European champion sprinter Stravinsky died Nov. 21 in Japan from infirmities of old age, according to a social media post from Shigeki Yusa of the Japan Bloodhorse Breeders Association. The stallion ...

Performed on original instruments, the composer’s neoclassical works – particularly his Violin Concerto, brilliantly played by Isabelle Faust, come into sharper focus It was through their recordings ...

“Le sacre du printemps” (“The Rite of Spring”) began life in 1913 as a ballet with music by Igor Stravinsky, choreography by Vaslav Nijinsky, and décor and costumes by Nicholas Roerich. Over the past ...

An early unfinished version of the 1923 landmark work, completed by Theo Verbey almost 100 years after Stravinsky conceived it, is earthy, lean and superbly performed First performed by the Ballets ...

In collaboration with the Fews Ensemble, Smock Alley Theatre presents Igor Stravinsky’s L’histoire du Soldat, a piece of theatre “to be read, played, and danced”. This Faustian fable of a soldier who ...

THIS was my first trip to California. I had never wanted to go. Up to the last minute I could not make up my mind whether to give in to the persuasion of a convenient neuralgia and send George ...

December 1, 2021, 12:30 PM · In an effort to promote the coverage of live violin performance, Violinist.com each week presents links to reviews of notable concerts and recitals around the world.

The music of the tango danced its way into Argentina and Uruguay in the mid-19th century by way of European (particularly Italian) immigrants, but its roots were a complex mix of African, Cuban and ...

On June 25 1910, Igor Stravinsky’s ballet The Firebird opened to acclaim at the Paris Opéra. The success propelled its composer, then aged 28, to international prominence, a position of influence he ...

When Do We Dance? Gershwin: When Do We Dance?; Tatum: Tea for Two; Bolcom: Graceful Ghost Rag; Waller: Viper’s Drag; Piazzolla: Libertango; Ginastera: Danzas ...

Caedit nos pestis: “The plague falls upon us.” The dire opening of Stravinsky’s “Oedipus Rex” should have had a chilling effect when L.A. Opera presented the work at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, on ...