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Oliver Returns to Carnegie Hall with Brahms and Friends

Oliver Returns to Carnegie Hall with Brahms and Friends

5.19. 2026 – Zankel Hall Oliver came back to Carnegie Hall. He is a cellist, and he previously performed at Weill Recital Hall last November. I wrote the following: November 21, 2025 – Musicians From Marlboro at Weill Recital Hall Felix Mendelssohn String Quintet No. 1 in A Major, Op. 18

The Freedom to Win Freedom at Severance Hall

The Freedom to Win Freedom at Severance Hall

5.16.2026 Severance Hall The Cleveland Orchestra's Beethoven opera Fidelio, conducted by Franz Welser-Möst. I heard the Leonore Overture No. 3 at Carnegie Hall on 3.2025, and my impression was, "Welser-Möst described Beethoven’s Leonore No. 3 as one of the greatest works

Sorey x Bruckner x Yannick x Phily (SBYP)

Sorey x Bruckner x Yannick x Phily (SBYP)

5.15.2026 — Philadelphia Orchestra in Anderson Hall Tyshawn Sorey is from Newark, New Jersey. A drummer with extraordinary improvisation. The moment you try to “grasp the form,” nothing appears. You have no choice but to let yourself go, open your perception, and receive. Only then does something begin to

Kissin at Carnegie

Kissin at Carnegie

5.13.2026 He was like Schumann before marriage, searching for his own music. Evgeny Kissin appeared on stage with Schumann-like restlessness. Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 7 was, for its time, a groundbreaking work that disrupted metric stability. The opening theme did not project outward in

Where Sound Changes How You Hear the World

Where Sound Changes How You Hear the World

classicasobi An independent observational practice recording how sound transforms consciousness About classicasobi is an independent observational practice that continuously attends the world’s leading opera houses and concert halls, experiences performances entirely self-funded, and records in real time how sound transforms the human body and consciousness. This is not

Trinity: Rosa Feola’s New York Violetta Debut

Trinity: Rosa Feola’s New York Violetta Debut

5.3.2026 La Traviata at the Metropolitan Opera Savoring—through razor-sharp clarity—the process by which Violetta refines her sound as she journeys toward death. Standing before the mirror in New York, Rosa seemed to peel away her mask, one layer at a time. In the salon of

Metamorphosen: A Black Sound Carnival

Metamorphosen: A Black Sound Carnival

5.3.2026 Morse Hall Metamorphosen—while dealing with collapse and loss, it is a black amusement park where sound constantly reshapes itself. At Morse Hall at Juilliard, Nikka’s arrangement of Shostakovich’s piano trio for flute trio became a pleasure of transformation. Elliot’s cello opens the theme