In a rehearsal for Claudia Schreier’s new version of “The Rite of Spring,” Mikaela Santos brought the piece to its culmination — a solo in which a sacrificial female is compelled to dance to her last ...
After his shocking ballet, The Rite of Spring, Igor Stravinsky branched out in surprising directions. Hoffman says that, up until the infamous (and riotous) Rite of Spring debut — on May 29, 1913 — ...
Stravinsky’s electrifying ballet and internationally celebrated pianist Olga Kern performing Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto. The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra welcomes back pianist Olga Kern to ...
Conductor Robert Spano assumes the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s podium again this month, his first appearances here since 2022. On May 2 and May 3 the venerated ASO music director laureate conducted a ...
For Igor Stravinsky's 125th birthday, Pacific Northwest Ballet kicks off a two-week celebration with the PNB orchestra playing his Greeting Prelude. It's a 50-second take on "Happy Birthday!" written ...
FORT WORTH — Both the Fort Worth and Dallas symphony orchestras paired related works on concerts this week. Following the DSO’s Austro-German program, reviewed separately, the FWSO on Friday presented ...
As the 100th anniversary of Igor Stravinsky's ballet The Rite of Spring approaches, commentator Miles Hoffman reminds us that — as earthshaking as that infamous debut was — the composer soon branched ...