Carnegie Hall News

Johannes Brahms' "discovery," Antonn Dvork There is this precious scene in Wes Craven's 1999 film Music of the Heart , in which Isaac Stern is "introducing" Carnegie Hall to Roberta Guaspari .

THE bandleader announced "a lovely ballad from the World War II era," and the song "Waiting for the Train to Come In" emerged from the lips of a singer in a slinky black dress.

The Shanghai Symphony Orchestra will give the China Festival a grand finale at the Carnegie Hall on Nov 10, under the baton of its new music director, Yu Long, with help from pianist Lang Lang.

An American interviewer based in Europe, fascinated by the art of tone, drawn to the muse of the blues, who believes feeling is believing.

John Sherba , Jeffrey Zeigler, David Harrington and Hank Dutt of the award-winning ensemble Kronos Quartet are known for their collaborations with Nine Inch Nails, DJ Spooky, Tom Waits, David Bowie and Marin s Zakir Hussain.

John Sherba , Jeffrey Zeigler, David Harrington and Hank Dutt of the award-winning ensemble Kronos Quartet are known for their collaborations with Nine Inch Nails, DJ Spooky, Tom Waits, David Bowie and Marin s Zakir Hussain.

Biography: Dan H. Marek Dan H. Marek has appeared as a principal tenor with leading opera companies including the Metropolitan Opera, where he sang nineteen roles, including the innaugral performance of the Met at Lincoln Center in Barber's Antony and Cleopatra.

LATELY, I've been seeing my dad everywhere. That wouldn't sound uncommon if it weren't for the fact that my father died on Nov.

Bob_Cherry wrote: on Jun. 12, 2009: The unforgettable lyrics of a Broadway and movie classic, the historic recital of one of the nation's greatest contraltos, and the speech that warned of "an iron curtain" descending across the continent have made the list of recordings that have been identified as cultural, artistic and historical treasures to be ...

BBC Local Radio for the East region is celebrating the life and work of "King of Swing" Benny Goodman on Saturday 30 May, between 11.00pm and 1.00am, to commemorate 100 years since the musician was born.

May 30th marks the hundredth anniversary of the birth of Benny Goodman. The "King Of Swing"'s centennial hasn't garnered the same hoopla as those of, say, Duke Ellington or Louis Armstrong, at least not among the part of the population that doesn't love vintage jazz.

A photo from Benny Goodman's January 1938 Carnegie Hall performance. Photo Credit: Metronome/Hulton Archive/Getty Images.