By Thomas May Violinist Augustin Hadelich’s Grammy win highlights the work of French composer Henri Dutilleux on the 100th anniversary of his birth Augustin Hadelich just missed being in Los Angeles to receive his first-ever Grammy Award. He had even…
When David Harrington, violinist and founding member of the highly acclaimed Kronos Quartet, was about 12 years old, he discovered the Columbia Record Club. The year was 1961 and for about a penny, Harrington was able to select five or…
By Karen Peterson Encouraging diversity—one step, one concert, one community at a time More than a generation ago, the number of black and Hispanic performers in American orchestras barely broke 2 percent of the total. Today that figure is 4.3…
By Anna Pulley In the culmination of its tenth anniversary season, Chicago-based contemporary-music collective Ensemble Dal Niente went out with a literal bang. The group’s Party 2016 event on April 30 featured the North American premiere of Stefan Prins’ Generation…