PITTSBURGH, PA Last weekend, I attended a recording session of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in Heinz Hall. Ok, that needs […]
Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Soar with Bruckner 8 at Heinz Hall Read Post »
Watching the absurdly-long State of the Union last night, I couldn’t help but think of this equally-absurd image of Trump
An American Cacophony: Tom Service on Trump’s MAGA Orchestra Read Post »
“Conducting has become the profession of a traveling salesman… A conductor has to stay put to educate an orchestra.” –
What Price Glory? A Word on Music Directors Read Post »
Despite the prevalence of Finnish conductors at the top of today’s orchestra heap – think Esa-Pekka Salonen, Klaus Mäkelä, or
Budapest Festival Orchestra and Iván Fischer Triumph with Mahler 3 at Carnegie Hall Read Post »
Recorded at the International Piano Competition “City of Vigo”, 2018. Telegraph obit here.
For Tamás Vásáry (1933-2026) Read Post »
When you live in New York, where we’re spoiled by a never-ending stream of visiting international orchestras, not to mention
This January, my musical cup runneth over. Just one day after hearing The Cleveland Orchestra and Franz Welser-Möst dismantle symphonies
Identity is an elusive quality among today’s symphony orchestras. Whereas orchestras were once home-grown, populated by players largely from within
The Prague Philharmonia Bring Their Music – and Musicianship – to Carnegie Hall Read Post »
It must bug the bejeezus out of the big-budget U.S. orchestras to hear over and over again that The Cleveland
The Cleveland Orchestra Returns to Carnegie Hall with Mozart and Shostakovich Read Post »
