The innovative conductor is taking on new roles in Los Angeles and Paris, as a creative leader and a conductor. Just don’t call him a music director.
Category: Classical Music
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In Salzburg, a Cultural Kingdom Where Classical Music Still Reigns
Every summer, Salzburg, Austria, becomes the center of the classical music world, attracting some 256,000 visitors for a star-studded festival.
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Rodion Shchedrin, Composer Who Captured Russia’s Soul, Dies at 92
He drew on Russian literature for his stage works and was an eager experimenter, inspired by folk tales, religious mysticism and melodrama.
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At Tanglewood, Making Classical Music Normal for Children
In recent years, Tanglewood has become visibly more welcoming to its youngest audiences. Just ask this critic’s three kids.
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Ousted Maestro Charged in Child Sex Abuse Imagery Case
Police in Indiana accused Julian Wachner, the former music director at Trinity Wall Street church in New York, of possessing sex abuse imagery purchased with cryptocurrency.
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5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now
The male soprano Samuel Mariño’s “Lumina,” a suite from Thomas Adès’s “The Tempest” and Ginastera’s string quartets are among the highlights.
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When Musical Directions Don’t Say What to Do, but How to Be
What is the purpose of a poem, an illustration or a nonsensical phrase in a score? If it makes musicians stop and think, that’s a good start.
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Bard Music Festival: An Innovator in Exile
Bohuslav Martinu, a Czech composer who thrived on the artistic and scientific explosions of the 20th century, is the center of this summer’s programming.
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Brooklyn Rider Still Has More to Say With the String Quartet
The group is celebrating its 20th-anniversary season with a series of concerts that look back, one player says, “with a lot of forward motion.”
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ECM New Series Reset My Expectations for Classical Music
For 40 years, ECM New Series has been a product of its founder’s vision and an indispensable part of the recording landscape.
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Heather Cox Richardson Enters the History of ‘Lincoln Portrait’
Cox Richardson, the historian behind the newsletter Letters From an American, discusses preparing for the narrator role in Aaron Copland’s piece.