Zachary Woolfe
Classical Music Critic at The New York Times
classical music critic, nytimes
Articles
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2 weeks ago |
nytimes.com | Zachary Woolfe
In classical music, we think we know how the great pieces go. We hear these standards so often - they have formed our ears so thoroughly - that it can be hard to imagine why some of them were resisted when they were new. Take Tchaikovsky's beloved Violin Concerto, which endears us with its graceful lyricism and good spirits. Not when Patricia Kopatchinskaja plays it. Kopatchinskaja, who makes her New York Philharmonic debut on Wednesday, released a recording of the Tchaikovsky in 2016.
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1 month ago |
nytimes.com | Zachary Woolfe
The New York Philharmonic and its next music director gave “Sémiramis” its first public hearing, alongside other Ravel pieces and works by Varèse and Gershwin.
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1 month ago |
nytimes.com | Joshua Barone |Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim |Zachary Woolfe |Oussama Zahr
The New York Times's classical music and opera critics see and hear much more than they review. Here is what has hooked them recently. Leave your own favorites in the comments. A clip from the Boston Symphony Orchestra's performance in April 2023. There was a time in recent memory when a performance of Julia Wolfe's "Her Story," for women's chamber choir and orchestra, would have passed without incident.
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2 months ago |
nytimes.com | Zachary Woolfe
When two pianists appear together in concert, the usual setup is for the curves of their instruments to hug in a yin-yang formation. The musicians face off across the expanse, some nine feet apart. But when Vikingur Olafsson and Yuja Wang brought their starry duo tour to Carnegie Hall on Wednesday evening, just inches separated them. They sat side by side, their pianos splayed out in opposite directions like the wings of a butterfly, with the players in the middle.
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2 months ago |
ourcommunitynow.com | Zachary Woolfe
Share One of the most interesting and satisfying concerts of the classical music season was last week at Carnegie Hall.
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