In ‘Tár,’ a Female Maestro Falls Into the Same Old Traps
The film’s thesis is blunt: Put a woman in power, and she’ll be as sexually inappropriate and badly behaved as any man.
Posted inClassical Music Lindberg, Magnus Piano Concerto No 3 (Lindberg) (Musical Work) Salonen, Esa-Pekka San Francisco Symphony Wang, Yuja (1987- )
A Lifelong Friendship’s Latest Chapter: A Concerto Premiere
At the San Francisco Symphony, Magnus Lindberg’s music is being conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen, his fellow Finn and former classmate.
Posted inClassical Music Williams, Ralph Vaughan
Ralph Vaughan Williams Was Complicated, but Not Conservative
The English composer deserves a fresh assessment as the world does (and doesn’t) observe the 150th anniversary of his birth.
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David Geffen Hall Reopens, Hoping Its $550 Million Renovation Worked
The New York Philharmonic’s Lincoln Center home was gutted and rebuilt to try to fix the acoustic woes that have long plagued it. To inaugurate the hall, officials are using a new playbook.