I’m all for growing our niche audiences incrementally, using the Grammy awards for whatever they can get us. But we shouldn’t be satisfied with incremental growth. We’re ready to explode. Let’s go for it! I’m surprised — but happy — about how much commen

The Memphis Symphony Orchestra wallowed in romance this weekend. The most intriguing allure in the MSO's Masterworks series concerts was violinist Gil Shaham's extraordinary performance of the "Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto" by Chen Gang and He Zhanha

Ruby Washington/The New York Times Gil Shaham will tackle Bach in concerts at Purchase College. VIOLINISTS are hardly an unknown quantity on the Westchester County concert stage. But over the next month, three leading practitioners of the instrument will

By Amanda Ameer As Gil Shaham wandered through the back offices of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C. , he said he felt "like Ben Stiller in Night at the Museum ." For this impromptu Bach mini-recital, the violin superstar mome

As Gil Shaham wandered through the back offices of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C. , he said he felt "like Ben Stiller in Night at the Museum." For this impromptu Bach mini-recital, the violin superstar momentarily became par

The Boston Symphony Orchestra is the only major American orchestra with a home to acoustically rival Walt Disney Concert Hall. Still, the Brahmins brought more than Brahms with them Saturday night, when they made their first appearance in Disney and thei