Komitas
Kirill Gerstein’s immense recording project “Music in Time of War” surveys works by artists who witnessed World War I and the Armenian genocide.
Holst’s ‘The Planets’ Was a Hit, and a Team Effort
Gustav Holst composed “The Planets” with crucial help from others. Firsthand accounts and the score reflect how collaborative its creation was.
Two Pianists Make a Life Out of an Intimate Art Form
Pavel Kolesnikov and Samson Tsoy, partners onstage and off, began to play as a duo in school. Now, they are dedicating their careers to it.
Two Pianists Make a Life Out of an Intimate Art Form
Pavel Kolesnikov and Samson Tsoy, partners onstage and off, began to play as a duo in school. Now, they are dedicating their careers to it.
‘Last Days,’ Opera Inspired by Kurt Cobain Film, Heads to L.A.
Oliver Leith’s opera, based on the Gus Van Sant film that fictionalized the end of Kurt Cobain’s life, has its U.S. premiere in Los Angeles.
The Saxophone Master Shabaka Hutchings Is on a New Journey: Flutes
The British musician is an artist in residence at Winter Jazzfest in New York this week, playing an instrument group that he first picked up...
How ‘The Nutcracker’ Has Been Reimagined, for Better and Worse
A tour through five cases in which Tchaikovsky’s classical score has been taken up by jazz legends and misguided filmmakers.
How ‘The Nutcracker’ Has Been Reimagined, for Better and Worse
A tour through five cases in which Tchaikovsky’s classical score has been taken up by jazz legends and misguided filmmakers.