New York Philharmonic Uses Staten Island Junk for 'Kraft'
Found sound is a staple of some experimental music that ends up in clubs and galleries, and other alternative spaces. But on a recent Friday, Magnus Lindberg, the New York Philharmonic's composer in...
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Puccini's Wild West Opera Returns, with Horses
Watch a video about the horses of La Fanciulla del WestLong before the spaghetti Westerns of the 1960s, Giacomo Puccini wrote a cowboy opera, La Fanciulla del West (The Girl of the Golden West)....
View ArticleWhen Moving Pianos, Brains meet Brawn
Bill Hennessy, the owner of Keyboard Express, has been moving pianos for 24 years and says the keys to tackling the ivories in New York City are parking skills and brain power."It's good to have strong...
View ArticleA Lifetime at the Piano
When Harriet Wingreen first sat down at the piano, America was repealing Prohibition and Mao Zedong was beginning the Long March. Almost 80 years later, she is still at it. Wingreen attended the Third...
View ArticleThe Piano Lesson
9-year-old Patrick and 7-year-old Julia are brother and sister and they are both taking piano lessons from Rebbecca Rossi."It makes me sort of feel nice inside," says Julia. "Because it's sort of a big...
View ArticleRoll Up, Sing Out: A Sushi Restaurant Delivers Opera Arias
VIDEO: It Goes Together Like Opera and SushiTora Yi explains that his first name means "tiger" in Japanese, a symbol of audacity not unsuited to his line of work.Since 2004, Yi has been the owner of...
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Classical Foodies: New York Philharmonic Concertmaster Frank Huang
T he best way to get to know a musician is through their stomach. The first guest in our new series of chats over a meal is Frank Huang, concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic, who will be...
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