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Composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim gestures during a gathering at Tufts University in Medford, Mass., Monday, April 12, 2004. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
May 23, 2026, 11:52 am
New biography hits the high and low notes of Broadway legend Stephen Sondheim’s life
Author Daniel Okrent doesn’t miss a beat analyzing the music, lyrics — and complicated personality — of the extremely secular Jewish maverick who revolutionized American musical theater
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Opera composer Ella Milch Sheriff during rehearsals for "Alma," premiering October 26, 2024, at the Vienna Volksoper. (Barbara Pálffy/Vienna Volksoper)
October 27, 2024, 3:54 pm
Israeli composer channels aspects of her life in opera about Vienna’s Alma Mahler
Ella Milch Sheriff discusses working on ‘Alma’ in shadow of October 7 attack, and incorporating the composer’s antisemitism in her opera’s libretto
By Jessica Steinberg
A choir director works with singers from the the RIAS Kammerchor Berlin, the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, the Deutsche Oper Berlin and the soloists of the Komische Oper Berlin during an acappella demo concert in Berlin, Germany on October 24, 2020 (STEFANIE LOOS / AFP)
December 18, 2023, 7:24 am
Citing Gaza war, prominent German choir drops Handel’s 1739 ‘Israel in Egypt’ song
Critics accuse the state-funded RIAS Chamber Choir of cowardice and cultural censorship over move, which occurs amid a rise in antisemitic assaults
By Canaan Lidor
Musician Shye Ben-Tzur debuts his newest album, 'Hallel,' at Jerusalem's Confederation House on July 13, 2023 (YouTube screen grab)
July 7, 2023, 2:04 am
India-inspired musician praises the divine with ‘Hallel’
Shye Ben-Tzur, who has collaborated with Radiohead’s Johnny Greenwood, brings his new album to Jerusalem
By Jessica Steinberg
Singer Carly Simon, right, is joined by her sisters and mother at a party in New York on Thursday, March 23, 1990, to celebrate the release of her new album My Romance. From left are Lucy, Andrea, Joanna and Carly Simon. (AP/Ed Bailey)
October 22, 2022, 7:20 pm
American musician Carly Simon loses both sisters to cancer in consecutive days
Lucy Simon, a composer who received a Tony nomination for work on Broadway hit ‘The Secret Garden,’ dies at 82; Joanna Simon, an opera singer who performed at Carnegie, dies at 86
By AP and ToI Staff
Composer Andy Teirstein during a musical Bedouin trek in the Arava Desert. (Courtesy)
March 25, 2022, 1:40 pm
Podcast: Composer Andy Teirstein spins an audio odyssey in album ‘Restless Nation’
Conversation includes excerpts from new contemporary classical music album, inspired by a Bedouin camel trek in the Arava Desert and other global travels
By ToI Staff
Composer and conductor Tomer Adaddi with singer Shlomit Aharon during their duet for 'Singing with the Composer,' Addadi's 2022 program that puts him at the front of the stage (Courtesy Tomer Addadi)
January 7, 2022, 10:36 am
After composing for top artists, conductor finds his own voice
Tomer Adaddi has written music for Harel Skaat, Shiri Maimon and Avraham Fried, and is now singing duets of his own music, for a new album
By Jessica Steinberg
Swedish composer Jacob Mühlrad. (Andre Garcia)
January 25, 2021, 3:43 pm
29-year-old composer releases ‘Kaddish’ for survivor grandfather on top label
In new a cappella choral work, Swedish art music composer Jacob Mühlrad holds a dialogue with his deceased grandfather, using his harrowing testimony and texts by Elie Wiesel
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Cantor Yitzhak Meir Helfgot (left) and composer Rafi Biton sang a high holiday duet, composed by Biton after Helfgot was ill with the coronavirus and recovered (Courtesy Rafi Biton)
September 27, 2020, 4:40 pm
Two liturgical voices join forces for high holiday prayer duet
Cantor Yitzhak Meir Helfgot, recently recovered from coronavirus, and composer Rafi Biton collaborate for reworked ‘Avinu Malkeinu’
By Jessica Steinberg
In this March 6, 2018, photo, Italian composer Ennio Morricone directs an ensemble during a concert of his "60 Year Of Music World Tour" in Milan, Italy. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
July 6, 2020, 1:41 pm
Ennio Morricone, composer of ‘The Good, the Bad and the Ugly’ riff, dies at 91
Oscar-winning Italian maestro was known for the soundtracks to classic films, including ‘Once Upon A Time in America’ and ‘The Untouchables’
By francis d'emilio
A screenshot from 'Human Signs,' the artistic collaboration created by Jerusalem-born musician Yuval Avital during the 2020 coronavirus (Courtesy Yuval Avital)
June 6, 2020, 9:45 am
Israeli composer gurgles, hums and howls at coronavirus; then his friends join
As Milan resident Yuval Avital rides out the pandemic in a tiny Italian village, his seclusion produces a raw expression of sound that grows into an online musical collaboration
By Jessica Steinberg
From '4x4 Ephemeral Architectures,' a juggling ballet performed by Gandini Juggling to a work composed by Nimrod Borenstein (Courtesy Gandini Juggling)
December 28, 2018, 7:35 am
A classical composer brings his music home to Israel
Paris-raised and London-based musician Nimrod Borenstein’s works have been performed globally, but only arrived here this year
By Jessica Steinberg
Polish composer Zbigniew Preisner (Screenshot: YouTube)
September 25, 2018, 7:27 pm
Haifa Film Festival to honor Polish composer with lifetime achievement award
Zbigniew Preisner objection prompts Polish ambassador to cancel planned speech during September 29 event
By Katarzyna Markusz
Violinist Yevgeny Kutik performs at Temple Emanuel in Newton, Massachusetts, on December 16, 2016 (Leah Kleiman)
February 18, 2017, 4:37 am
‘Refugee’ violinist blends Russian-Jewish roots with modern tones
Yevgeny Kutik’s family fled the USSR’s institutionalized anti-Semitism with a suitcase of sheet music when he was 5. Now he tours the free world with a century-old violin
By Matt Lebovic
Late Israeli composer Nahum Heiman seen during a July 2013 interview. (screen capture: Channel 2)
August 18, 2016, 2:02 pm
Iconic Israeli composer Nachum Heiman dies aged 82
Folk songwriter and Israel Prize laureate remembered for ‘unparalleled contributions to Israeli culture’
By ToI Staff
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