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Shostakovich’s Vibrant Valediction
The Wall Street Journal· 1 month agoMASTERPIECE When Dmitri Shostakovich announced he’d written a 15th Symphony, his fans might have expected another excursion into darkness. It was 1971,...
Naples Philharmonic gets new assistant conductor, new section leaders
Naples Daily News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Naples Philharmonic will open its season with a noticeably new look in leadership. It will have...
Letters: Tory MPs’ shameful disloyalty will prove the biggest vote-loser of all
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 3 months agoSIR – The Conservatives will lose the next election – not because of Rishi Sunak but because of the...
Klaus Mäkelä to head Amsterdam's Concertgebouw Orchestra
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoKlaus Mäkelä, a 26-year-old Finnish conductor, will become chief conductor of the Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam for the 2027-28 season as part of a 10-year commitment announced Friday ...
Christian Thielemann leads Vienna Philharmonic US tour
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDuring the height of the coronavirus pandemic in November 2020, when Vienna was shut down and people...
Muti's legacy: respect composers, reject revisionists
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIn the twilight of his music directorship of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Riccardo Muti candidly...
Cellist Alisa Weilerstein to make Santa Fe debut with Bach program
Albuquerque Journal, N.M. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJan. 13—Alisa Weilerstein is one of the foremost cellists of our time. Known for her consummate artistry, emotional investment and rare interpretive depth, she was recognized with a MacArthur ...