Daniel Khalikov, Pauline Kim, Michael Katz, Wendy Sutter William Hakim by Kevin T McEneaney Like Giacomo Puccini, Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805) was born in Lucca, named after the Celtic god Lugh,…
Historic Tales of the Harlem Valley: Life at the End of the Line. Tonia Shoumatoff. History Press, 2023, 202 pages. by Kevin T. McEneaney I admit I am not a…
by Bill Schlesinger Recycling remains the easiest way for the average citizen to help achieve a closed-loop economy, in which all waste is reused to generate new products. Recycled materials,…
by Kevin T McEneaney The Parker Quartet opened with String Quartet in B Flat Maor, Op. 18 # 6 (1800) by Ludwig van Beethoven completed in December (first performed on…
Jannina Norpoth, Curtis Stewart, Hamilton Berry, Nick Revel by Kevin T McEneaney When a concert is organized by improvisations, albeit rehearsed improvisations, it remains difficult to describe what is happening.…
William Hakim, Wendy Sutter, Deborah Buck, Stacey Shames, Beomjae Kim by Kevin T McEneaney As a New Yorker, I sometimes think that the best musicians blaze to prominence in New…
neurons in the brain by Kevin T McEneaney There are many varieties of rocks, so many kinds that I’m often confused. At times I think there are rocks in my…
Angela Bae, Justin Defilippis, Simone Dinnerstein, Russel Huston, Benjamin Zannoni by Kevin T McEneaney The Balourdet Quartet, currently in residence at New England Conservatory, takes its name from Antoine Balourdet,…
Susan Rotholz, Elizabeth Perry, Eliot Bailen, Dori Na, Richard Wolfe by Kevin T McEneaney The marvelous aspect of the Sherman Chamber Ensemble remains the way they transform themselves into various…