| Music: Emmanuel Villaume to Leave Spoleto Festival USA At the Spoleto Festival USA, Emmanuel Villaume, the music director for opera and orchestra, announced that he would leave at the end of the season. feeds.nytimes.com |
For Next Season, 'American Idol' Says the Kids Are All Right The talent competition's producers said they will lower the minimum age of eligibility to 15 for its coming 10th season. feeds.nytimes.com |
Music Review: Sarah Rothenberg and Marilyn Nonken Play Messiaen The pianists Sarah Rothenberg and Marilyn Nonken play Messiaen’s “Visions de l’Amen” at Le Poisson Rouge. feeds.nytimes.com |
Music Review: The Kisses, the Bites, the Humor of Rodgers and Hart Karen Akers sings the romance songs by Rodgers and Hart at the Oak Room in the Algonquin Hotel. feeds.nytimes.com |
Cuba Journal: A Mixing of Styles in Havana The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra played on Wednesday and Thursday to a packed house of 1500 with a line-up of Cuban stars that included Chucho Valdes, Pancho Terry, the country's foremost chekere player, Bobby Carcasses and Orlando Valle "Maraca." feeds.nytimes.com |