Billy Joel’s Got a Good Job and Hits in His Head
He stopped making new pop music in 1993, but his fans stuck around. Celebrating his 100th Madison Square Garden show, he spoke about writing songs and staying alive.
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The Chart-Topping Deep Feelings of Juice WRLD
This 19-year-old rapper is having a breakout year on the strength of “Goodbye & Good Riddance,” the full-length album he released in May.
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Photo CreditEnrico Nawrath Review: Bayreuth’s First American Director Arrives With ‘Lohengrin’
Yuval Sharon’s staging of the Wagner opera opened on Wednesday with conceptual troubles, but breathtaking visuals and enthralling musicality.
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Celebrating a Union That Rewired Classical Music
A two-day concert series in Brooklyn paid tribute to the four founders of the Sonic Arts Union with works by them and by composers they influenced.
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Photo Credit Finding a Musical Ideal in the Vermont Woods
The Marlboro Music School and Festival offers participants in its chamber groups a commodity that has become only more precious: time.
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That Decisive Moment
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One of Leonard Bernstein’s most ambitious works was at Lincoln Center this week. Our critics diverged on it.
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Photo Credit Review: A Dazzling ‘Creation’ Brings Light to Lincoln Center
Carlus Padrissa’s staging, conducted by Laurence Equilbey, is part of the new mix of offerings at the Mostly Mozart Festival.
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Photo Credit Review: An Orchestra of Teenagers, but No Apologies Necessary
Carnegie Hall’s National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America played a fully professional program under Michael Tilson Thomas.
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Photo Credit It Was Russia’s Most Popular Opera. Then It Disappeared.
“Demon” by Anton Rubinstein, better known as a virtuoso 19th-century pianist, is getting a rare production at the Bard SummerScape festival.
