Nabokov heard grunts and groans from the laborer next door, and one ejaculation that rang out “pas de pitié"—followed by the rubbing of the eraser. No pity for Stravinsky himself, if he couldn't solve ...

As of September 1, 2014, Hammered! is on hiatus. Say hello to Hammered!, Q2 Music's hour-long, weekday program devoted the extraordinary breadth and ever-evolving repertoire of music for keyboard.

Hear excerpts of "The Rite of Spring" in conductor Valery Gergiev's thrilling performance with the Kirov Orchestra. Igor Stravinsky's ballet The Rite of Spring (Le Sacre du Printemps) is often held up ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Music By Richard Taruskin NO composer of classical music was ever more attuned to the power of publicity, or courted it more ardently, than Igor ...

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 ...

Steve Hackman shares the story behind his mash-up of two "disruptive innovators," Igor Stravinsky and Kendrick Lamar, for the ...

On June 25 1910, Igor Stravinsky’s ballet The Firebird opened to acclaim at the Paris Opéra. The success propelled its composer, then aged 28, to international prominence, a position of influence he ...

This week's Musical Menu explores Stravinsky and his love of Honey! The story goes .....One night Stravinsky had gone to bed late after working on his orchestral suite, Four Norwegian Moods.To his ...

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 ...

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 ...