Seth Colter Walls

Seth Colter Walls is a music journalist. Below are 179 of 179 articles datpiff.ink indexes across 2 publications. Each links out to the original at the publisher.

• Review: Tyshawn Sorey Unveils a Wondrous New Piano Concerto — The New York Times · May 18, 2026
• Review: The Philharmonic Surrounds a Premiere With a Motley Crowd — The New York Times · Apr 10, 2026
• Two Titans of Classical Americana Come to Carnegie Hall — The New York Times · Apr 08, 2026
• Review: A Belated New York Arrival for a Broadway Operetta — The New York Times · Mar 16, 2026
• 5 Operas You Can Watch at Home Now — The New York Times · Dec 29, 2025
• At 80, This Composer Is Easier Than Ever to Celebrate — The New York Times · Nov 21, 2025
• A New Opera Mashes Up Monteverdi and W.E.B. Du Bois — The New York Times · Jun 13, 2024
• A Pulitzer-Winning Composer Puts His Operatic Spin on Edith Wharton — The New York Times · Apr 16, 2024
• Jazz Concerts Celebrate Met Opera Composers on an Intimate Scale — The New York Times · Mar 03, 2024
• 5 Operas You Can Stream at Home — The New York Times · Dec 24, 2023
• Review: Philharmonic Debuts Back Flashiness With Substance — The New York Times · Dec 07, 2023
• MasterVoices Puts on a Starry Show With a Shoestring Budget — The New York Times · Nov 13, 2023
• Review: With Premieres, an Orchestra Keeps Facing Forward — The New York Times · Nov 10, 2023
• Back-to-Back Premieres Defy a Season of Leaner Offerings — The New York Times · Oct 29, 2023
• Review: Laurie Anderson Gets Back to Having a Good Time — The New York Times · Oct 18, 2023
• In Her Debut, a Conductor Gets the Philharmonic (and Geffen Hall) — The New York Times · Oct 12, 2023
• An Experimental Label’s Music Is Now Streaming. Here’s Where to Start. — The New York Times · Oct 05, 2023
• Kate Soper Returns to Opera With a Story Medieval and Modern — The New York Times · Oct 05, 2023
• Capturing John Zorn at 70: One Concert Is Just a Start — The New York Times · Sep 22, 2023
• Jazz and Classical Met in the 1940s, and We’re Still Catching Up — The New York Times · Sep 08, 2023
• What Spatial Audio Can and Cannot Do for Classical Music — The New York Times · Aug 22, 2023
• At Time Spans Festival, New York Shows Off New Music — The New York Times · Aug 14, 2023
• At Darmstadt, the Avant-Garde Rivals Wagner’s ‘Ring’ — The New York Times · Aug 13, 2023
• Review: An American Opera Gets the Attention It Needs Abroad — The New York Times · Aug 02, 2023
• Review: At Mostly Mozart, the Sense of an Ending — The New York Times · Jul 26, 2023
• A Lot of Opera Is Now Streaming. Here’s Where to Start. — The New York Times · Jul 06, 2023
• An Experimental Master Gets His Due Onstage in New York — The New York Times · Jun 16, 2023
• A New Festival Freely Dips Into Jazz and Classical Music — The New York Times · Jun 11, 2023
• Review: Julia Wolfe’s ‘unEarth’ Is Crowded Out by Multimedia — The New York Times · Jun 02, 2023
• High Schoolers Get In on an Avant-Garde Musician’s Latest Show — The New York Times · May 30, 2023
• Henry Threadgill’s Musical Spring Is Varied and Extreme. Like He Is. — The New York Times · May 28, 2023
• Two Premieres Reflect the Ups and Downs of a Major Flute Project — The New York Times · May 26, 2023
• Long Play Rises to the Top of New York Classical Music Festivals — The New York Times · May 08, 2023
• Review: A Rising Star Debuts With the Philharmonic — The New York Times · Apr 28, 2023
