Live, Video: Find classical music concert, opera, ballet and dance reviews | Crumb

Founded in 1988 by Claudio Abbado, Wien Modern is perfect for the contemporary-music curious, such as this complete traversal of George Crumb's masterpiece, housed in an art nouveau theater on Steinhof. 

Zubin Mehta brought together works by George Crumb and Richard Strauss in his latest concert as the Munich Philharmonic's honorary conductor.

The concert paired strong new works by Joan La Barbara, Nicole Lizée and Paola Prestini with compositions by Luciano Berio and George Crumb for a satisfying evening of adventurous works for voice.

On the 50th anniversary of the first lunar landing, the musicians of Yellow Barn played a wide-ranging program of works inspired by the night sky. 

Pianist Steven Osborne explored stillness in music in an intense and beautifully-controlled performance of works by American composers Morton Feldman and George Crumb.

Works by Haydn, Johann Strauss (as reconceived by Alban Berg) and Britten filled out this concert in the midst of the fourth season of splendid chamber concerts featuring top-notch playing by local and guest musicians.

New Yorkers flocked to BAM on Thursday to celebrate the beginning of the Next Wave Festival 2014. Even more discerning audiences were just around the corner at BAM’s Harvey Theater for a program that featured soprano Dawn Upshaw and pianist Gilbert Kalish.

The Kronos Quartet celebrated its 40th birthday on Friday. In Berkeley's Zellerbach Hall, the ensemble explored its history with a performance of Black Angels but also offerred a few surprises.

Auckland Chamber Orchestra’s stunningly played “Voice of the Whale” concert featured 20th-century and contemporary works, including pieces by George Crumb, Michel van der Aa and John Adams.

Violinist Pekka Kuusisto and Britten Sinfonia succeeded in creating a dynamic and captivating programme at Milton Court, with a series of works conceived as a whole and leading up to Britten's Serenade.

The centrepiece of Nonclassical’s “Pioneers of Percussion” festival was a rousing marathon of a concert at Scala, a large (mostly) rock venue near King’s Cross. It was a rich, varied, high-energy, happily chaotic affair that lasted into the wee hours of the morning.

The contemporary music festival Milano Musica is this year dedicated to the works of Morton Feldman, a man who professed to be more influenced by contemporary art and Persian rugs than he was by other music. The concert took place in Gallerie d’Italia, a former bank now a contemporary art gallery, and pulled together pieces for violin and piano by Feldman and his American contemporaries.

For many reasons, the ACO’s most recent show The Reef was an artistic experience like no other in all my years of concert-going. It is difficult even categorising the event: an orchestral concert with accompanying video footage? A film with live soundtrack? Neither does full justice to the nature of the project.

The Soundings concert series opened its season Tuesday evening at the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas, with violinist Midori and pianist Özgür Aydin. Although the series typically focuses more on contemporary music, Midori offered the program she’s been touring with in celebration of the 30th anniversary of her debut, and it did not disappoint.

Cool venue – cool ensemble – cool concert! The Kronos quartet are successful where so many fail in bringing the often-too-distinct worlds of pop/rock and classical together. This concert highlighted their commitment to forging their own performance aesthetic by only programming music that has been written specifically for them.

American Pioneers, the latest Hebrides Ensemble programme, featured five U.S. composers in what musical director, William Conway described as "a slice" of contemporary music from that vast country. Minimalism, as one might expect, featured. Jennifer Higdon's Smash (2005) opened with what felt like a celebration of our obsession with speed.

McFaddens ergreifend schöne Melodieführung und Melnikovs schimmernde Klavierfarben machten den Konzertabend zu einem unvergesslichen Hörerlebnis.

Velada de música contemporánea, sabia y hermosamente diseñada, a cargo de la hr-Sinfonieorchester que evocó vívidamente distintos entornos naturales.

El Taller Atlántico Contemporáneo interpretó, como parte del proyecto Crumb-Lorca, obras del compositor estadounidense George Crumb, quien se ha dedicado, como pocos, a recrear el universo de García Lorca a través de sus composiciones.

Excellent dans Adams et dans Monk, le Quatuor Béla franchit encore un palier dans une interprétation extraordinaire du chef-d'œuvre Black Angels, de George Crumb.

Une « Nuit du Piano » mémorable est venue couronner le week-end de clôture du Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo, avec trois pianistes passionnantes : Aline Piboule, Beatrice Berrut et Claire Désert.

Die Uraufführung von Sacred Environment von Kate Moore beim Holland Festival will heilige Stätten Australiens in den Konzertsaal bringen. Zuhause darf man dank einer persönlichen VR-Brille das Ganze noch einmal erleben.