Whitney Clarke

“The Breakers Mansion Great Hall hosted the Isidore String Quartet Wednesday evening. Violinists Adrian Steele and Phoenix Avalon, violist Devin Moore, and cellist Joshua McClendon teamed up as undergraduates in the Juilliard School in 2019, and named their quartet after...

“In the tent at Newport’s Castle Hill Inn with stunning ocean views, duo-pianists Drew Petersen and Llewellyn Sánchez-Werner opened last Tuesday with Mozart Sonata in B-flat Major, K. 358 for one piano, four hands. Mozart wrote four complete duo-sonatas between...

“Newport Breakers Mansion resonated Sunday evening with the sparkle and romance emanating from the violin of Anne Akiko Meyers with Max Levinson, piano. The  radiance of her long gown matched the glowing resonance and warmth from the full-bodied resonance and...

“Amidst the curated collections of rare books and fine art in the Redwood Library and Athenæum, Sunday afternoon patrons of Newport Classical assembled to hear a rarefied mélange of sounds emanating from oboe, bassoon, piano, and accordion provided the Poulenc Trio...

“Pianist and composer Dinuk Wijeratne along with clarinetist and composer Kinan Azmeh, and the string ensemble A Far Cry asked us to consider the meaning of home Friday evening in the Breakers Mansion. Kinan Azmeh’s Ibn Arabi Postlude, taken from his larger...

“Joyce Yang dazzled the Breakers on Saturday night with fire and power in an engaging selection of Russian piano favorites beginning with selections from Tchaikovsky’s The Seasons, op. 37a. She kept her hands close to the keyboard in the opening January movement...

“Newport Classical opened its 55th Music Festival in grand style with the Sphinx Virtuosi ― “a dynamic and inspiring professional self-conducted chamber orchestra and serves as the flagship performing entity of the Sphinx Organization – the leading non-profit dedicated to transforming lives through...

“This year’s festival includes 27 concerts held in 11 historic venues over 18 days, featuring a total of 120 musicians from around the world. I am personally looking forward to hearing so many of these performances. In case you are...

“There’s something about music in the summertime that just hits differently, even if you’re not outside or wearing puka shells and board shorts. It’s a lazier, more laid-back time of year, and the Rhode Island music scene delivers that vibe....

“For one of New England’s preeminent concert series, the venues are some of the great Newport mansions. Many of the concerts are already sold out, so here are a few for which tickets are still available at the time of...