On Friday night at Strathmore, it was Destination Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5, an off-the-cuff performance by the BSO. I enjoyed it the most Friday night however, and I think this is the case... Read more
I had an opportunity to speak with one of my favorite people, Paul Gordon Emerson, this week and to catch up with him on developments at Company E and his fantastic new project NEXT: ISRAEL,... Read more
On Sunday, February 19, 2012, The Music Center at Strathmore presented the final concert in its three week long Discovering Ellington Festival. I cannot imagine a more fitting tribute to Edw... Read more
German violinist Julia Fischer is in the U.S. for a whirlwind concert tour that, to our good fortune, included a stop at the Sixth and I Historic Synagogue for a performance in the WPAS Enco... Read more
It was a Broadway Loves Jazz kind of night at Strathmore on Friday as Brian Stokes Mitchell took to the stage to headline a tribute to the one and only Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington at the... Read more
I left the opening night of Sunday in the Park with George very proud on Friday evening … proud of KAT for staging this challenging production … proud of Director Craig Pettinati and his tal... Read more
For anybody who was not at Strathmore last night to hear Gold Medal winner of the XIV International Tchaikovsky Piano Competition Daniil Trifonov perform Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No.1 wi... Read more
There’s nothing more fun than attending a holiday concert in our nation’s capital. I moved to the Washington area on July 4th, six years ago, and I spent my first day here at the Capitol Fou... Read more
I don’t know that it is fair to review a concert featuring one of this reviewer’s favorite musicians, but if it is not, then nobody could have reviewed last night’s National Philharmonic con... Read more
Ramsey Lewis, a three-time Grammy Award-winning artist whose constantly evolving and versatile career has spanned more than fifty years. The crowd wanted Ramsey, and Ramsey delivered big tim... Read more