168 stories by "Susan Miron"
Chameleon Arts Ensemble's rather lengthy program was like a huge feast, ending with the sumptuous Saint-Saëns' Sonata No. 1 in d minor.
Love stories, treachery, brilliant plans, history itself gone awry - it's all here in inspiring abundance in this fabulous novel, where the Spinozas make their way through hundreds of years …
Blue Heron explores a rarely performed repertoire with a choir made up of sensational soloists.
Mistral's Artistic Director and flutist Julie Scolnik knows, after 17 successful years, how to run a terrific series - hire the best people, present a unifying theme, and program excellent m…
The more I hear performed by the BEMF, especially their operas, the more deeply impressed - and thankful - I am.
In "Some Day," Shemi Zarhin has masterfully woven together a tangle of bittersweet tales and elusive dreams. it is a book that is a pleasure to read and reread.
I have seen my share of prodigies and their gushing PR. So I was pleasantly surprised when Benjamin Grosvenor, an unassuming youth in a white shirt and black pants, walked out and played wit…
No pianist in his right mind is going to repeat this program. András Schiff had privileged us with a gift that only he could give.
Two days after pianist Yuja Wang's concert, and, sadly, what I remember best are the two skimpy dresses she wore.
The jam-packed audience for the opening performance of the fiftieth season was filled with Cantata Singers old timers.
For classical music lovers, the opening of the concert season was, for 35 years, synonymous with flutist Fenwick Smith's annual recitals.
Olympia Dukakis makes good on her desire to evoke the weakness the indomitable Mother Courage fights so hard to cover up: the actress conveys the highs and lows of this gargantuan character …
There are myriad aspects to praise lavishly in this production: A large cast with no weak links, fabulous musicians, and inspired sets, costumes, and dancing. BEMF's Almira gets everything…
Dame Emma, now sixty-four, sat and sang just quietly enough and with the right measure of mystery and stillness to draw the audience in, and to keep them there in a trance.
The last Chameleon Arts Ensemble performance of this season, "mystic moons and dream music," promised much, with three famed masterpieces by Debussy, Stravinsky, and Schoenberg.
The ebullient entertainer Maurice Hines held court this week at a packed Cutler Majestic Theater, along with a score of other very talented musicians and tap dancers. What an evening!
What has NPR's Terry Gross learned after all these years of probing famous people's psyches? "We are all mortal. Life is short, and for some life is full of pain."
By Susan Miron World-renowned Russian pianist Evgeny Kissin has been featured on the Celebrity Series of Boston five times, including a remarkable two-piano appearance with James Levine (ava…
Barbara Cook's gift is to illuminate a song's words as a great actress would, while somehow having a beautiful voice at an age at which no opera singer could possibly imagine performing.
"Once people hear this music they do indeed come back for it - it is pleasing on so many levels: it soars, it soothes, it excites, it transports."
The Boston Camerata proffers a constant sense of discovery and rediscovery, of unusually lively musicianship and scholarship, and a sprightly sense of the humanity - and the snarly complexit…
Pianist Jeremy Denk wields a large artillery of dynamics and colors and it served him well in this performance.
Playing by heart with these three incredible people is the most exhilarating thing I've ever done as a musician, and I look forward to many more years of doing this with the Chiara Quartet. …
For those who missed this evening, pick up Roz Chast's "Theories of Everything," which is a wonderfully huge collection of her cartoons published in "The New Yorker."
From the moment he began to play, pianist Paul Lewis established his authority. His performance was spellbinding and eloquent, animated by a respect for precision and rhythmic clarity.
