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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

Classical Music Deaths (Obituaries) Opera Van de Vate, Nancy Women and Girls Women's Rights

Nancy Van de Vate, Composer and Advocate for Women in Music, Dies at 92

An American who settled in Vienna, she had a prolific career in contemporary classical music and broke gender barriers in her field.

By Alex Williams

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

City Park (Musical Work) Classical Music NYC AIDS Memorial Pop and Rock Music Russell, Arthur

Arthur Russell’s ‘City Park’: Reconstructed, Newly Performed

Arthur Russell, a victim of AIDS, composed fluidly in many genres. His “City Park” has been reconstructed for a new generation.

By Joshua Barone