The ailing conductor was to have led the Staatskapelle Berlin in Brahms’s symphonies at Carnegie Hall. Yannick Nézet-Séguin jumped in.
Category: Carnegie Hall
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Review: With Premieres, an Orchestra Keeps Facing Forward
The American Composers Orchestra, which occupies an essential place in the New York scene, presented an evening of several new works at Zankel Hall.
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The Kronos Quartet Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary
The group, which celebrated its birthday on Friday at Carnegie Hall, changed music with its open-eared and open-minded approach.
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Back-to-Back Premieres Defy a Season of Leaner Offerings
Institutions are cutting back, but in corners of the city there is still new music to be found, like song cycles by Ted Hearne and Paul Pinto.
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Review: Years Late, a Young Pianist Finally Gets to Carnegie
Alexandre Kantorow made his Carnegie Hall recital debut after winning both the International Tchaikovsky Competition and the Gilmore Artist Award.
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The Doyenne of Classical Publicists Takes on a Final Client: Herself
Mary Lou Falcone is stepping out of the background to raise awareness of Lewy body dementia, the neurodegenerative disease that claimed her husband.
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Riccardo Muti Takes a Victory Lap With the Chicago Symphony
The orchestra’s former conductor — now its music director emeritus for life — opened Carnegie Hall’s season with a two-night engagement.
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The Met’s ‘Dead Man Walking’ Goes to Sing Sing
Metropolitan Opera stars joined prisoners for a one-night-only performance of “Dead Man Walking.”
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Conducting Lessons: How Bradley Cooper Became Leonard Bernstein
For “Maestro,” Cooper learned from top conductors like Gustavo Dudamel and Yannick Nézet-Séguin — and by stealth in concert halls or from the orchestra pit.
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War in Ukraine Takes Its Toll on the Tchaikovsky Competition
With Russia a pariah in the West since its invasion of Ukraine, this usually prestigious event is underway with far fewer international participants.
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Gustavo Dudamel in New York: Selfies, Hugs and Mahler
Our photographer followed the maestro when he came to town to conduct Mahler’s Ninth — his first time leading the New York Philharmonic since being named its next music director.