What do we lose when we lose a pianist? The question is on my mind today, the anniversary of the death of the German pianist and conductor Lars Vogt, who succumbed to esophageal cancer on September 5, ...

Like most children of the ’70s, I was introduced to music through Sesame Street and The Muppet Show before discovering the songs that would come to shape me. And for this son of West Indian parents ...

It may be counterintuitive, but “Ride the Cyclone,” a musical that starts with death, is really all about life. “Every night after rehearsal, I am constantly reminded of Emily’s last words in Thornton ...

American composer John Luther Adams doesn't recommend following the path he took in music. Yet he wouldn't have it any other way. His new work, Horizon, borrows its title from a book by the nature ...

It started after my mother died. She was a concentration-camp survivor—a prodigy concert pianist in Vienna who was taken when she was only a girl. She taught me the piano by holding her hands over ...

The evening began with a spirited overture from musical director and one-man orchestra Daniel Edmonds (himself an Aussie), setting the perfect tone before O’Connor made her grand entrance. Dressed in ...

The pandemic knocked Sammy Hagar out of his groove. Stifled creatively, bummed out emotionally, the Red Rocker’s normally soaring spirit couldn’t take flight. “I wasn’t depressed so much as I was ...

Prising apart the complex nature of Kenny Wheeler is a worthwhile task. Wheeler lacked swagger, a swashbuckling attitude and arrogance. He said, "I don't say much and when I do, I don't say much." He ...