For “Maestro,” Cooper learned from top conductors like Gustavo Dudamel and Yannick Nézet-Séguin — and by stealth in concert halls or from the orchestra pit.
Category: Classical Music
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Arthur Russell’s ‘City Park’: Reconstructed, Newly Performed
Arthur Russell, a victim of AIDS, composed fluidly in many genres. His “City Park” has been reconstructed for a new generation.
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5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now
George Walker’s Sinfonias, a new take on Monteverdi’s “Vespers” and a Sphinx Virtuosi debut are among the highlights.
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Christian Thielemann to Succeed Daniel Barenboim at Berlin State Opera
The conductor, an acclaimed Wagnerian, was named to replace Barenboim, who stepped down in January after three decades because of health problems.
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‘Doppelganger’ Review: A Soldier Confronts His Mortality
At the Park Avenue Armory, an imaginative and viscerally shocking staging of Schubert songs from the director Claus Guth and the tenor Jonas Kaufmann.
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John Cage Shock: When Japan Fell for Cage and Vice Versa
After a 1962 visit, a mutual love affair began between the composer and the country’s musicians. A new series at the Japan Society explores this relationship.
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Capturing John Zorn at 70: One Concert Is Just a Start
The Miller Theater at Columbia University began a series of programs to celebrate this restless and eclectic musician’s milestone year.
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Jonas Kaufmann and Friends Take On Schubert at the Armory
The tenor Jonas Kaufmann stars in “Doppelganger,” a staging of “Schwanengesang” by Claus Guth, making his New York debut.
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Russian Soprano Anna Netrebko Sings in Berlin, Amid Protests
The Russian star soprano appeared in her first staged opera in Germany since the Ukraine invasion, still under fire for her past support for President Vladimir V. Putin.
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Lise Davidsen Shows Her Vocal and Theatrical Power in Recital Debut
Davidsen, a true dramatic soprano, was the rare singer whose first New York recital came at the Metropolitan Opera House.
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Alexandre Kantorow Wins Surprise, Prestigious Piano Award
Alexandre Kantorow, 26, joins an esteemed group of pianists who have won the Gilmore Artist Award, which is given every four years.
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With $40 Million Gift, New York Philharmonic Jump-Starts Dudamel Era
The donation from Oscar L. Tang and his wife, Agnes Hsu‐Tang, is the largest endowment gift in the orchestra’s history.