Igor Stravinsky is widely known as one of the greatest composers of the 20th century, and one of his revolutionary ballets is coming to Tucson to honor the 100 year anniversary of its creation. The UA ...
Steve Hackman shares the story behind his mash-up of two "disruptive innovators," Igor Stravinsky and Kendrick Lamar, for the Phoenix Symphony.
Over a two-week period in June, I was exposed to great art -- courtesy of the Greenwich Music Festival. With its subject as Igor Stravinsky, called the most famous composer of the 20th century, we ...
When news circulates of a previously unknown work by a canonical composer, the best response is often to pay no heed. The hype that surrounds such discoveries routinely exaggerates the value of ...
Igor Stravinsky looms large in the pantheon of modern composers. Both the White House and the Kremlin sent representatives to his April 1971 funeral in Manhattan. Two weeks later, thousands swelled ...
As the 100th anniversary of Igor Stravinsky's ballet The Rite of Spring approaches, commentator Miles Hoffman reminds us that — as earthshaking as that infamous debut was — the composer soon branched ...
In May of 2013, composer Igor Stravinsky's landmark work "The Rite of Spring" turns 100 years old. Already, there have been conferences and performances all over the world to celebrate. Why is this ...
Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by A box set of recordings pairs Stravinsky, 50 years after his death, with the conductor who championed his works. By Anthony Tommasini On April 6, 1971 ...
When the tiny old man walked onstage, moving crabwise around the pianos, the members of the audience at Manhattan’s Town Hall rose in a spontaneous ovation. Igor Stravinsky turned to face them, ducked ...
A Belgian soldier had a vision during the last German attack. He saw the whole earth, uprooted, dancing madly and monotonously to the music of Igor Stravinsky. Thus terrific, thus awful a genius does ...