Philippa Kiraly
Classical Music [email] Philippa Kiraly comes to The SunBreak from The Gathering Note where she covered classical music for three years. She has been steeped in her field since early childhood and began writing as a critic in 1980. She has written for a variety of publications, as second critic for the Akron (Ohio) Beacon Journal from 1983-1991 and, since moving to Seattle that year, in the same capacity for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer until its print demise.

Schwarz Conducts Shostakovich, at Benaroya

17 May 2013 in Arts & Entertainment, Music

“Stunning” Premieres from Jake Heggie & Gene Scheer at Music of Remembrance

15 May 2013 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, Music

Jon Kimura Parker Takes on Mussorgsky, Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev & Stravinsky

10 May 2013 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, Music

In Oregon Symphony Visit, Seattle Hears What It’s Been Missing

06 May 2013 in Arts & Entertainment, Music

Auburn Symphony’s Springtime “Rite,” With Strauss on the Side

29 Apr 2013 in Arts & Entertainment, Music

A Conversation with Mezzo Soprano Rosalind Plowright

24 Apr 2013 in Arts & Entertainment, Music, Theatre

Beethoven’s “Archduke” Visits Wallingford & Town Hall

20 Apr 2013 in Arts & Entertainment, Music

“Swan Lake” Draws Ovation After Ovation at PNB

13 Apr 2013 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, Dance

Bagby’s Beowulf Entrances, Once More, an Entire Hall

11 Apr 2013 in Arts & Entertainment, Literature, Music

In Step With a PNB Ballet Master: Paul Gibson

07 Apr 2013 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, Dance

At Pacific MusicWorks, a Greek God Turned Frustrated Stalker

06 Apr 2013 in Arts & Entertainment, Music

David Afkham Conducts an “Electrifying” Beethoven’s 5th at SSO

22 Mar 2013 in Arts & Entertainment, Music

Deconstructing Elgar’s “Enigma” at Seattle Symphony. Solving it? No.

18 Mar 2013 in Arts & Entertainment, Music

Demarre McGill is Outstanding in Mozart Program at Seattle Symphony

01 Mar 2013 in Arts & Entertainment, Music

Note to Pacific MusicWorks & SDP: Bring Back “Wayward Sisters”

24 Feb 2013 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, Music

Black Grace’s Dancers from Down Under Mesmerize at Meany

22 Feb 2013 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, Dance

Pianist Alexandre Dossin Shines in Russian “Winter Nights”

19 Feb 2013 in Arts & Entertainment, Music

The King’s Singers Provide Enough “Love & War” to Fill Town Hall

19 Feb 2013 in Arts & Entertainment, Music

Exploring Melody with Soprano Jennifer Foster and Simple Measures

10 Feb 2013 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, Music

Seattle Baroque Orchestra Fills Town Hall with Bach Cantata Fans

04 Feb 2013 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, Music

NPR’s Christopher O’Riley Takes Liszt Over the Top

30 Jan 2013 in Arts & Entertainment, Music

Seattle Chamber Music Society Goes for Baroque

26 Jan 2013 in Arts & Entertainment, Music

For Compagnie Marie Chouinard, the Music Comes First

25 Jan 2013 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, Dance

At Winter Chamber Music Festival, Britten and Reich Mingle with Beethoven

21 Jan 2013 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, Music

Village Theatre Devises a Better “Mousetrap”

18 Jan 2013 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, Theatre

HJ Lim Drops the Hammers on Mendelssohn’s Piano Concerto

11 Jan 2013 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, Music

Weihnachten is Coming — Seattle Pro Musica Carols Auf Deutsch

11 Dec 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, Music

Still Nuts About PNB’s Nutcracker

10 Dec 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, Dance

At Seattle Symphony, Music on the Death of Little Children

03 Dec 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, Music

Cappella Romana Fill St. James Cathedral with Devotion to Ancient Vespers

19 Nov 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, Music

“Emperor of Atlantis” Opera is a Work to Hear More than Once

18 Nov 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, Music, Theatre

Jordi Savall & Hespèrion XXI Take the Viola to New Heights

12 Nov 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, Music

Village Theatre’s Fiddler on the Roof is Filled with Vitality

12 Nov 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, Music, Theatre

Pacific Musicworks Lets “Glorious Music” of the Monteverdi Vespers Sing

23 Oct 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, Music

Auburn Symphony Benefit Treats Crowd to a Galop and Cancan

22 Oct 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, Music

Seattle Opera’s “Fidelio” Will Leave You Shaken and Stirred

15 Oct 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, Music, Theatre

Seattle Baroque Orchestra, from Bach Concertos to Purcell Hornpipes

07 Oct 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, Music

Seattle Symphony Plays Mussorgsky, Tchaikovsky, Sibelius

05 Oct 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, Music

Archeologist Reeves Reveals Tutankhamun’s Last Secret

03 Oct 2012 in News, Science

PNB’s Cinderella Knows How to Dress for the Ball

24 Sep 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, Dance

A Colorful Seattle Symphony Concert Showcases SSO Players

23 Sep 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, Music

Russian Chamber Music in a Light Hearted Vein, With More to Come

19 Sep 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, Music

Joshua Roman’s TownMusic Series Begins with a Trio Treat

13 Sep 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, Music

Violinist Augustin Hadelich Delivers “Extraordinary Performance” at Seattle’s Chamber Music Festival

15 Jul 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, Music

Catching a Stellar “Trout” at the Summer Chamber Music Festival

05 Jul 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, Music

Seattle Chamber Music Society’s Summer Festival Opens Fortissimo

05 Jul 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, Music

In Gilbert & Sullivan’s Iolanthe, a Preposterous Clash of Fairies and Noblemen

02 Jul 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, Music, Theatre

What’s Love Got to Do with Spectrum Dance’s LOVE?

