Steve Smith

  • We are the world.

    Juilliard Opera: Ariodante at the Peter Jay Sharp TheaterThe New York Times, November 13, 2009 With each visit to a Juilliard Opera production comes a new slate of promising young singers to watch. Here, the stand-out performers were Anthony Roth Costanzo, an intense (and increasingly visible) countertenor; Haeran Hong, a soprano with a lovely voice…

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  • China today.

    The New Juilliard Ensemble at Alice Tully HallThe New York Times, November 11, 2009

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  • Hammer time.

    Galina Ustvolskaya Composer Portrait with Fifth House Ensemble at Miller TheatreThe New York Times, November 10, 2009

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  • Life, interrupted.

    Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: Schubert Ascending at Alice Tully HallThe New York Times, November 10, 2009 And just like that, I managed to let a full month and a half slip past since this blog was last updated. I could offer the usual litany of work-related excuses, but anyone who knows me is…

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  • M&Ms.

    American Modern Ensemble at Galapagos Art SpaceThe New York Times, November 6, 2009

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  • Close, but no cigar.

    The New York Philharmonic with Emanuel Ax at Avery Fisher HallThe New York Times, November 2, 2009

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  • Sentimental journey.

    Lang Lang and Friends at Carnegie HallThe New York Times, October 29, 2009

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  • Love, exciting and new.

    Tan Dun, Cho-Liang Lin and the Juilliard Orchestra at Alice Tully HallThe New York Times, October 28, 2009

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  • Ancient style.

    Stile Antico at Corpus Christi ChurchThe New York Times, October 27, 2009

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  • Keep it in the family.

    Wu Man, the Zhang Family Band and the Li Family Daoist Band at Zankel HallThe New York Times, October 27, 2009

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  • Bedeviled.

    La Damnation de Faust at the Metropolitan OperaThe New York Times, October 27, 2009

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  • Wee three kings.

    Bleecker Street Opera Company: L’Amore dei Tre Re at the Theatres at 45 Bleecker StreetThe New York Times, October 20, 2009

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  • Home is where the art is.

    "An Ensemble With Many Homes Finds Another"The New York Times, October 18, 2009 An article about the Pacifica Quartet, a widely admired, award-winning string quartet that has just taken over a plum residency at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. The Pacifica Quartet takes over for the Guarneri String Quartet, which held…

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  • Music in revue.

    Christine Brewer and Craig Rutenberg at Zankel HallThe New York Times, October 16, 2009

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  • Swing shift.

    Terry and Gyan Riley at (Le) Poisson RougeThe New York Times, October 13, 2009

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  • Pantheistic ecstasy.

    Sacred Music in a Sacred Space at the Church of St. Ignatius LoyolaThe New York Times, October 9, 2009

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  • Because they could.

    Axiom at the Juilliard School's Peter Jay Sharp TheaterThe New York Times, October 8, 2009

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  • Unquiet thoughts.

    I'm way, way behind on my blogging, again. I've got three Times reviews stacked up waiting to be archived here. But at the very least, I can endeavor to make time for the really big news: Alex Ross has started a new blog, Unquiet Thoughts, on the New Yorker web site. ("Joined the home team,"…

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  • A cut above.

    Il Barbiere di Siviglia at the Metropolitan OperaThe New York Times, October 7, 2009

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  • Roll over Beethoven.

    Friedrich Kleinhapl and Andreas Woyke at the Austrian Cultural ForumThe New York Times, October 1, 2009 The unique programming offered in the Austrian Cultural Forum's little gem of a recital hall is easily overlooked, but shouldn't be: Worthy concerts happen there regularly, and practically all of them are presented free of charge. Coming soon: Music…

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