Category: Classical Music

Cleveland Orchestra Players Walk Out, Forcing Cancellation of Performances

The New York Times – Music:
The strike, which began early Friday, is the latest labor action to unsettle classical music at a time of financial turmoil and uncertainty.
A New Advocate for Opera Takes the Met Stage: Mayor Mamdani

The New York Times – Music:
The mayor, with a video filmed at the Metropolitan Opera House, joins the Met in announcing a program to give away 70,000 tickets a year.
Violinist Jennifer Koh on Her Decade-Long Struggle With a Rare Neurological Disorder

The New York Times – Music:
For 10 years Jennifer Koh struggled to understand and treat a rare neurological disorder, while trying to maintain a full calendar onstage.
Met Opera’s New Season Opens With Verdi’s ‘Macbeth’

The New York Times – Music:
Luminaries gathered to celebrate the Metropolitan Opera’s new season, which opened with Verdi’s “Macbeth.”
‘It’s Very Simple’: 50 Years of Making Avant-Garde Music Sound Effortless

The New York Times – Music:
Founded by Pierre Boulez to treat new compositions with orchestral rigor, Ensemble Intercontemporain has honed the art of turning forbidding scores into expressive sound.
At 98, the Composer Thea Musgrave Is Still Learning

The New York Times – Music:
Musgrave, whose 1977 opera “Mary, Queen of Scots” is opening at the San Francisco Opera, has spent a long career searching for the “dramatic abstract.”
‘A River Runs Through It’ Returns Home to Montana, as Opera

The New York Times – Music:
Opera Montana, a small company that has grown recently, presented its first world premiere, based on one of the state’s most beloved stories.
Louisa Proske Switches on the ‘Epic Brain’ to Direct ‘Macbeth’ at the Met

The New York Times – Music:
The rising director Louisa Proske makes her Metropolitan Opera debut with the season-opening “Macbeth,” a large-scale production that came with a ticking timer.
Missy Mazzoli Debuts at the Metropolitan Opera With ‘Lincoln in the Bardo’

The New York Times – Music:
Missy Mazzoli, whose “Lincoln in the Bardo” opens at the Metropolitan Opera this fall, writes politically urgent, musically eclectic works for a new generation of operagoers.
Gustavo Dudamel’s New York Era Has Begun. Try to Keep Up.

The New York Times – Music:
The New York Philharmonic’s season started with a barnstorming tour of Manhattan to celebrate Dudamel’s arrival as music and artistic director.
Gregor Benko, Who Resurrected a Vanished Musical World, Dies at 82

The New York Times – Music:
For over 60 years, he unearthed rare early piano recordings, illuminating an expressive, highly individual style that had fallen from favor.
The Cellist Jeffrey Zeigler Explores His Family’s Gullah Geechee Roots

The New York Times – Music:
In a new multidisciplinary work, the cellist Jeffrey Zeigler explores his family’s Gullah Geechee roots in South Carolina with a host of collaborators.