New York City Ballet soloists Ellen Bar and Sean Suozzi set out to create a film updating Opus Jazz to 21st-century New York.

Recommended fare from Carnegie Hall’s celebration of Europe’s white-hot cultural capital.

Masters of bowing and plucking take center stage this week.

Ah, the joys of starring alongside Claire Danes in her Broadway debut. It certainly helps with ticket sales. But then there is the issue of being semi-eclipsed, even when you’re Jefferson Mays and Boyd Gaines.

Accessible concerts that offer entrée to the contemporary canon.

Three grandes dames (one an actual dame) give rare recitals.

Composer Nico Muhly can barely keep up with himself (Björk, ballet, whew!), but he likes it that way.

At least Boston’s other stars don’t choke—and two come to town this week.

A pair of unsung composers finally find their voices.

A pair of performances with preshow lectures that are anything but pedantic.