“Among the best pathways to discover new creative projects” — Jenny Bilfield, president and CEO of Washington Performing Arts
PERSPECTIVE – Classical Voice North America offers high-quality reviews of classical music concerts, operas, recitals, festivals, recordings, and books spanning the United States and Canada, plus a steady infusion of events overseas.
Coverage in 2025 included performances in Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Montreal, New York, Portland, San Francisco, Salt Lake City, Seattle, Toronto, and Vancouver, as well as in Abu Dhabi, Amsterdam, Berlin, Buenos Aires, Hong Kong, Milan, Vienna, Milan, Stockholm, Tokyo, and many more.
Here are links to some engaging pieces you may have missed:
- Richard Ginell’s review of John Adams’ latest piano concerto, which was performed by Vikingur Òlafsson, with David Robertson leading the San Francisco Symphony
- Gail Wein’s podcast on Chickasaw American composer Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate
- Rick Perdian on Jennifer Higdon’s opera “Woman with Eyes Closed” at Pittsburgh OperaXenia Hanusiak on a celebration of Arvo Pärt’s music at the Pärnu Music Festival in Estonia
- David Patrick Stearns on Philip Glass’ Symphony No. 11 with the NY Philharmonic under Gustavo Dudamel
- Rebecca Wishnia on how musicians can play Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker for an entire month
- David Schneider on a staging of Béla Bartók’s Mandarin and Bluebeard in Madrid
- Nancy Malitz on the world premiere of Christopher Theofanidis’ clarinet concerto with the Chicago Symphony under Gustavo Gimeno
- Susan Brodie on Will Crutchfield’s Bel Canto opera project with Teatro Nuovo in New York
- Arthur Kaptainis on the Calidore String Quartet’s Beethoven program in Orford, Quebec
- James Bash on a pub-crawl extravaganza of Caroline Shaw’s string quartets in Portland, Oregon
- Lawrence B. Johnson on Klaus Mäkelä leading the Chicago Symphony with pianist Yunchan Lim playing Schumann
- Robert Markow on Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Orchestre Métropolitain performance of Mahler’s Symphony No. 3 in Montreal
- Anne E. Johnson on the Sejong Soloists with violinists Gil Shaham and Adele Anthony at Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall
- Paul Bodine on Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilèges with the San Diego Symphony under Rafael Payare
- Paul Hyde on the Boston Early Music Festival
- Jason Victor Serinus on Xian Zhang’s debut with the Seattle Symphony
- Susan Geffen on the Van Cliburn Festival in Fort Worth, Texas
These reviews and articles — free to readers — are just a small sample of the pieces that CVNA has published over the past year. Since it began in 2013, CVNA has posted some 2,700 articles, forming a permanent, searchable archive of selected performances in North America and beyond. Please add CVNA to your toolbars and spread the word to other classical music lovers!
