A String Quartet Plays the Best Tunes of 100 Years of Warner Bros. Film Music
It sounds corny; Warner Bros. film music performed by a string quartet, doesn’t it? At least, it did to skeptical me, but curiosity got the better of me, and off…
Benise in Austin on July 29
The Spanish guitarist Benise will be appearing in Austin on July 29, but Sun News caught his act in Michigan on July 23. Here is what you can expect. For…
Butterfly Lovers Concerto evades thought police
For the first time ever, the Austin Symphony Orchestra featured the erhu. While the word is likely known to few readers, the sound it emits is at once recognizable as…
Can Robots Create Life-Changing Songs?
In a SXSW panel moderated by Bill Hochberg, music industry experts contemplated the role of artificial intelligence in the creation of songs. Hochberg, a specialist in music and media law,…
Current State of Classical Music: The Percentage Problems
“Classical music – the level of musicianship and artistry – has never been higher.” This optimistic start to a SXSW session on the state of classical music was made by…
Candlelight Series Features A Night with Sinatra
If you’re a fan of the late and great Rat Pack singer and all-time best crooner Frank Sinatra, this show will not disappoint you. The candlelight series is just a…
Felix III in Austin: I Chose Life
The recording artist Felix III debuted a smouldering song released the very week he made his appearance in Austin recently at The Vortex, during the annual Outsider Fest. “I was…
Lurleen Ladd – Holding the Torch for Female Musicians Over 40
Austin-based musician and performing singer-songwriter Lurleen Ladd is becoming the standard bearer for female musicians over 40 who are in a similar space. She started a dialogue and connected with…
World Premiere: The Sounds of Eternity
The symphony orchestral performance featuring the Turkememi conductor Farhkad Hudiyev and his extraordinary guest Mugham singer Alim Hamza Qasimov, a national living treasure of Azerbaijan, was sold out on March…
A Night of Mahler
Leonard Bernstein recorded it three times. Several distinguished critics have concluded it is a failure. Whichever side of the fence you are on (and few indeed can be found sitting…