Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky

Too bad this sumptuously appointed film unfolds on a screen instead of a catwalk.

"...dominant black-and-white color palette, would be attracted to Igor Stravinsky, a compositional master of the piano’s black-and-white keyboard. Coco..."

July 16, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Page Two: The Stravinsky Theory

The healing power of prescience, set on "repeat"

"...same time that I had one of my early Stravinsky moments...."

Feb. 2, 2007 Column by Louis Black

The Boulez Project

In concept, the Boulez Project was somewhat provocative, but in performance, it was carelessly assembled

"...the New York Philharmonic. Feeding concertgoers' anxieties, Peyser wrote: "Stravinsky's very recent death does not stop Boulez from criticizing..."

March 4, 2005 Arts Review by Jerry Young

The Moontower's Glow

Art Davis' new play The Moontower's Glow is a spiritual cousin to both The Rocky Horror Show and You Can't Take It With You, focusing on a houseful of eccentrics who have rejected the normalcy of society to live their dreams, no matter how ludicrous they may appear to the rest of the world.

"...What is Igor Stravinsky doing deep in the heart of Texas, half a..."

Dec. 21, 2001 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Austin Symphony Orchestra with Caitlin Tully

Two years after her debut with the Austin Symphony at age 14, Caitlin Tully offered a superb, assured performance, with a cool mastery of a demanding Sibelius concerto

"...yes, but the opening work was actually by Igor Stravinsky: Divertimento From "The Fairy's Kiss," something of a musical..."

Oct. 1, 2004 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Agon and The Firebird

Ballet Austin put the moves on Stravinsky with this double feature

"...Bay on the stand, begs repeat listens, especially to Stravinsky's episodic groupings of instruments: violin, xylophone, trombones; mandolin, harp,..."

Oct. 3, 2014 Arts Review by Jonelle Seitz

Celebrate the Riotous 'Rite of Spring'

Stravinsky's work goes modern for 100th anniversary

"...francs for tickets to attend the premiere of Igor Stravinsky's Rite of Spring that they'd leave in a near..."

May 29, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

After a Fashion

Art Institute presents a show, and the kids are all right ...

"...honored to be there for a special program of Stravinsky's Rite of Spring. I'll leave the review of the..."

Dec. 21, 2012 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Orchestrating Partnerships

Maestro Peter Bay likes to play with others – especially when they're outside the orchestra

"...three eminent composers of the mid 20th century: Bernstein, Stravinsky, and Stokowski. As with many collaborations in the arts,..."

May 4, 2012 Arts Feature by Adam Roberts

The Concerts

"...to New York to Brazil and to Reno. Shostakovich, Stravinsky, Rachmaninoff..."

Feb. 11, 2005 Music Feature

The Whole Universe Rocks

The Harry Ransom Center's exhibition "Make It New" explores how modernism changed everything.

"...in Paris in 1916. Here converged the lines of Stravinsky's disturbing new music, Nicholas Roerich's costume designs inspired by..."

Dec. 12, 2003 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

High Plains Chamber

The Harrington String Quartet, which makes its third appearance with the Austin Chamber Music Center's annual summer festival in July, is based in Amarillo, and though that may not seem like a likely spot for a chamber music ensemble, the members of the Harrington Quartet feel quite at home on the range.

"...Duo Turgeon -- works by Stravinsky, Haydn, and Martynov performed by the husband-and-wife musical team..."

July 11, 2003 Arts Feature by Jerry Young

Crank Up the Machine!

When Austin Symphony conductor Peter Bay leads the UT New Music Ensemble in a performance of George Antheil's Ballet mécanique, he'll not only be giving the 1920s work its Austin premiere, he'll be reviving the notorious masterpiece of one of the true bad boys of music.

"...their last names: Berlioz, Paganini, Liszt, Satie, Leo Ornstein, Stravinsky, George Antheil, John Cage...."

April 25, 2003 Arts Feature by Jerry Young

In Memoriam: Rhoda Winter Russell

Movement therapy pioneer who knew the greats of dance has died

"...worked and admired. "There's Picasso in art, and there's Stravinsky in music, and there is Wigman in dance," says..."

