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For His 50th Birthday, a Test of Virtuosic Mettle

To celebrate his 50th birthday - and also to benefit a scholarship fund at Ben Gurion University of the Negev, in Israel - the violinist Shlomo Mintz played Paganini's caprices, all 24, at Carnegie Hall on Sunday.

Exploring the Elements of (Human) Nature

The elegant reduction of physics and psychology to a single symmetry still has artistic influence long after science abandoned it, as the American Symphony Orchestra's reminded us.

A Pianist’s Tour of Styles, From Weighty to Delicate

Eric Zuber has the solid technique - and the eagerness to show it - that you expect in a competition winner.

Electronic Pioneer With Ties to Dance

Gordon Mumma, who worked with Merce Cunningham from 1966 to 1974, was the subject of the second installment of 'Experiments in the Studio.-

From an Artist Who Wears Many Hats, a Recital of 20th-Century Works

As with the work of any living composer, people are bound to have varied reactions to Thomas AdÃ¨s's music. But no one can fairly question that this 36-year-old Englishman is among the most accomplished all-around musicians of his generation.

A Prophet With a Lot of Support

The Collegiate Chorale, a few hundred strong, crowded the stage of Carnegie Hall on Monday night for its own 'Elijah.-

Singing About Dark Emotions, but Keeping Things Upbeat

To one degree or another, the tensions between body and spirit have always flickered somewhere in Caetano Veloso's songs.

The Short but Powerful Reign of a Mozart Queen

The Queen of the Night in Mozart's 'ZauberflÃ¶te- is a fiendishly difficult and dramatically exasperating role.

Listen to the Sounds, but Pay Attention to the Space

Lisa Saffer and Bejun Mehta, each with a different pianist, shared a program at the Morgan Library & Museum's concert hall on Tuesday.

5 Countries, 5 Composers, 5 Explorations of Atonality

The New Juilliard Ensemble's concert at the Juilliard School on Tuesday began with a work by Ryan Gallagher, a composer born in 1984, and ended with a pop hybrid by Daniel Bernard Roumain, born in 1972.