Daniel J. Kushner
CITY arts editorDaniel J. Kushner is arts editor of CITY magazine, which works in partnership with WXXI News. He began writing for CITY in 2015 as a contributing writer, before joining the staff full-time in 2018.
His work has also been published in Opera News, Democrat & Chronicle, The Buffalo News, NewMusicBox, and The Huffington Post.
Daniel wrote the story and libretto for the allegorical opera "The Fox and the Pomegranate," a collaboration with composer Matt Frey. The opera was featured at Fort Worth Opera's inaugural Frontiers showcase in 2013 and won the 2014 Domenic J. Pellicciotti Opera Composition Prize at SUNY Potsdam's Crane School of Music. Daniel's poetry chapbook, "All Your Changing Faces," was published in 2016.
He is a Buffalo sports devotee, enthusiastic concertgoer, and a fan of all things fermented.
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The ensemble of vocalists and instrumentalists who specialize in medieval and Renaissance music is now in its 25th year. -
Iconic singer-songwriter Bonnie Raitt will co-headline the 2023 Rochester jazz festival on June 27 at Eastman Theatre’s Kodak Hall.
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ConnectionsIn the second hour of "Connections with Evan Dawson" on Tuesday, September 13, 2022, representatives from local music venues discuss the challenges they've faced and the adaptations they've made since the beginning of the pandemic.
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ConnectionsHere's what's coming up on "Connections with Evan Dawson" on Tuesday, September 13, 2022.
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Guitarist Simon Fletcher performs his 12-song composition, "Soundtrack to the Seasons: Upstate New York," at the reopened historic Avon Park Theater.
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Plus: The intensity of Kurtz and Frisell, and Cottone comes home.
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After a month-long postponement in January due to the surge of the omicron variant, the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra and Music Director Andreas Delfs presented its towering program of two disparate symphonies by composer Ludwig van Beethoven on Thursday.
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The 2022-23 season is filled with elements that will be familiar and comfortable for RPO fans - cherished composers, returning soloists, and less frequently heard works - with just enough of the new, novel, or unexpected to keep things interesting.
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The State Liquor Authority has unanimously approved the sale of beer and wine for consumption in movie theaters.
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New to Rochester, Adam Arritola of Eclectic Overdrive presents adventurous music inspired by Persian, Indian, and American folk traditions Jan. 8.
