The star tenor played a central role at the company from the start. Since his ouster, it has worked to define itself on its own terms.
Category: Classical Music
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Review: Yunchan Lim, Teenage Piano Star, Arrives in New York
The 19-year-old musician made his New York Philharmonic debut with a powerful yet poetic performance of Rachmaninoff’s Third Concerto.
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Review: After 55 Years, the Helsinki Philharmonic Returns to Carnegie Hall
The conductor Susanna Mälkki brought her orchestra to New York in something of a farewell to her tenure in Finland.
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Matthias Pintscher to Lead Kansas City Symphony
He will take the podium in 2024, with a mandate to help draw new audiences to classical music.
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Boston’s Mayor, Michelle Wu, Trades City Hall for Symphony Hall
Michelle Wu, a lifelong pianist, has played to prepare for mayoral debates. Last weekend, she joined the Boston Symphony Orchestra onstage.
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A 19-Year-Old Pianist Electrifies Audiences. But He’s Unimpressed.
Yunchan Lim’s victory at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition last year made him a sensation. He says the attention makes him uneasy.
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Grace Bumbry, Barrier-Shattering Opera Diva, Is Dead at 86
A flamboyant mezzo-soprano (who could also sing meaty soprano roles), she overcame racial prejudice to become one of opera’s first, and biggest, Black stars.
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Long Play Rises to the Top of New York Classical Music Festivals
This weekend of concerts, organized by Bang on a Can, has quickly but assertively ascended to the rank of destination event.
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Menahem Pressler, Pianist Who Co-Founded the Beaux Arts Trio, Dies at 99
Mr. Pressler, who fled Nazi Germany as a youth, was the anchor of a group that, with various lineups, performed all over the world for 53 years.
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Review: When the Philharmonic Applauds the Soloist
Without interplay from the musicians, Leonidas Kavakos found tension in his own playing in Shostakovich’s First Violin Concerto.
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Charles III’s Coronation: Music That Made Kings and Queens
How the sounds of this royal ceremony evolved, from the 10th century to Elizabeth II and her son’s coronation on Saturday.
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A Drone Opera, Brought to You by General Dynamics? A Company Clarifies.
“Grounded,” a new work about the psychological toll of drone warfare, drew scrutiny after its presenter, Washington National Opera, advertised the support of a major military contractor.