United States Various, ‘Interval: In Between Silence and Stasis’: MATA Festival, BlackBox Ensemble / Leonard Bopp (conductor). Dimenna Center, New York, 23.5.2026. (DS)
Composers at the MATA Festival 2026 re-imagine Morton Feldman
New York
Expansiveness and restraint: Vengerov and Osetinskaya at Carnegie Hall
United States Various: Maxim Vengerov (violin), Polina Osetinskaya (piano). Isaac Stern Auditorium, Carnegie Hall, New York, 27.5.2026. (ES-S)
Frida Kahlo returns to life in glorious color at the Metropolitan Opera
United States Gabriela Lena Frank, El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego: Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra / Steven Osgood (conductor). Metropolitan Opera, New York, 22.5.2026. (RP)
Experiments in Opera’s collaborative incubation unit gives birth to Constance: A Confession
United States Various, Constance: A Confession: Soloists, Hypercube Ensemble / Dmitriy Glivinskiy (conductor). Experiments in Opera, HERE, New York, 16.5.2026. (RP)
Heartbeat Opera’s stark, penetrating Vanessa takes Manhattan by storm
United States Barber, Vanessa: Soloists, Heartbeat Opera Band / Jacob Ashworth (conductor). Heartbeat Opera, Baruch Performing Arts Center, New York, 14.5.2026. (RP)
Isidore String Quartet premieres Billy Childs’s ‘American Mosaic’ with graceful solemnity
United States Haydn, Childs, Brahms: Isidore String Quartet (Phoenix Avalon, Adrian Steele [violins], Devin Moore [viola], Joshua McClendon [cello]). 92nd Street Y, New York, 2.5.2026. (DS)
Clarinetist David Krakauer and Ensemble Connect bridge past and present music of the Jewish diaspora
United States Various, ‘Ensemble Connect Up Close: Songs of Cultural Transition’: David Krakauer (clarinet), Ensemble Connect. Carnegie Hall, New York, 6.5.2026. (RP)
Carnegie Hall celebrates a legendary concert from 50 years ago with a galaxy of stars
United States Various, ‘50th Anniversary of the Concert of the Century’: Soloists, Oratorio Society of New York (director: Kent Tritle), NYO-USA All-Stars / Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor). Carnegie Hall, New York, 5.5.2026. (RP)
