Jennifer Gersten is a freelance writer, editor, and violinist from Queens, NY. She is an assistant managing editor at Guernica and has published work in WQXR, NPR Music, and The Toledo Blade. Jennifer studied English and creative writing at Yale and is currently pursuing a master's in violin performance at Stony Brook University.
Jaap van Zweden commenced his role as music director of the New York Philharmonic with a première by Ashley Fure, Stravinsky's Rite of Spring, and Ravel's Piano Concerto in G major featuring pianist Daniil Trifonov.
After a nine-year absence, Martha Argerich returned to Carnegie Hall with stunning Prokofiev with the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia.
The origins of chamber music lie in a wish for music that could fit within a small room. On display at the New York Philharmonic last Friday were recent contributions that wished for the opposite.
Christopher Tin has worked in a whole range of fields, producing works that span film, video games and epic song cycles. Just don't call him a “video game composer”.
