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More Bellyaching in Boston over Andris Nelsons

I’ve been overseas for the past two weeks, but apparently folks are still up in arms about Andris Nelsons’ dismissal […]

I, like most people who follow classical music, was floored by the news last Friday that Andris Nelsons, music director

In his 2022 profile of the Lithuanian conductor Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, the NY Times Joshua Barone recounted a conversation she had

Throughout my conversation with Manfred Honeck in Pittsburgh a couple of weeks ago, there was one institution which seemed to

As I mentioned in my previous post, I’ve been attending concerts at Heinz Hall for nearly 30 years, a byproduct

PITTSBURGH, PA Last weekend, I attended a recording session of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in Heinz Hall. Ok, that needs

Watching the absurdly-long State of the Union last night, I couldn’t help but think of this equally-absurd image of Trump

“Conducting has become the profession of a traveling salesman… A conductor has to stay put to educate an orchestra.” –

Despite the prevalence of Finnish conductors at the top of today’s orchestra heap – think Esa-Pekka Salonen, Klaus Mäkelä, or