Aug. 1, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

Doc doesn't quite capture the spirit of the brilliant iconoclast

"...their eyes, he is a kindred spirit of Igor Stravinsky, a genre-bending musical sophisticate, a social subversive who lobbed..."

July 15, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Why Don't You Play in Hell?

This Japanese mind-twister from Shion Sono screams with madness and mayhem.

"...Play in Hell? isn’t for everyone, but neither was Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring. Genius is genius, no matter..."

Nov. 7, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Grand Piano

Elijah Wood and John Cusack play cat and mouse in this concert-stage suspense dazzler.

"...Argento and Brian De Palma to Alfred Hitchcock and Stravinsky’s riotous debut of The Rite of Spring. The film’s..."

March 7, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Figure in the Frame

The exhibit Arnold Newman: Masterclass gives us all a lesson in the power of the photographic portrait

"...arguably his most iconic image, his portrait of Igor Stravinsky. The composer sits behind a black grand piano, face..."

March 15, 2013 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

Dance of the Century

Rhoda Winter Russell reflects on a historic life in dance and the Mary Wigman connection

"...worked and admired. "There's Picasso in art, and there's Stravinsky in music, and there is Wigman in dance," says..."

Aug. 10, 2012 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

Season Opener: Swan Lake (Act II) and The Firebird

Ballet Austin's fowl-centric program bagged a comforting swan and powerful Firebird

"...the 20th and danced not to Tchaikovsky but to Stravinsky. While both ballets have female fowl at the center..."

Oct. 9, 2009 Arts Review by Jonelle Seitz

Balanchine, by the Muse

Working with the Suzanne Farrell Ballet, Ballet Austin gets in step with history

"...was introduced to Webern's music by the composer Igor Stravinsky, with whom Balanchine worked for much of his life...."

Oct. 24, 2008 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

Better Git It in Your Soul

Why listen to jazz's greatest bassist Charles Mingus today? The Creative Opportunity Orchestra's monthlong Mingus Among Us series has answers.

"...from gospel music to the classical compositions of Igor Stravinsky and Arnold Schoenberg. As a young man, he studied..."

June 16, 2006 Music Feature by Harvey Pekar

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...you!). When I lamented an omission in the CBS Stravinsky Conducts Stravinsky series on CD, he knew exactly which..."

July 4, 2003 Column

Fusion Culture

The 21-century fusion palette of Shen Wei Dance Arts spans countries and centuries, from traditional Chinese opera and Tibetan Buddhist chants to modern Japanese Butoh and 16th-century English music.

"...Say's recording of the original four-hand piano version of Stravinsky's masterpiece, it was developed in part through improvisation. The..."

April 4, 2003 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

The Innovators

Part 2 of "Jazz," by Harvey Pekar

"...more radical and unorthodox rhythmically was pianist Cecil Taylor. Stravinsky, Schoenberg, and Bartok influenced Taylor, and even when he..."

June 15, 2001 Music Feature by Harvey Pekar

Golden Arm Symphony

Unraveling the budding symphonic genius of Graham Reynolds

"...to a lot of early 20th-century music -- Prokofiev, Stravinsky, Shostakovich -- and you listen to stuff like that,..."

Feb. 11, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Felt Out Follows Their Shape-Shifting Pop Intuition

A rename and shared chemistry propel the Austin duo's new album

"...degree from UT-Austin. The duo cites both Western (Bach, Stravinsky) and Indian (Kishori Amonkar, Rashid Khan) masters of composition..."

April 28, 2023 Music Feature by Genevieve Wood

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, June 4-10

"...Here's a second key truth, courtesy of composer Igor Stravinsky: "I have learned throughout my life as a composer..."

June 4, 2021 Column by Rob Brezsny

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Further, Rhodes piano commingles with MIDI sequencing, Stravinsky is summoned, "What Time Isn't It?" channels poliziotteschi film..."

May 21, 2021 Music Feature by Abby Johnston

Getting Restless Hearts on Their Feet

Stagers help Ballet Austin dance Balanchine and Wheeldon

"...rubies. The work features the symphonic music of Igor Stravinsky, and according to Boos, it can be really daunting..."

Feb. 14, 2020 Arts Post by Sofia Tafich

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