Composer Max Richter has done a brave thing for any artist in any medium: He's messed with a classic, specifically, Vivaldi's four violin concertos known as The Four Seasons. He has a new album simply ...

Faithful followers of the Toronto Star Musical Moments will recognize TSO Violin Sergei Nikonov as a repeat contributor to this series. Nikonov shared a Musical Moment on Nov. 12, 2020 with a wistful ...

Over the past few months, our Know the Score series introduced 20 great composers. But what of the many we couldn’t write about? Martin Kettle suggests some other names whose music is well worth ...

During the pandemic, Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO) violinist Sergei Nikonov has kept himself busy combining two long-time loves — classical music and outdoor activities — with a new-found passion, ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by By Allan Kozinn SOME people hate Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons” for pretty much the same reasons others love it: it is an exceptionally vivid example of ...

The violinist’s rethinking of Vivaldi’s best known work includes four new poems by (and read by) Michael Morpurgo but, placed together at the start of the disc, the music and poetry feels disconnected ...

Antonio Vivaldi wrote more than 500 concertos. Today, most people know four of them. But those four — commonly known as “The Four Seasons” — have become part of our cultural fabric. They may not even ...

HOUSTON — Parents usually pay hundreds of dollars for their kids to take lessons at Vivaldi Music Academy in Houston, but starting Tuesday, group lessons for all ages will be offered for free. “I ...