Kicking off a veritable cornucopia of events this month celebrating Steve Reich, Trinity Church presented an ambitious program of Reich’s music last Wednesday (10/7), less than a week following the
For more than 60 years, Young Concert Artists has offered early-career support to hundreds of classical musicians, counting among its thousands of alumni pianists Emanuel Ax and Jean-Yves Thibaudet, soprano
I’ve been writing about Steve Reich, who turned 90 on Saturday, pretty much from the beginning of this website back in 2007. From birthday celebrations at 70 and 80, to
With all of the hype surrounding Gustavo Dudamel taking over (finally!) at the NY Phil, I’d be remiss for not mentioning Anna Handler’s arrival as Chief Conductor of the Ulster
In anticipation of this week’s visit by the Berliner Philharmoniker to open the season at Carnegie Hall, I found this 2009 interview between Berlin Phil bassist Edicson Ruiz and his
“Life will be different for (Dudamel) now. New York is the center of the world, so everything you say is judged and very visible.” – Deborah Borda, NY Phil President
“Can music counter violence and aggression? I am certain that it can. Music breaks down fear and indifference and instead brings people together through shared feelings.” – Olena Zelenska, First
For those precious few who are still interested in the Boston Symphony saga we’ve been posting about over the past month, news arrived this week that the BSO musicians have
When former NY Times’ classical music critic Tony Tommasini visited Tanglewood 30 years ago, he argued that there are really two Tanglewoods. One is the Tanglewood Music Center, which since
