From my new essay in The Critic: The biggest noise to be heard in orchestral music is not the click and whirr of audience smartphones shooting TikTok clips in the slow movement. Nor is it […]
The Easter Festival was founded by Herbert von Karajan with his Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra in residence. Things went bellyup a few years back when the Berlin Phil accepted a better offer from Baden-Baden. Next season […]
A court in South Carolina has found Zachary David Hughes guilty of murdering Christina Parcell, 41, in October 2021. Hughes, 32, is a Juilliard graduate who studied with Jerome Lowenthal. He was resident pianist with […]