Justin Kelly

David Krakauer The audience of the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra tends to form long-lasting loyalties to certain soloists, according to Music Director Rossen Milanov. Popular faces at Chautauqua Institution include Alexander Gavrylyuk and Augustin Hadelich —

Clarinetist David Krakauer and pianist Kathleen Tagg are both of a rare breed. They’ve managed to forge careers — both individually and as the Krakauer-Tagg Duo — in standard classical repertoire and in radical avant-garde

Brian Zeger In 18th- and 19th-century Europe, salons functioned as gathering places for creators and intellectuals of different disciplines.  In the parlors of generous hosts, artists would participate in a cross-pollination where painters, musicians, poets

When Amy Chua wrote her most recent book, Political Tribes: Group Instinct and the Fate of Nations, she said she was instantly criticized by both liberals and conservatives. That’s because the book dishes out pointed

N’Kenge  When N’Kenge was just 17, she found herself in New York City’s Russian Tea Room — an icon of celebrity and opulence — about to perform a Mozart aria and an African-American spiritual, a

Clarinetist and lifelong Chautauquan Debbie Grohman thinks the Chautauqua Community Band is a perfect representation of the spirit of Chautauqua Institution. For her, it captures the sense of music at the center of a multi-generational

Thematically programmed concerts are usually centered around grand narratives or specific time periods, not around prison. But at 4 p.m. Monday, July 2, in Elizabeth S. Lenna Hall, Chamberfest Cleveland will be performing the music

Almost all of the musicians in Saturday’s orchestra concert will have performed Verdi’s Requiem at least once, and some will have done so many times. But for one of the ensemble’s most important voices —

Left to right: Alexander Gavrylyuk, Aaron Berofsky and Arie Lipsky On Wednesday morning, the rain was coming down on Chautauqua Institution as three School of Music faculty members were setting up for rehearsal. The mood

Ilya Kaler One might expect Ilya Kaler’s sheet music for the Brahms Violin Concerto to be covered in markings from the dozens of performances the violinist has given over the years. Instead, the ink on

In the summer of 1994, near Fort Lauderdale, two middle school music teachers were playing golf. Wilner “Wil B” Baptiste, a rising seventh-grader at the time, had no idea that the direction of his musical

Before the Garth Newel Piano Quartet had ever been to Chautauqua Institution, violinist Teresa Ling suspected that the two places — Garth Newel and Chautauqua — had some common ground. After performing at Chautauqua in

These days, pianist Alexander Gavrylyuk is reading Eastern philosophy, Russian acting methodologies and modern musicological research. The connection, for him, is the search for zen in music, which will serve as the theme during his

In recent years, orchestras across the country — Los Angeles, Detroit and Cincinnati, among others — have started diversity fellowship programs focused on training musicians from racial, ethnic and socioeconomic minorities. This summer, the Chautauqua