Guardian Music — Adelphi theatre, LondonLawrence Kasdan has recorded his surprise at the idea of his screenplay for the 1992 movie, starring Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner, being used as the basis for a musical. My own reaction, having seen the finished product, i... more info

Time — (HARTFORD, Conn.) — Jazz composer and pianist Dave Brubeck, whose pioneering style in pieces such as “Take Five” caught listeners’ ears with exotic, challenging rhythms, has died. He was 91. Brubeck died Wednesday morning of heart failure aft... more info

Guardian Music — Katzameier/Radjiewska/Zook/Vokalensemble NOVA/Klangforum Wien/Christ(Col Legno, two CDs)Salvatore Sciarrino's "three nameless acts", as he subtitles his version of Shakespeare's tragedy, was first performed at the Schwetzingen festival in 2002. It's ... more info

Guardian Music — Various venues, HuddersfieldA generation and vast gulf of musical difference separates Wolfgang Rihm and his German compatriot, the composer and conductor Matthias Pintscher. But what they have in common is that both frequently look to visual art as ... more info

Guardian Music — Argerich/O della Svizzera Italiana/Capilla/Chimura/Dutoit/Fasolis/Marin/Rabinovitch-Barakovsky/Vedernikov(Deutsche Grammophon, four CDs)The Progetto Martha Argerich, the festival within a festival that has taken place every summer since 2002 at the S... more info

Guardian Music — Wigmore Hall, LondonAndreas Scholl's latest project with the pianist Tamar Halperin explores melancholy, as captured in lieder from Haydn to Brahms. It's a nice idea: it emphasises continuities in sensibility, sometimes overlooked, between classical ... more info

Guardian Music — Distinctive Belgian-Congolese rapper says playing with accepted codes and conventions brings new meanings to his artBaloji, the brilliant and innovative Congolese-born Belgian rapper and video producer, spoke to Addis Rumble about his recent performa... more info

Guardian Music — English National Opera launches effort to attract new audience with production of Don GiovanniOpera-goers walking through the doors of the English National Opera had to take care. The slightest hesitation, the merest whiff of anxiety, and a member of... more info

Guardian Music — This documentary about a metal-rock prodigy struck down by a serious illness, and his new career as neoclassical rock composer, is justifiably celebratoryThis heartfelt documentary tells the story of metal-rock prodigy Jason Becker, who was still in ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis Suuns at Casa Del Popolo, 11/14/2012 The 2012 M for Montreal festival kicked off last night in its namesake city with a pair of conjoined shows at La Sala Rossa and Casa Del Popolo which is just... more info