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Woman in red dress gazes through mirror in moody-lit room

New Releases May 6: Jewish Vienna, Weinberg, Bassoon

A new album pays tribute to the Jewish composers of 20th-century Vienna. The Arcadia Quartet’s album explores the string quartets of another marginalized Jewish composer: Mieczysław Weinberg. Leading English bassoonist Laurence Perkins offers a lighthearted survey in Honey-coloured Cow. Other highlights include a handful of world premiere recordings by the United Strings of Europe, two violin concertos featuring Hans Christian …

Associated PressMarch 27, 2023

Nicholas Lloyd Webber, son of famed composer, dies at 43

The striking Cathedral of Learning in Pittsburgh stands apart, against a slightly cloudy sky, on the University of Pittsburgh campus

Associated PressMarch 22, 2023

Pioneer of gospel music rediscovered in Pittsburgh archives

Liza Malamut smiles at the camera

Keegan MorrisMarch 17, 2023

Looking Forward from a Crossroads with Liza Malamut, Newberry’s New Director

Calidore String Quartet poses casually on a red couch with instruments

Calidore Wins 2024 BBC Music Magazine Chamber Award

Keegan MorrisApril 22, 2024

The quartet is one of the US's leading ensembles.

Man in formal wear in theater

Conductor Andrew Davis, who headed Lyric Opera of Chicago and orchestras on 3 continents, dies

Associated PressApril 22, 2024

Davis made his Lyric Opera debut in 1987 and led about 700 performances of 62 operas by 22 composers.

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Cat Stevents, wearing sunglasses, a denim shirt, and a cream colored tee shirt, strums a guitar and sings into a microphone onstage

Cat Stevens to return this summer with a new album

Associated PressMarch 15, 2023

The 12-song collection is called “King of a Land” and comes out in June.

Lyric Opera 2023-2024 Season: Dutchman, Aida, Cinderella, Audra

Adela SkowronskiMarch 14, 2023

Next year's lineup of six mainstage operas offers choices for traditional and contemporary opera fans alike.

Chaim Topol

Chaim Topol, Israeli actor known for Fiddler’s Tevye, dies

Associated PressMarch 9, 2023

The role of his life arrived in the long-running musical “Fiddler on the Roof,” in which he played Tevye.