The young Czech pianist tackles Bartók’s formidable concertos with confidence and technical accomplishment, although tempi can feel a little sluggish Even though they are among the most challenging ...

Over the past few days, I’ve been listening to some of my favorite Bartok, in particular his amazing, complex Concerto for Orchestra and his second piano concerto. I have been drawn to his music for ...

I wish the Detroit Symphony Orchestra played more music by Bela Bartok, the Hungarian master whose incomparable masterpieces rank with the most formally imaginative and emotionally fulfilling scores ...

Banjo wizard Béla Fleck has crafted a fascinating career from infiltration. He's embedded his instrument in musical zones from jazz to classical to West African music. Now he's written himself a ...

Conductor Ruth Reinhardt is happily expecting her first child and has withdrawn from her upcoming performances with the New Jersey Symphony. On the advice of her doctors, she is unable to travel for ...

In 1943, Bela Bartok’s finances were a wreck and his health was failing fast due to complications from leukemia. And yet the ailing composer still had one, final masterpiece to create. Thanks to a ...

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 3 Munich Philharmonic Orchestra Javier Perianes, Piano Pablo Heras-Casado, Conductor Béla Bartók, Composer Concerto for Orchestra Béla Bartók, Composer Munich ...

New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) is at 1 Center Street, Newark, NJ. What shows have played recently at New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC)?