24 Jun 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, Dance

Cheers for Joshua Roman’s TownMusic All-Cello Celebration

20 Jun 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, Music

Stephen Hough “Shines” in Rach 3 with Seattle Symphony

15 Jun 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, Music

Vigil or Vespers, Rachmaninov’s Work Gets Serene Treatment from Seattle Choral Company

09 Jun 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, Music

An Impish Sparkle Lights Up PNB’s Entrancing Coppélia

03 Jun 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, Dance

King Tut at Pacific Science Center: An Exhibition Not to be Missed

25 May 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, Visual Arts

PNB Principal Dancers Face a Fork in The Road

23 May 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, Dance

Seattle Youth Symphony Musicians Try Their Little Hands at Verdi’s Requim

21 May 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, Music

At UW President’s Piano Series, Angela Hewitt Brings Sexy Bach

16 May 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, Music

Jake Heggie Tackles the Burden of Memory in Another Sunrise

12 May 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, Music

Dance Goes Dutch with Introdans at Meany

11 May 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, Dance

Getting in on the Ground Floor with the Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestras

10 May 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, Music

Auburn Symphony Finds Greats Off the Beaten Track

30 Apr 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, Music

Toradze Unleashes a Torrent of Prokofiev at Benaroya Hall

27 Apr 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, Music

In Alexander’s Memory, Music on the Ceng, Oud, Ney, and Saz

23 Apr 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, Music

What Makes the Emerson String Quartet Great?

18 Apr 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, Music

Chunky Move Puts Mechanical Technology in Motion at Meany

13 Apr 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, Dance, Visual Arts

Young Artists Don Pasquale is a Walk on the Funny Side of the Street

03 Apr 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, Music, Theatre

Pacific MusicWorks gives a Triumphal “Il Trionfo del Tempo”

31 Mar 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, Music

Seattle Opera’s Young Artists Sing a “Dolce Vita” Don Pasquale

29 Mar 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, Music, Theatre

Instant Acclaim for John Muehleisen’s Pietà

15 Mar 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, Music

Seattle Pro Musica Rises Above With Bach’s St. John Passion

12 Mar 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, Music

Loving Every Note of Garrick Ohlsson’s Exquisite Liszt

08 Mar 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, Music

Hurry to Catch the Limon Dance Company

02 Mar 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, Dance

Seattle Opera’s Orphée Rings Out With a Tenor’s Tour de Force Performance

27 Feb 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, Music, Theatre

Auburn Symphony Gets Romantic with Chausson

23 Feb 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, Music

Director José Maria Condemi on Staging Gluck’s Orphée at Seattle Opera

21 Feb 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, Music, Theatre

A Disappointing Dido from Early Music Guild & Theatre of Early Music

13 Feb 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, Music

Introducing Jan Lisiecki, “an exceptional pianistic talent”

09 Feb 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, Music

A Winter Festival of Chamber Music, Featuring Some Rarely Performed Works

06 Feb 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, Music

Hamelin Treats Seattle to a Cheery Shostakovich and Dolorous Schnittke

01 Feb 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, Music

Ratmansky’s Don Quixote at PNB Stars Actor Tom Skerritt as the Manchegan

30 Jan 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, Dance

Unjustly Neglected, Attila Gets Big, Bold-Voiced Hearing at Seattle Opera

17 Jan 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, Music, Theatre

At St. James, Pacific MusicWorks Breathes New Life into Carissimi Oratorios

16 Jan 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, Music

Verdi and Venezuela Meet in the Voice of Ana Lucrecia García

13 Jan 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, Theatre

Seattle Pro Musica’s Celtic Christmas

12 Dec 2011 in Arts & Entertainment, Music

Stile Antico Creates a Cathedral of Sound at St. James

05 Dec 2011 in Arts & Entertainment, Music

Joshua Roman Plays Bach Suites for a Full House

29 Nov 2011 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, Music

Emil de Cou on Conducting the “Best Ballet Orchestra in the Country”

25 Nov 2011 in Arts & Entertainment, Dance, Music

Capella Romana Brings Byzantium to Montlake

22 Nov 2011 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, Music

A Riveting Werther from Seattle Opera’s Young Artists

21 Nov 2011 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, Music, Theatre

Aren Der Hacopian: the Making of a Modern Opera Administrator

16 Nov 2011 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, Music, Theatre

Music of Remembrance’s “Astounding” What a Life!, a British Detention Camp Revue

08 Nov 2011 in Arts & Entertainment, Music

PNB’s “Love Stories” Catches Two Dancers in Bloom

06 Nov 2011 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, Dance

Seattle Says Goodbye to the Merce Cunningham Dance Company

02 Nov 2011 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, Dance

Pacific MusicWorks & Les Voix Baroques Introduce a “New” Concert Hall

25 Oct 2011 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, Music

Till Fellner Turns in a Cool, Crisp Performance at Meany’s President’s Piano Series

19 Oct 2011 in Arts & Entertainment, Music

Natalie Dungey, 12, Solos with the Auburn Symphony

10 Oct 2011 in Arts & Entertainment, Music

What’s Better Than Seven Cellos? Eight Cellos

09 Oct 2011 in Arts & Entertainment, Music

Norah Amsellem on Singing Micaela in Seattle Opera’s Carmen

01 Oct 2011 in Arts & Entertainment, Music, Theatre

Morlot’s Seattle Symphony Celebrates Rhythms of Stravinsky, Gershwin, Varèse

30 Sep 2011 in Arts & Entertainment, Music

Wow is the Word on All Wheeldon at PNB

24 Sep 2011 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, Dance

The Morlot Era at Seattle Symphony Has Now Begun

19 Sep 2011 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, Music