• Now Celebrated, Julius Eastman’s Music Points to a New Canon — The New York Times · Apr 23, 2023
• Review: Contemporary Music Champions Celebrate With the Hits — The New York Times · Apr 16, 2023
• ‘Hey, Mr. Living Composer’: ‘Champion’ Takes Shape at the Met — The New York Times · Apr 09, 2023
• Review: A Contemporary Music Group’s Next Era Begins — The New York Times · Mar 20, 2023
• Review: A Pianist’s Inheritance Inspires Little Masterpieces — The New York Times · Mar 12, 2023
• Review: The Philharmonic Departs From Business as Usual — The New York Times · Mar 03, 2023
• An Eagerly Awaited Opera, Delayed by the Pandemic, Opens at Last — The New York Times · Feb 16, 2023
• Jason Moran Pays Tribute to an Early Jazz Ancestor — The New York Times · Feb 06, 2023
• Review: Carnegie Hall Makes an Intimate Space More Intimate — The New York Times · Jan 20, 2023
• Claire Chase Uses Her New Platform to Showcase a Hero — The New York Times · Jan 19, 2023
• Revisiting a Composer’s Psychedelic Lewis Carroll Music — The New York Times · Jan 05, 2023
• A Musical Modernist’s Newly Polished, Smiling Guise — The New York Times · Dec 27, 2022
• America Needs Its Own Comic Opera Company — The New York Times · Dec 23, 2022
• Review: Two Debuts Make for a Week of Philharmonic Firsts — The New York Times · Nov 18, 2022
• Review: With Owls, Classical Is Alive and Well and Living in a Crypt — The New York Times · Nov 10, 2022
• Review: The Met Brings Back a Shorter, Weaker ‘Don Carlo’ — The New York Times · Nov 04, 2022
• Review: ‘Carmen’ Returns to Its Comic Opera Roots — The New York Times · Oct 26, 2022
• An Artist Embodies an Approach to Music Without Borders — The New York Times · Oct 20, 2022
• Review: Igor Levit Takes on a Shostakovich Kaleidoscope — The New York Times · Oct 19, 2022
• Review: Iranian Female Composers Speak Indirectly to the Moment — The New York Times · Oct 16, 2022
• Review: A Portrait Reveals a Composer With a Dramatic Edge — The New York Times · Sep 30, 2022
• The Syncopated Sounds of Old San Juan Hill at the New Geffen Hall — The New York Times · Sep 29, 2022
• Review: Outshining a Premiere, a Group Announces Its Arrival — The New York Times · Sep 15, 2022
• Decades Later, a Composer Revisits the Piano Concerto — The New York Times · Aug 26, 2022
• It’s Alive! It’s With the Band! A Computer Soloist Holds Its Own — The New York Times · Aug 22, 2022
• Abdul Wadud, Cellist Who Crossed Musical Boundaries, Dies at 75 — The New York Times · Aug 18, 2022
• Rzewski for Lovers? A Pianist Mines a Prickly Modernist’s Gentler Side — The New York Times · Aug 03, 2022
• This Trumpeter’s Legacy Also Includes Composing String Quartets — The New York Times · Jul 13, 2022
• What Is American Music? Three Classical Albums Offer Answers. — The New York Times · Jun 23, 2022
• Two Gems of June: Premieres at Carnegie Hall and Harlem School of the Arts — The New York Times · Jun 12, 2022
• Review: Henry Threadgill’s Music From Two Perspectives — The New York Times · May 22, 2022
• ‘It’s Anthony’s Time’: A Composer Gets His Due — The New York Times · May 12, 2022
• Composers Give New Shape to Ornette Coleman’s Jazz — The New York Times · Apr 27, 2022
• An Opera Rarity Reclaims Its Spot in the Repertory — The New York Times · Apr 19, 2022
• Review: An Orchestra Manages to Capture That Ellington Swing — The New York Times · Mar 25, 2022
