In his fascinating new hour-long documentary, “Stravinsky in Hollywood,” made for European television and now released on DVD by C-Major, Marco Capalbo begins with the oft-quoted statistic that Igor ...

Igor Stravinsky, symphonist. Not exactly the first thing that comes to mind, and yet Stravinsky wrote five pieces that include "symphony" or "symphonies" in the title. Four are masterpieces ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Dive into the composer who changed music history and gave Mikhail Baryshnikov “my first heady sniff of the West.” In the past, we’ve chosen the five ...

Stravinsky 50 includes a five-and-half-hour River of Music exploring Stravinsky’s genius with a curated flow of fifty pieces - from celebrated works to lesser-known gems Stravinsky is one of the most ...

Fifty years after his death, the Russian iconoclast remains indefinable – a stylistic chameleon who continues to confound his audiences. By Kate Molleson Igor Stravinsky was a chronic self-reinventor.

One of the century’s great composers makes his home in Hollywood—surrounded by the film colony, but no part of it. His presence sometimes makes film makers a little uneasy; maybe they’re missing ...

The legendary frontman plays all the characters in a new recording of Igor Stravinsky's The Soldier's Tale. Critic Lloyd Schwartz calls it a seriously enjoyable addition to the Stravinsky catalog.

On the 50th anniversary of Igor Stravinsky’s death, Dr Joseph Schultz explores the unique relationship between the composer and the BBC. 6 April 2021 marks the 50th anniversary of the death of Igor ...

Purchase this and other timeless New Criterion essays in our hard-copy reprint series. Whatever their historical validity, the picture of Stravinsky these autobiographical productions conjure up is of ...