Classical
Cleveland Orchestra Will Close Out the 2014 Yehudi Menuhin Competition in Austin
Going to Wagner's 'Ring' at the Met? Read the Second of George Bernard Shaw's 'Preliminary Encouragements'
With all the bad luck that's befallen Peter Gelb's Ring cycle lately--scenery malfunctions in Das Rheingold, personnel malfunctions in Die Walküre--Classicalite figured it was passed time for the great Irish critic George Bernard Shaw to step and save the production from itself. MATA Festival 2013 Opens Tonight, Runs Through Sunday
Founded in 1996--by Philip Glass, Eleonor Sandresky and Lisa Bielawa--MATA is a not-for-profit organization that commissions, presents and supports the music of a wide array of young composers from around the globe. Every spring, in New York, MATA puts on a week-long festival of music by composers under the age of 40.
