As Yefim Bronfman walked to the piano on Sunday afternoon, I thought, “This is one of the most familiar sights in New ...

Paul Klee, Ein Doppel-Schreier (A double screamer), 1939, Oil on paper, David Zwirner, New York. © Klee Family. Photo courtesy of David Zwirner. On view in “Paul ...

My wrongness was clear from the opening notes—those of Schumann’s “Abends am Strand.” Kissin was very songful. He sculpted ...

Still, in “Fidia,” we hear what we can from the ancient world: whispers and echoes from those long distant shores.

Many of the pieces on display in “A Taste for the Renaissance” are very small—bringing a magnifying glass is a good idea. One ...

Sir Simon and the Bavarians began with a novelty—a brainy novelty—by Paul Hindemith: Ragtime (Well-Tempered). The composer penned this in 1921. It is both brainy and joyous—and the orchestra played it ...

Lord Byron’s last words, according to one legend, were as follows: “Come, come, no weakness! Let’s be a man to the last. Now, I shall go to sleep.” But according to the poet’s official eulogist, ...

Last night Ronald S. Lauder was honored by The New Criterion with the eleventh Edmund Burke Award for Service to Culture and Society at a gala dinner at the Metropolitan Club in New York City.