The tuning of a banjo blends into the tempo and strum of son jarocho, Mexican folk music from the Gulf coast, as Rana Santacruz sings his own original music.
Read articleKavakos plays Mendelssohn at Tanglewood
Greek violin virtuoso Leonidas Kavakos performs a modernist and French program infused with radical interpretative choices and the harmonic and compositional inventiveness of Debussy and Ravel.
Read articleCafuné’s Noah Yoo speaks on cats, bards and musical politics
Cafuné performs at Mass MoCA, and Noah Yoo talks about nostalgic influences, fan engagement and being a musician in 2022.
Read articleBreathing space in the heat of summer — #Berkshireweekend
We’re sharing iced coffee and a palm-sized blueberry pie — my old friend Teresa is here for the weekend, and we have been getting lost at Tanglewood.
Read articleComposer Valerie Coleman imagines new worlds in music
Acclaimed composer Valerie Coleman considers the expanding future of orchestral music as she honors the musicians and composers who have opened the way.
Read articleGenerations of musicians honor BSO harpist Ann Hobson Pilot
Renowned harpist Ann Hobson Pilot and composer-flutist Valerie Coleman are sitting in a pavilion with windows clear enough for the afternoon sunlight and the sound of classical musicians at practice to stream in …
Read articleOnce — Finding the courage to act #this weekend
The actors are holding an Irish music jam — E.J. Zimmerman is singing Red-haired Mary, buoyant with the syncopated swing of the reel …
Read articleEastern Woodland Dances return to the land
The Iroquois dancer holding the stage is keeping a beat in time to a tenor voice and a live drum. His father and grandfather are singing here tonight, as dancers carry living traditions.
Read articleKali takes courage in the 21st century
The bass hums low, and a woman is dancing — Mythili Prakash performs contemporary movement in a form more than a thousand years old.
Read articleDancers re-imagine contemporary American experiences
Dancers have told stories of Shiva and Kali for hundreds of years, and on a summer night, Mythili Prakash will embody them both … as Jacobs Pillow asks what it means to be American.
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