In recent years, Kate Royal has been hailed as one of the emerging opera singers in the classical music world. The British lyric soprano is the winner of the 2004 Kathleen Ferrier Award, 2004 John...
Only can time tell how Netanyahu's decision of committing to the Two-State Solution in regard to the Israel/Palestine conflict will work out. Yes, Bibi imposes very strict conditions of setting up an...
Adina Hoffman lives in Jerusalem. She is the author of House of Windows: Portraits from a Jerusalem Neighborhood. She has contributed to The Nation, The Washington Post, The Times Literary Supplement...
Few young female pianists can compete with French legend Helene Grimaud, yet Yuja Wang is most likely on her way to become one of the exceptions. Her Sonatas & Etudes: Chopin, Scriabin, Liszt and...
Stephen Paulus was born in 1949. His recording, To Be Certain of the Dawn, was composed at the invitation of Minnesota Orchestra and The Basilica of St. Mary. The recording celebrates the 60th...
Some people describe 2008 as "the year of African-Americans," due to Barack Obama's successful bid to become the first black American President. However, could his success be used as an example of...
After working on Mahler and Beethoven, Gustavo Dudamel and his Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela are exploring Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony and Francseca da Rimini. "Tchaikovsky: Symphony...
Writer Rachel Shabi was born in Israel to Jewish-Iraqi parents. She grew up in the United Kingdom. Before moving back to Israel, she reported on social issues for The Guardian. She is currently based...
Every year, the Hong Kong Arts Festival invites a foreign opera house to perform. Two years ago, there was the Welsh Opera House entertaining the audience with Puccini’s La Bohème. Last year,...
Kim Phillips-Fein is an assistant professor at the Gallatin School of Individualized Study at New York University. She specializes in the history of the conservative movement in the second-half of...
