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.
Category: Classical Music
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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.”
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A Pathbreaking Singer Arrives at the Met, With Pearls and Tattoos
Davóne Tines, who stars in the oratorio “El Niño,” is challenging traditions in classical music and using art to confront social problems.
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Philharmonic Sidelines 2 Players It Tried to Fire for Misconduct
The New York Philharmonic said the musicians would not perform for now, after a magazine article brought new attention to allegations of misconduct. They have denied wrongdoing.
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Review: Under Manfred Honeck, the Philharmonic Becomes One
In a program of Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff, a guest conductor coaxes a sumptuous sincerity from the orchestra’s musicians.