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Lara R. Tan

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Ross Jamie Collins and Na'Zir McFadden
Arts

Artist Profile: Ross Jamie Collins and Na’Zir McFadden on a Young Conductor’s Craft

Collins, 23, and McFadden, 24, recently conducted the Boston Symphony Orchestra in a concert program featuring Sibelius and Grieg.

The Brightness of Light
Arts

BSO Presents ‘The Brightness of Light’: An Unforgettable Evening of Starry Lyricism

Received rapturously by the audience, the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s versatility once more triumphed without question.

Hannah Kendall BSO
Arts

BSO’s Strauss ‘Also Sprach Zarathustra’ Review: A Glorious Eternal Sunrise

Thibaudet was perhaps the living embodiment of Liszt had he been alive today, in an uncanny understanding of the composer virtuoso’s mercurial musicality.

BSO Mozart Symphony No. 39
On Campus

BSO’s Mozart ‘Symphony No. 39’ Review: A Ravishing Duet of Lyricism

Biss ended the concerto with an electrifying bang to the adoration of the audience.

Jahunger in Cambridge
Arts

Jahunger Review: Cambridge’s New Hotspot of Uyghur Cuisine

The real showstopper, however, is the restaurant’s signature “Jahunger Noodle.”

Dumpling House in Cambridge
Arts

Dumpling House Review: A Delectable Array of Chinese Food

Specializing in northern and southern Chinese cuisine, Dumpling House is sure to have something authentic, shareable, and delectable for everyone.

Is This America Opera
Theater

‘Is this America?’ Review: An Activist Opera For Our Times

Even if not the most cohesive work, “Is this America?” was more than capable of rallying its audience in solidarity with Fannie Lou Hamer's fight for justice.

Boston Baroque Orchestra
Theater

‘Don Giovanni’ Preview: A Modern Don Giovanni For The 21st Century

Don Giovanni has been reimagined as a modern celebrity, as the characters around him are drawn into his antics in a world driven by social media.

La Tragédie de Carmen Boston Opera Collective
Theater

‘La Tragédie De Carmen’ Review: An Operatic Classic Revisited

Directed by Alexandra Dietrich, this vision of “Carmen” sought to highlight the outsider statuses of the opera’s two protagonists.

Pretty Woman The Musical Photo
Theater

‘Pretty Woman: The Musical’ Review: A Musical Adaptation of a Hallowed Classic

The adaptations of films into musicals tend to raise a few quizzical brows — particularly when it comes to well-loved classics.

Bruce Liu
On Campus

Bruce Liu With Celebrity Series Of Boston Review: A Young Pianist For The 21st Century

Asserting himself with infectious energy, serious virtuosity, and profound sensitivity on the Boston stage, Liu proved himself as a worthy young pianist of the 21st century.

Anthony Roth Costanzo
On Campus

Artist Profile: Anthony Roth Costanzo on Opera, Interdisciplinary Collaboration, and Identity

The Harvard Crimson sat down with Costanzo to probe beyond the mere tip of the iceberg of his dizzying artistry to discuss his personal journey in opera and its adjacent fields.

Doug Fitch Photo
Theater

Artist Profile: Doug G. Fitch ’81 on Eclectic Artistry and Defying Boundaries

Throughout his career, Fitch has worked as an visual artist, actor, architect, puppeteer, set and costume designer, and stage director — not to mention a short detour to culinary school.

Matthew Aucoin Headshot
Theater

Artist Profile: Matthew A. Aucoin ’12 on Music Composition From Harvard to ‘Eurydice’

"I always wanted to treat the piano as a box of crayons with which I could color and make things up,” Aucoin said.

Seiji Ozawa
On Campus

BSO Music Director Laureate Seiji Ozawa Remembered for his Musical Legacy in Boston and Beyond

Ozawa believed in the power of music to transcend time, space, nationality, class, and even itself, focusing on the common humanity to be found through music.

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