Music Festival Retains Tradition While Honing Fresh, Edgy Relevance
Chamber Music Contest Proves Classy Marathon For Polished Ensembles
Pianist Spans Centuries On CD Featuring Music By Female Composers
Slow Food For Thought: Late Beethoven Quartet Mulled At A Snail’s Pace
A Reconfigured ‘Aida,’ As Critique Of War In Male-Controlled World
Met’s All-New ‘Flute’ Spins Mozart Forward To Freshening Present
Honoring George Floyd, Musical Remembrance Transcends His Death
PARLANDO: VIVIEN SCHWEITZER'S PODCASTS
The composer, pianist and climate activist Gabriela Lena Frank talks about the environmental damage caused by the music industry, how her significant hearing loss has impacted her career, and more.
IN THE NEWS: MCANA MEMBERS' PICKS
Review: The Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra Lands at Lincoln Center – By Barbara Jepson at The Wall Street Journal
Reappraisals and Retunings: New Albums of Music by George Walker and Max Richter – By Barbara Jepson at The Wall Street Journal
'M. Butterfly' caps a solid Santa Fe Opera season - By Mark Tiarks for The New MexicanWith Muti sidelined, young conductor steps up to lead Chicago Symphony in Brahms triumph – By Lawrence B. Johnson at Chicago On the Aisle
'The most important thing is work': What Osmo Vänskä leaves behind after 19 years of leading the Minnesota Orchestra – By Michael Anthony at MinnPost
Handel's "Giustino" Reimagined at Long Beach - By Rodney Punt at LA Opus
Hildegard von Bingen stands the test of time – By Kurt Loft at Creative Pinellas
Rubin Institute for Music Criticism names 18 fellows to the class of 2022 – Details at SFCM.edu
Closing the loop: Jeremy Denk's acrobatic dexterity – By Angela Allen at Oregon Artswatch
Guide to Top Competitions in 2022 – At MusicalAmerica.comOne on one with Afa Dworkin, president and artistic director of the Sphinx Organization – With Susan Elliott at MusicalAmerica.com
Let us love: The 'Sun Comes Out' at Portland Opera – By Angela Allen at Oregon Artswatch
Sondheim’s Final Score & Last Word: Chameleon Composer, Wordsmith of Wordsmiths – By Dennis Polkow at newcitystage.com
Other worlds beyond Earth: Seattle Opera’s ‘Orpheus’ – By Angela Allen at Oregon Artswatch
Pianist Igor Levit at Carnegie Hall – By Barbara Jepson at The Wall Street Journal
The impossibility of opera – Will Robin interviews Matthew Aucoin at Sound Expertise
Seattle Symphony Debacle: Inside the Sudden Departure of Thomas Dausgaard – By Douglas McLennan at PostAlley.org
Orlando Lauches Its Brand New Concert Hall Mid-Covid – By John Fleming at MusicalAmerica.com
Richard Freed, classical music critic, dies at 93 – By Tim Page at The Washington Post
Reconsidering [the Vast Majority of ] Robert Schumann's Songs – By John W. Lambert at Classical Voice North Carolina
The Amahl file: A lifetime with Menotti's Christmas miracle – By Matthew Gurewitsch at Pundicity
Breaking Down the Score: Attila – By Enrique Mazzola at LyricOpera.org
Verdi’s Shakespeare Resonates Across Italian Opera – By Larry Wolff at The New York Times
How Jonny Greenwood Wrote the Year's Best Film Score – By Alex Ross at The New Yorker
‘... (Iphigenia)’ Review: A Sacrificial Character Finds Her Voice – By Heidi Waleson at The Wall Street Journal
Around the US
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