Dudamel, the New York Philharmonic’s incoming music and artistic director, stepped in after a guest conductor fell ill.
Category: Classical Music
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Andrew Davis, 80, Dies; Renowned Conductor Who Championed Britain’s Music
Celebrated for his long tenure with Lyric Opera of Chicago, he led this and other orchestras with force and a notably energetic podium presence.
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Anthony Roth Costanzo, Star Countertenor, to Lead Opera Philadelphia
Costanzo will be a rare figure in classical music: an artist in his prime who is also working as an administrator.
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Yunchan Lim’s Chopin, and Other Classical Albums to Hear Now
Yunchan Lim’s collection of Chopin piano études, a new recording of Terry Riley’s “In C” and works by Marc-André Hamelin are among the highlights.
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Review: John Adams’s ‘El Niño’ Arrives at the Met in Lush Glory
The opera-oratorio, an alternate Nativity story, featured a flurry of Met debuts, including the director Lileana Blain-Cruz and the conductor Marin Alsop.
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Cristian Macelaru, Decorated Maestro, to Lead Cincinnati Symphony
He will begin a four-year term as the orchestra’s music director in the 2025-26 season, succeeding Louis Langrée.
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Peter Gordon, Music’s Mr. Adjacent, Is Starting His Own Record Label
Peter Gordon, who studied with Terry Riley, has always made music that is surprising but accessible. Now he’s starting his own record label.
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Review: Children Sing of Resistance at the Philharmonic
Olga Neuwirth’s “Keyframes for a Hippogriff,” a chaotic explosion of postmodernism, had its American premiere, conducted by Thomas Sondergard.
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El teléfono que nos separó
Nuestro matrimonio a larga distancia era difícil de sostener… y difícil de terminar.
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Review: Thomas Adès Meets the Profound Beauty of Schubert
The Danish String Quartet returned to Carnegie Hall with its Doppelgänger project, pairing Schubert’s String Quintet and a premiere by Adès.
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Philharmonic Opens Inquiry After Misconduct Allegations Are Revived
The New York Philharmonic commissioned an outside investigation into its culture after a magazine article explored how it handled an accusation of sexual assault in 2010.
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Jorie Graham’s Poetry of the Earth and Humanity, Set to Music
The composer Matthew Aucoin, Graham’s former student, and the director Peter Sellars have adapted her poems into the operatic “Music for New Bodies.”