German-born Rolf Schulte is one of those rare musicians who combines his considerable skill with a devotion to new and unfamiliar music. That commitment was at its best at the Merrill Recital in Paine ...

The Teatro at Columbia’s Italian Academy is a bright and gilded room ideal for concerts and lectures of an elevated sort. Schulte, a lauded veteran of the violin and a committed explorer of its less ...

Two estimable and persuasive advocates for modern music drop anchor at the Brooklyn waterfront, each bearing a robust program. Donald Berman, a Boston-based pianist and an esteemed Ives authority, ...

In the world of modern music, structure has been abandoned by many composers in favor of unsatisfying, directionless noodling. Fred Lerdahl, however, knows the advantages strategic organization can ...