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CONCERT REVIEW: The Kronos Quartet sparks the Next Festival of Emerging Artists at PS21

The Next Festival of Emerging Artists also has its eyes on the future. An annual event founded by composer-conductor Peter Askim in 2013, it brings together young like-minded string players and cutting-edge composers for a week of intensive preparation followed by a pair of performances.

Intrigue – and superb musicianship – as Close Encounters with Music opens 25th season

When an all-Russian ensemble like Chamber Orchestra Kremlin performs Shostakovich, the listening experience is strangely gripping and uniquely satisfying. Why? Because the music is about them.

REVIEW: BSO in fine fettle under Asst. Conductor Ken-David Masur

Under Ken-David Masur’s direction on Saturday, Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6 crackled with such vitality and force that past performances of the work now seem pale and tentative by comparison.

REVIEW: Acclaim for pianists Soyeon Kate Lee and Ran Dank at Close Encounters With Music  

Soyeon Kate Lee’s delivery of Scriabin’s Op. 28 is so manifestly heartfelt that it would be difficult to say whether she owns the piece or is possessed by it.
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