News and Music to start your week! Last week saw the New York Premiere of Unsuk Chin’s “Su,” concerto for sheng, which had its world premiere in 2009. The New York Times spoke to Ms. Chin (pictured above) in advance of the Philharmonic’s...
News to start your week! We were just made aware of Gramophone’s contribution in honor of International Women’s Day. They’ve compiled a list of historic female composers that are worth listening to and – perhaps most notably –...
News to start your week! On December 1 the Met Opera performed L’Amour de Loin by Kaija Saariaho. This historic Met premiere marked only the second time a work by a woman composer has been heard at the institution – the last being over a century ago....
There has been a recent buzz about the list of the world’s top symphonies that Gramophone has put together. It seems to have taken many classical music enthusiasts by surprise that the top American orchestra (listed as number five) is the Chicago Symphony. The...
