Music
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Newyork
‘Music Speaks to Some Deep Need Among Humans’
More from our inbox: Will Politicians Accept the Election Results?Honoring the DeadFear of CrimeA research team that comprised musicologists, psychologists, linguists, evolutionary biologists and professional musicians recorded songs in 55 languages ...
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Newyork
Jean-Philippe Allard, Jazz Producer and Musicians’ Advocate, Dies at 67
He called himself a “professional listener,” and he tended to develop lifelong relationships with the artists he worked with.
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Newyork
52 Musicians, 24 Judges: Inside New York’s Subway Performance Auditions
A throng of New Yorkers stopped to gawk as a tall violinist bounced from one foot to the other, at times using his bow to tap the body of his instrument for effect. Nearby, a man sat banging on a neon yellow drum. Together, they made music that was ...
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Books
Mitsuko Uchida Says What She Thinks
The star pianist sat for a candid, occasionally tense interview in which she discussed creativity, the pandemic and why she doesn’t conduct Beethoven.
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Books
Dolly Parton Says a Musical About Her Life Is Broadway Bound
The show, expected to arrive on Broadway in 2026, will be called “Hello, I’m Dolly.”
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World
‘No Excuses Anymore’ for Gender Inequality in Classical Music
In Vienna, a series of concerts and summits will highlight women and nonbinary composers, as well as the dominance of the dead, white, male canon.
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World
5 Minutes That Will Make You Love South African Jazz
The country has a rich, original relationship to jazz, with American techniques layered into regional traditions and rhythms. Explore 50 years of recordings picked by musicians, poets and writers.
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Books
At This School, the Students Live Entirely for Music
James Estrin/The New York Times Students, some barely adolescent and some well into adulthood, come from all over the world to study at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. They study with nearly monastic focus, with the numbers and skill ...
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Books
At This School, the Students Live Entirely for Music
James Estrin/The New York Times Students, some barely adolescent and some well into adulthood, come from all over the world to study at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. They study with nearly monastic focus, with the numbers and skill ...
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Books
Adventures in Space and Time With Stockhausen
An elliptical halo of thin, concentrated light floated in the capacious drill hall of the Park Avenue Armory on a recent morning, above a circular space designed to dissolve your sense of space and time. At the center was Kathinka Pasveer, the widow ...