• Richness in Stasis: La Monte Young Finally Releases ‘Trio’ — The New York Times · Mar 24, 2022
• A Musician’s Turn to Improvisation Bears Fruit — The New York Times · Mar 04, 2022
• A Pianist Strolls Her Harlem History, and Scott Joplin’s — The New York Times · Feb 24, 2022
• For Three Avant-Garde Musicians, It’s Time for Pop — The New York Times · Feb 11, 2022
• Jonny Greenwood: First Radiohead, Now Orchestras and Film — The New York Times · Jan 12, 2022
• Review: At the Philharmonic, Contemporary Is King for a Week — The New York Times · Oct 21, 2021
• David Sanford’s Music Has Flown Under the Radar. It Shouldn’t. — The New York Times · Oct 15, 2021
• Stream an Operatic Rarity by a Black Composer (While You Can) — The New York Times · Sep 24, 2021
• For Music, a Fall Deluge of Performances Is Beginning — The New York Times · Aug 31, 2021
• A Composer Shows the Way to Give Classical Music Swing — The New York Times · Aug 24, 2021
• A Reliably Varied Music Festival Returns to New York — The New York Times · Aug 16, 2021
• As Bang on a Can Returns, a New Generation Rises — The New York Times · Aug 02, 2021
• For a Composer, the Final Minutes Are Critical — The New York Times · Jun 17, 2021
• A Black Composer’s Intense Opera Gets a Rare Staging — The New York Times · May 28, 2021
• A Jaw-Dropping Philip Glass Opera Is Finally on Video — The New York Times · May 07, 2021
• In a Dark Time, This Music Will Make You Smile — The New York Times · Apr 29, 2021
• With ‘Zodiac,’ Mary Lou Williams Spanned Classical and Jazz — The New York Times · Mar 19, 2021
• The Thrill of a Contemporary Classical Concert, Captured on Disc — The New York Times · Feb 17, 2021
• ‘Mastery and Transgression’ in Music That Bridges Genres — The New York Times · Feb 05, 2021
• Prompted by the Pandemic, Opera Philadelphia Innovates Online — The New York Times · Jan 22, 2021
• Pamela Z Manipulates Voices in a Virtual Tour of Times Square — The New York Times · Jan 07, 2021
• The Music of More: A Young Pianist Plays a Modern Master — The New York Times · Dec 01, 2020
• In the Wake of Ferguson, a Style-Blurring Album — The New York Times · Nov 20, 2020
• 17 Players in Five States, Composing Over the Internet — The New York Times · Oct 30, 2020
• Orchestras Looking to Broaden Horizons? Start Improvising — The New York Times · Aug 25, 2020
• Drone Music, Stretched and Sliced — The New York Times · Jul 27, 2020
• The Sumptuous, Sour Music of Cory Smythe — The New York Times · Jul 07, 2020
• A Grand History of Small Operas — The New York Times · Jun 12, 2020
• Neither Big Nor Small, Music Ensembles Struggle in a Pandemic — The New York Times · Jun 12, 2020
• Virus Pushes the Bang on a Can Marathon Online — The New York Times · Apr 30, 2020
• Bec Plexus’s New Album Is a Digital Confession Booth — The New York Times · Apr 28, 2020
• A New Album Reflects a Composer’s Stubborn Versatility — The New York Times · Apr 08, 2020
• When Classical Composers Did the Fox Trot — The New York Times · Mar 03, 2020
• Review: ‘Drowning’ Is a Philip Glass Opera for Just 99 Seats — The New York Times · Feb 24, 2020
• Review: Going Beyond Beethoven, by Playing Works in His Shadow — The New York Times · Feb 02, 2020
• She’s Your Guide to the Sound World of Fluxus — The New York Times · Jan 17, 2020
• Review: Steve Reich Makes a Rare Venture Into the Orchestra — The New York Times · Dec 06, 2019
• The Best of Philip Glass’s (Many) Operas After ‘Akhnaten’ — The New York Times · Nov 19, 2019
