Veronica Nelson
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“We are in the world of Mahler where musical references and symbolism play a role,” Thomas Dausgaard, guest conductor of the Seattle Symphony, says of… -
“He is the future!” says The Los Angeles Times of German-Russian pianist Igor Levit.His newest release is a powerhouse of an album featuring Beethoven,… -
“Unless we’re playing transcriptions, we’re always playing new music,” says percussionist Aaron Ragsdale.As a relatively new group of instruments,… -
“I must confess that I lead a miserable life,” said Beethoven in a letter to a friend in 1801.At this time Beethoven, coming to terms with his deafness,… -
“I was just a kid, caught up in the music’s magnificence, and marveling at my new discovery—the first jewel I had found in the treasure chest of… -
“It could be argued that art—and music in particular—represents an engagement with the transcendental,” said Austrian conductor NikolasHarnoncourt in an… -
In 1824 composer Franz Schubert writes, in a letter to his friend, that he has “not written many new songs,” a claim that is just one example of how hard… -
As the only classical performers to have ever played at the South By Southwest Festival in Austin, Texas, it might be no surprise to hear that the string… -
“As I started to understand the great possibilities of minimalist style, my mind began to make connections to the same techniques – specifically the… -
“This eloquent composition [Shostakovich], pushing all bearable limits with its melancholic and dazzlingly expeditious features found a perfect match in…
