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WHAT DO WE MAKE OF BACH?
Portraits, Essays, Notes
"A superb small book ... intense and moving ... lucid and instructive." - Michael Fried
"Fascinating collection of biographical sketches, essays, and program notes ... a memoir of [Harbison's] evolution as a composer and...
Jung-A Bang, pianist
Praised for her “charming and uncompromised virtuosic playing” by the Calgary Herald, pianist Jung-A Bang has appeared in prestigious concert halls across the world as a soloist and collaborative artist. Jung-A has performed in iconic venues, including Weill Hall at Carnegie...
Described by the New York Concert Review as a “unique musical personality” and a pianist with a “golden tone,” Victoria Tzotzkova has performed widely, notably at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, The Miller Theater, and The Iridium in New York City, as well as other venues in the US, Canada,...
Forgotten Paradise: Gazette’s Sun is an experiment in creative nonfiction filmmaking, installation and live performance. It traces the lineage of Director Charlotte Brathwaite’s family history against the backdrop of the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
More about the Winners
Montreal-based startup The Phenomena has created an immersive virtual experience based on the Egyptian Book of the Dead. Using groundbreaking wearable haptics systems created by Ian Hattwick, participants encounter Egyptian gods as they physically advance via a treadmill through multiple realms....
In celebration of John Harbison’s 80th-birthday year, the Boston Symphony Chamber Players offered a half-century spectrum of his chamber music at Jordan Hall on Sunday, topping off the afternoon with a Bach cantata in honor of Harbison’s lifelong dedication to that repertory.
Harbison’s Duo for...
An Interview with the Writer (Costume Design by Oana Botez)
“Being raised in Mississippi,” the Gulfport-raised Killebrew said before a recent rehearsal, “racism wasn’t a current event. It was in the air you breathe. It was in the dirt and in the ghosts that haunt that place."
“I remember when I...
Concert Review by Joseph Dalton
"I've always loved John [Harbison's] music because it has a wonderful combination of the cerebral and the emotional," [David] Jolley said. "I've heard him talk about the Trio over the years and he says it's like an intimate conversation with an undercurrent of...
"None of this is to belittle Harbison’s achievements, which include some spectacularly effective orchestral writing and passages of immense appeal, such as the fluttering woodwinds and the duet between strings and tinkling percussion, both in the dusky and “lambent” (Harbison’s designation) third...
Three questions with MIT playwright Ken Urban
On theater, science, and launching the Playwrights Lab
Ken Urban; photo by Kevin Thomas Garcia
"Understanding others is crucial right now. Of course, understanding is not the same as forgiving or ignoring conflict. But you cannot write...
