Music and Arts

Cellist Yo-Yo Ma reminds me of pianist Arthur Rubinstein. Other than an absolute command of their respective instruments, both artists hav...

In the musical world, there have been so many stories of artists gaining sudden fame when they step in to substitute for an ailing colleag...

In programming for orchestral concerts, there are composers whose works go especially well together. I feel that the combination of Mozart...

When pianist Behzod Abduraimov first appeared in Vancouver, he was apparently so well received by the audience that he was immediately re-...

In Lina & Serge - The Love and Wars of Lina Prokofiev , Simon Morrison, a music historian at Princeton, tells the sad, strange, but co...