Stephanie Powell

violinist Augustin Hadelich with the Cleveland Orchestra

Violinist Augustin Hadelich on Working with New Conductors & Prokofiev Passagework

By Augustin HadelichThis will be my fourth and final installment of my blog series about a month in my life as a traveling violinist. These four weeks took... Read More...

Celebrating 50 Years of ECM Records

By Greg Cahill“Sound is about organizing emotions in time—that is music. I never impose a sound on music. Rather, music requires a particular sound,” reclu... Read More...

violinist Paul Huang performs on Guarneri del Gesu

Strings Sessions Presents: Violinist Paul Huang

Violinist Paul Huang stopped by the Strings' studio to perform Eugène Ysaÿe's Sonata No. 3 in D minor, "Ballade." Huang performs on the 1742 “Wieniawski” Guarn... Read More...

Joel Krosnick Talks Personal Musical Miracles & Final Thoughts on BISQC

By Laurence VittesIn 1993 I reviewed Joel Krosnick's concert with Gilbert Kalish at the Los Angeles County Museum Bing Auditorium for the Los Angeles Times... Read More...

Takács Quartet Welcomes Violist Richard O’Neill

By Stephanie PowellIn 2020, the Takács Quartet will welcome violist Richard O'Neill, who will step in to replace current violist Geraldine Walther. After 1... Read More...

Quator Arod’s Latest Album Is Inspired by Mathilde Schoenberg

By Greg CahillMathilde Schoenberg is not a household name, yet at the turn of the 20th century, she served as muse for one of the classical-music world’s m... Read More...

Violinist Augustin Hadelich Discusses the Prokofiev & Mendelssohn Violin Concertos

By Augustin HadelichWe're almost wrapping up my recap of a month in life of a traveling violinist. These four weeks take me to performances in Boston, New ... Read More...

Violinist Augustin Hadelich Performs the Sibelius Concerto with the New York Philharmonic

By Augustin HadelichThe next four weeks will take me to performances in Boston, New York, Eindhoven, London, and Cleveland! After the final performance of ... Read More...

Cellphones in the Concert Hall

The classical-music world is buzzing (or slightly post-buzz) about violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter stopping a performance with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra t... Read More...

Georgian Composer Giya Kancheli, 1935–2019

By Greg CahillGeorgian composer Giya Kancheli has died in Tblisi. He was 84. A highly original musical thinker, Kancheli often attributed his artistic inde... Read More...