Ping Pong Gintonería welcomes violinist Abylay Nurlybek for The Odyssey, Book VIII, a solo recital taking place on November 27th, that brings Homer’s timeless epic into dialogue with music. Abylay Nurlybek is an award winning musician whose training spans the

Music is often thought of as an art form that exists primarily through sound, but for deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals, music is not necessarily beyond reach. Instead of being heard in the traditional sense, music can be felt through vibrations,

Most orchestra lovers know who Harriet Smithson was, even if they don’t know her name. She was the inspiration behind Hector Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique: a brilliant, era-defining actress who rose from obscurity in Ireland to bewitch the sophisticated Parisian audiences

In the high-stakes world of classical music, where spotlights burn bright and egos clash like cymbals, few stories resonate with the dramatic intensity of a Puccini score quite like that of soprano Kristine Opolais and conductor Andris Nelsons. Their union

Created as a three-part collaboration between the Salzburg Easter Festival, the Royal Opera House in London, and Greek National Opera, director Oliver Mears moves the setting from the unknowable past to the current day. The costumes, by Annemarie Woods, are

After interviewing Aristo Sham about his album Timeline, I gained a deeper appreciation for the artistic vision that underpins this remarkable recording. What first appears to be a program tracing Western music’s evolution from Bach to Grieg soon reveals itself as

Pianist Adelina de Lara’s name has largely been forgotten today. However, there’s no reason it should be. She spent over seven decades on the concert platform, made dozens of wonderful recordings, hobnobbed with many of the greatest musicians of multiple

Over the centuries, classical composers have used their fame and fortune to support various philanthropic causes. Whether raising funds for wounded soldiers, supporting abandoned children, or helping fellow musicians in need, all of these composers felt compelled to give back