92nd Street Y

  • Jennifer Koh, by Jennifer Taylor/The New York Times Jennifer Koh at the 92nd Street Y, March 2, 2013The New York Times, March 5, 2013 I specifically remember thinking, as Jennifer Koh managed to give each voice in Bach's fugues its own sound and personality, that the shadows playing on the wall behind her served as

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  • Kirill Gerstein and Steven Isserlis, by Ian Douglas/The New York Times Steven Isserlis and Kirill Gerstein at the 92nd Street Y, January 27, 2013The New York Times, Jan. 29, 2013 That the brilliant cellist Steven Isserlis performs regularly at the 92nd Street Y is one of the venue's crowning glories, no matter what repertoire he

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  • Three by four.

    Takács Quartet at the 92nd Street YThe New York Times, February 28, 2011 Even if you're not all that interested in reading about one of the world's finest string quartets burning down the house with three works by Schubert, click through long enough to have a look at Times photographer Brian Harkin's amazing shot of

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  • Life and times.

    Leon Fleisher: In Focus at the 92nd Street YThe New York Times, December 15, 2010 In preparing for this review, I read several sizable chunks from Leon Fleisher’s newly published memoir, My Nine Lives, co-written by my friend and colleague Anne Midgette. What little part I managed to read confirmed what I’d already suspected: the

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  • Kindred spirits.

    Steven Isserlis and Jeremy Denk at the 92nd Street YThe New York Times, December 13, 2010 Needless to say, and unsurprisingly, this was terrific: a perfect example of two intelligent, inquisitive artists finding common ground in a recital that covered a lot of unfamiliar and worthwhile territory. Erin Baiano's terrific photograph brilliantly captures the energy

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