Venue: The Shed, New York City

A piano recital in a suspended sphere? Igor Levit performs Palais de mari in The Shed's 65-foot diameter orb modeled after Karlheinz Stockhausen’s Kugelauditorium. 

As Esa-Pekka Salonen reaffirmed in his brief introductory statement, “nothing can replace the ritual of a live event”.

In Currentzis' vision, Verdi's Requiem was both a spectacle and a soul-searching exercise for the musicians, as well as for the listeners.

London's new Centre for Music has much to learn from the Big Apple's mistakes.