Expressing ethnic identity was not exactly encouraged in the Soviet Union. But Aram Khachaturian got away with it.

The concerto was an appropriate nod to Dueñas’ acknowledged fascination with the great violinists of the past, as Jascha ...

Guntram, Richard Strauss’s first opera, didn’t bomb when it premiered in Weimar in 1894. That happened with the second ...

The Little Opera Theatre of New York has a curious production titled Zemlinsky’s Zimmer/Zemlinsky’s Room, which opened ...

Gustavo Dudamel conducted the New York Philharmonic in Mahler’s Symphony No. 7 Thursday night at David Geffen Hall. Photo: Chris Lee For the past four seasons, the New York Philharmonic has been in a ...

Evgeny Kissin performed Shostakovich’s Violin Sonata with Gidon Kremer Wednesday night at Carnegie Hall. Photo: Chris Lee At Carnegie Hall, the month of May is coming to a close with Shostakovich and ...

Also new to the cast, Reyes lit up the stage when singing “Quando me’n vo’. The warmth of Reyes’ voice added immeasurably to the heartbreak of the final scene. Alexander Köpeczi made his Met debut as ...

Yuja Wang performed all five Rachmaninoff piano concertante works with Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Philadelphia Orchestra Saturday night at Carnegie Hall. Photo: Chris Lee Long before this year’s ...