A year after New York City went into lockdown, COVID-19 has claimed the lives of more than 30,000 of its residents. The tragedy’s scale has made it difficult to comprehend the private griefs so many ...

The Pulitzer-winning composer David Lang wasn’t always a revered figure of the city’s new-music scene. He started off like every other musician, unknown and rejected, and that prepared him for his ...

In “Youth,” Michael Caine plays a world renowned composer reflecting upon his past and his future while vacationing in the Swiss Alps. David Lang, himself a world renowned Pulitzer Prize-winning ...

The New York Philharmonic’s next music leader, slowly revealing facets of his personality, used his latest visit to showcase his political conscience. By Joshua Barone Recent works by Gabriela Ortiz, ...

Conductor Donald Nally leads The Crossing in a rehearsal of David Lang's''poor hymnal,'' at the Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill. (Emma Lee/WHYY) From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Essay Many Christmas standards were not written by Christians. David Lang explains the appeal for him, a Jewish composer of a modern holiday classic.

Throughout his long and varied career, conductor Robert Geary has led hundreds of works, from early music to world premieres. But he says David Lang’s latest piece is something fairly new. The ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Tanowitz and the composer David Lang talk about how their new work is informed by biblical poetry, Israeli folk dance and their Jewish heritage. By ...

Paolo had used my music in “The Great Beauty,” and so when he wanted to make a movie about a composer, he thought, “I know a composer, I should ask him.” I probably answered the question before he ...

Throughout his long and varied career, conductor Robert Geary has led hundreds of works, from early music to world premieres. But he says David Lang’s latest piece is something fairly new. The ...