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Category: Carnegie Hall
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Judy Garland’s ‘Lucky Jacket’ Returns to Carnegie Hall
She wore it at Carnegie Hall on “the greatest evening in show-business history.” Now the jacket that got away is coming home.
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Jaap van Zweden Returns After Leaving New York Philharmonic
Jaap van Zweden left the New York Philharmonic in 2024. Now he’s returning to the city with his new orchestra at Carnegie Hall.
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Review: Arvo Pärt Gets the 90th Birthday Concert He Deserves
The Estonian Festival Orchestra made its North American debut at Carnegie Hall, offering a broad, excellently played survey of Pärt’s music.
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Israel Philharmonic Draws Protests as Fragile Cease-Fire Holds in Gaza
Carnegie Hall was a site of protest on Wednesday, one of many demonstrations over the last two years targeting cultural events, particularly those with Israeli artists.
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Arvo Pärt Reached Pop Star Status. Now He’s Ready to Rest.
Pärt’s 90th birthday has inspired celebrations, including at Carnegie Hall, even as the renowned composer has stopped writing.
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Hunter Noack and His Piano Have Reached the Mountaintop
The classical pianist Hunter Noack has embarked on an unusual journey, to take his music to natural landscapes well beyond the concert halls.
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‘Guntram’ Review: In Concert at Carnegie, Strauss’s First Opera
Leon Botstein’s American Symphony Orchestra dusts off “Guntram,” and singers unveil the beauties and flaws of a 19th-century epic fail.
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Review: English Concert Brings Handel’s ‘Cesare’ to Carnegie
The English Concert, under the conductor Harry Bicket, returned to Carnegie Hall with one of Handel’s greatest hits.
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Yunchan Lim Plays Bach’s ‘Goldberg’ Variations at Carnegie Hall
The 21-year-old pianist turned the great set of variations into the story of a young man’s maturation from innocence to experience.
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Shostakovich, Boston Symphony Style
Over two nights at Carnegie Hall, Andris Nelsons and the orchestra reveled in the composer’s sonic riches but played with emotional reserve.
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A 270-Year-Old Scottish Folk Fiddle Makes Its Carnegie Hall Debut
The ornately decorated fiddle belonged to the dance master who taught Robert Burns. At Carnegie, it will cap “Scotland’s Hoolie in New York.”