Hello there. I’m back covering the Van Cliburn Competition for the sixth time. I will be covering most of the early rounds from home, because between inflation and what the Weekly is paying me, I can’t afford the cost of meals and transportation for these early days. Lucky for me, there are more options than ever to
The Bard Music Festival returns for its 32nd season this August, with an intensive two-week exploration of “Rachmaninoff and His World.” In twelve themed concert programs, Bard examines Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943), perhaps the last great exponent of Russian Romanticism, who nevertheless embodied many contradictions.