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Jaap van Zweden’s Final Season

The final season of Jaap van Zweden’s brief tenure as music director in New York began with a new suite for the star violinist Joshua Bell.

By Zachary Woolfe

Actors and Actresses Bernstein, Jamie Bernstein, Leonard Borda, Deborah Carnegie Hall Classical Music Cooper, Bradley Geffen, David, Hall (Manhattan, NY) Maestro (Movie) Movies Nezet-Seguin, Yannick van Zweden, Jaap

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.

By Javier C. Hernandez

Art Computer and Video Games Dancing Geffen, David, Hall (Manhattan, NY) Metropolitan Museum of Art Museums Satterwhite, Jacolby

‘A Metta Prayer’ Brings a High-Energy Beat to the Met’s Great Hall

Bucking the rules, and the canon, Jacolby Satterwhite remakes the Met’s Great Hall with his multimedia “A Metta Prayer.” It draws on Titian and video games.

By Ted Loos

Classical Music Dhikra (Musical Work) ElSaffar, Amir Geffen, David, Hall (Manhattan, NY) Langree, Louis Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Merriweather, Malcolm J Morley, Erin Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra

Review: At Mostly Mozart, the Sense of an Ending

Louis Langrée, in his last season with the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, conducted a classic Langrée program: Mozart and a premiere by Amir ElSaffar.

By Seth Colter Walls