Lisa Batiashvili’s tasty new disc of Bach violin pieces
Music for unaccompanied violin reminds me of the “challenging” category on the sushi menu. It’s not for everybody. There’s a certain stark nakedness about it.
By Jean Inaba
Interview: Cellist Inbal Segev tackles a jazz concerto
If you get to one of this weekend’s Boulder Chamber Orchestra concerts, you’ll notice something unusual: half the ensemble is missing.
By Jean Inaba
Interview: Leonard Bernstein biographer in Denver for JAAMM Fest
Nigel Simeone on the maestro’s aspirations as a composer and his family life.
By Jean Inaba
How Franz Liszt changed concert performances forever
‘Lisztomania’ continues to influence classical music today.
By Jean Inaba
What Mozart’s letters reveal about the composer’s complexities
A look at the paper trail of a genius.
By Jean Inaba
New disc explores the legacy of Farinelli, the legendary castrato singer
An insightful new release from conductor Pablo Heras-Casado and Concerto Koln.
By Jean Inaba
Philadelphia Orchestra’s David Kim on bringing Vivaldi’s ‘Four Seasons’ to Bravo! Vail
Hear the performance at 7 p.m. Tuesday on CPR Classical as part of the SummerFest concert broadcast series.
By Jean Inaba
10 animal voices in orchestral music
Birds, bugs, livestock and other animals turn up in symphonic music from time to time.
By Jean Inaba
The clapping question: Should classical audiences applaud between movements?
Why there’s silence between movements in the concert hall — and whether it’s a good thing.
By Jean Inaba
Experiencing ‘Pierrot Lunaire’ in concert for the first time
“Watching and listening to the students wend their way through such a complex and difficult score astonished me.”
By Jean Inaba
Vadim Gluzman, his Stradivarius and me
Jean Inaba’s brush with an instrument once owned by legendary violinist Leopold Auer.
By Jean Inaba
Q&A: Vadim Gluzman plays Korngold with the Colorado Symphony
The Ukranian-born violin virtuoso talks with Jean Inaba.
By Jean Inaba
Q&A: Violinist Charles Wetherbee on becoming the Boulder Philharmonic’s new concertmaster
The orchestra’s Saturday program includes Beethoven, Smetana and a mandolin concerto by Jeff Midkiff.
By Jean Inaba
Watch Leonard Bernstein show what a great conductor can do without using his hands
No baton necessary: A legendary conductor leads an orchestra using winks, smiles and nods.
By Jean Inaba
Live Broadcast Features New Music of Philip Glass and Two Soloists
Denver audiences are in for a treat this weekend.
By Jean Inaba
Watch violinist Lara St. John bring Bach’s music to the streets of Toronto
The fiddler and her friend, dancer Stephanie Cadman, take the G Minor Presto on a mini-tour.
By Jean Inaba