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Philip Grossman Risks His Life to Document the Second Worst Disaster in Human...
Over the past several years, photographer/filmmaker Philip Grossman made several trips to the site of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor meltdown in Pripyat, Ukraine. Notwithstanding the Soviet Union’s...
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Painter Razmik Poghosyan and His Pianist Daughter Kariné –“Artist and Muse”
by Shoshana Blau GetClassical’s February 11 installment featured pianist Kariné Poghosyan’s performance at Louis Meisel Gallery on Prince Street in SoHo, in conjunction with the first solo New York...
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Violinist Alexi Kenney Stuns the Crowd in Chelsea
After violinist Alexi Kenney‘s solo performance last night, Concert Artists Guild president Richard Weinert enthused that it was one of the best he’d ever seen: high praise from someone who gets to see...
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Piano Titan Vijay Iyer Scores a Harrowing Multimedia Performance
Last night at National Sawdust, pianist Vijay Iyer joined with bassist Linda May Han Oh and vibraphonist Patricia Brennan to create a somber, stunned, broodingly opaque and occasionally picturesque...
View ArticleRadical Cross-Pollination From Amir ElSaffar and the Brooklyn Raga Massive at...
The waves of melody slowly massing, leaping and often caressing the walls at Lincoln Center Friday night were less radical than they were a natural, spontaneous new invention. The premise: to mash up...
View ArticleLilian Caruana’s Fascinating, Bittersweet New Photo Book Offers a Rare...
In one of the initial CBGB crowd shots in photographer Lilian Caruana’s new book, Rebels: Punks and Skinheads of New York’s East Village 1984-1987, an audience member appears to be wearing a swastika...
View ArticleA Revealing, Lavishly Illustrated New Book and a Midtown Release Show by...
Laurie Anderson is the world’s best-loved avant garde artist. Yet as much as her forty-plus year career has encompassed music, art, sculpture, film, video, literature and cutting edge technology,...
View ArticleOliver Beer Repurposes Ancient Artifacts For His Brand New Sound Installation...
Oliver Beer placed microphones inside a large assortment of bowls and vessels in the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s collections to find out what musical pitches they resonated to. Then he assembled an...
View ArticleNiv Ashkenazi’s Lyrical Debut Album Celebrates Obscure Composers Imperiled or...
On a musical level alone, Niv Ashkenazi’s debut album Violins of Hope with pianist Matthew Graybil – streaming at Spotify – is a work of extraordinary beauty that reflects the vast scope of Jewish...
View ArticleJim Watt Leads a Riveting Jazz and Painting Performance to Benefit Musicians...
Thursday night at Collab in Bushwick was a rare opportunity to watch painter Jim Watt creating art out of thin air. Beyond public murals, sidewalk art or the occasional landscaper dedicated to...
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