At 97, This Conductor Is Modest and Extraordinary
When Herbert Blomstedt, the oldest major conductor active today, led the Vienna Philharmonic, age was only one factor in his remarkable artistry.
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5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now
Wild Up’s Julius Eastman series, an excellent Bruckner symphony reading and the 100th album from BMOP/sound are among the highlights.
Posted inAppointments and Executive Changes Chicago (Ill) Classical Music Content Type: Personal Profile Freud, Anthony Lyric Opera of Chicago Mangum, John
Lyric Opera of Chicago Appoints Orchestra Veteran as New Leader
John Mangum, who helped guide the Houston Symphony through the turmoil of the pandemic, will serve as the company’s next general director.
Posted inBooks and Literature Classical Music Colleges and Universities Crawford, Richard (1935-2024) Deaths (Obituaries) Research University of Michigan
Richard Crawford, Leading Scholar of American Music, Dies at 89
American Music was a marginal subfield in the 1960s when he began his research as a student, and then as a faculty member, at the University of Michigan.