• One of Opera’s Great Directors, Binge-Worthy in Berlin — The New York Times · Oct 28, 2019
• Review: The White Light Festival Opens With a Journey to the East — The New York Times · Oct 25, 2019
• The Philharmonic Takes on a Composer of Puzzles and Turns — The New York Times · Oct 15, 2019
• Review: ‘Madama Butterfly,’ Without Its Flesh-and-Blood Intensity — The New York Times · Oct 13, 2019
• Operas by Black Composers Have Long Been Ignored. Explore 8. — The New York Times · Sep 19, 2019
• Review: A Pianist Is the Muse for a Flood of Zorn — The New York Times · Sep 13, 2019
• Wynton Marsalis Lets the Orchestra Shine in His Violin Concerto — The New York Times · Aug 16, 2019
• Korngold’s Rarely Heard Opera Hints at His Future in Hollywood — The New York Times · Jul 29, 2019
• Tickling the Ear With Sounds That Are Almost Tangible — The New York Times · Jul 23, 2019
• He Turned the Met Museum’s Collection Into an Orchestra — The New York Times · Jul 16, 2019
• Opera Lives in Cycles — The New York Times · Jun 07, 2019
• Meredith Monk’s Fantasy of Fascism, Newly Restored — The New York Times · May 17, 2019
• Review: ‘Lady in the Dark’ Is Kurt Weill on the Couch — The New York Times · Apr 26, 2019
• A Teenage Pierre Boulez, Heard for the First Time — The New York Times · Apr 19, 2019
• Review: The Budapest Festival Orchestra Visits With Bartok — The New York Times · Apr 07, 2019
• Review: Roam the Spectrum With Tyshawn Sorey — The New York Times · Mar 29, 2019
• Review: Roscoe Mitchell Jackhammers a New Musical Funhouse — The New York Times · Mar 07, 2019
• Review: The Bloom Is Still on Claire Chase’s Monumental Project — The New York Times · Mar 03, 2019
• A Pianist Swings Hard in Both Classical and Jazz — The New York Times · Feb 15, 2019
• Review: Philharmonic Ties New Threads to a Recent Premiere — The New York Times · Jan 31, 2019
• Anthony Braxton Composes Together Past, Present and Future — The New York Times · Jan 11, 2019
• A Critic’s Favorite Space for Music in New York Turns 40 — The New York Times · Jan 04, 2019
• Review: Du Yun Conjures a Musical World of Legos and Chants — The New York Times · Nov 19, 2018
• A Long-Lost Symphonic Love Story Is Told Again — The New York Times · Nov 16, 2018
• Review: New Works Designed With a Daring Trumpeter in Mind — The New York Times · Nov 02, 2018
• Review: ‘Tosca’ Is Sondra Radvanovsky’s Show at the Met Opera — The New York Times · Oct 31, 2018
• Jean-Luc Godard Is, Quietly, a Probing Musical Mind — The New York Times · Oct 19, 2018
• Review: A ‘Lost Highway’ Suite Refracts David Lynch — The New York Times · Oct 15, 2018
• Review: A Sublime New Direction for Andrew Norman in Los Angeles — The New York Times · Oct 07, 2018
• Review: Resonant Bodies Festival Gives Voices Room to Breathe — The New York Times · Sep 14, 2018
• At This New-Music Festival, You Can Count on Variety — The New York Times · Aug 17, 2018
• Is ‘The Bassarids’ an Operatic Masterpiece, or ‘Strauss Turned Sour’? — The New York Times · Aug 17, 2018
• Six Hours and 24 Minutes Later, a Minimalism Classic Is Back — The New York Times · Aug 08, 2018
• Celebrating a Union That Rewired Classical Music — The New York Times · Jul 24, 2018
• Review: An Orchestra of Teenagers, but No Apologies Necessary — The New York Times · Jul 20, 2018
• Review: A Tour Through the Hyperactive World of John Zorn — The New York Times · Jul 02, 2018
• Review: An Artist’s Transporting Sounds (Blindfold Optional) — The New York Times · Jun 27, 2018
• Review: The New York Philharmonic Gets Audacious, With Ease — The New York Times · Jun 10, 2018
• High School Musicians Take On the (Almost) Unplayable — The New York Times · Jun 08, 2018
• Review: Semyon Bychkov Makes the Philharmonic an Event — The New York Times · May 18, 2018
• Remembering Glenn Branca: Hear 10 of His Essential Works — The New York Times · May 15, 2018
• Review: 50 Violins, 50 Computer Chips, a Secular Prayer — The New York Times · May 11, 2018
• Review: Dudamel and Los Angeles Bring the Noise to New York — The New York Times · Apr 30, 2018
• Two Downtown Luminaries, Still Blazing — The New York Times · Apr 20, 2018
• Review: American Composers Orchestra Brings Jazz to Classical, Effortlessly — The New York Times · Apr 08, 2018
• Review: A Pulitzer Sequel for Orchestra, Packed With Drama in Microcosm — The New York Times · Mar 30, 2018
• Instrumental Armies Do Battle at Amsterdam’s Opera — The New York Times · Mar 28, 2018
• Review: Ligeti Sounded Thrilling, When Alarm Will Sound Was Let Loose — The New York Times · Mar 18, 2018
• Review: Meredith Monk, Still Peerless at Shocking Serenity — The New York Times · Mar 15, 2018
• Review: Philip Glass Is Celebrated, but Not With His Best — The New York Times · Feb 28, 2018
• Luigi Nono’s Harsh Music Inspires Reflection and Action — The New York Times · Feb 23, 2018
• An Opera Star’s Song Cycle Conjures a Black Man’s Life in America — The New York Times · Feb 16, 2018
• A Long-Lost Score, Rebuilt With the Help of a Photo — The New York Times · Jan 19, 2018
• Review: A B-Movie Starlet Becomes an Opera Diva in ‘Acquanetta’ — The New York Times · Jan 10, 2018
• Review: Philip Glass, Easy to Mimic but Hard to Match — The New York Times · Dec 10, 2017
• Review: Revisiting a Luxuriously Gonzo Side of John Cage — The New York Times · Dec 05, 2017
• Review: A ‘Fake News’ Opera on the Streets of Los Angeles — The New York Times · Nov 13, 2017
• ‘The Exterminating Angel’ Brings Together Opera and the Movies — The New York Times · Nov 01, 2017
• Contemplating a Mystically Charged Two-Hour Piano Epic — The New York Times · Oct 27, 2017
• Review: After a Decade, Martha Argerich Returns to Carnegie Hall — The New York Times · Oct 22, 2017
• Review: A Montreal Orchestra Brings Back Bartok’s Strangeness — The New York Times · Oct 20, 2017
• Review: ‘The Force of Things,’ an Indirectly Audible Opera — The New York Times · Oct 10, 2017
• Review: Nate Wooley’s Festival Delivers a New, Idiosyncratic Repertoire for Trumpet — The New York Times · Oct 01, 2017
• Five Nights of New Music, From Gentle to Terrifying — The New York Times · Aug 07, 2017
• Surround Sound? You Ain’t Heard Nothing Yet — The New York Times · Jul 14, 2017
• A Pioneering Black Composer Keeps Pushing — The New York Times · Jun 23, 2017
• Listen to Three Hours of Music, From a Single Note — The New York Times · Jun 16, 2017
• Reviving the Ghostly Sounds of Maryanne Amacher — The New York Times · May 19, 2017
• Holiday Arts Guide: Music Picks — Village Voice · Nov 27, 2013
• Music Summer Guide: Erykah Badu and the Brooklyn Philharmonic Team Up — Village Voice · May 22, 2013
• Spring Arts Guide: Wadada Leo Smith Brings His Epic Ten Freedom Summers to Brooklyn — Village Voice · Mar 27, 2013
• Spring Arts Guide Picks: Music — Village Voice · Mar 27, 2013