Classical Music – Page 64

Lead in Beethoven’s Hair Offers New Clues to Mystery of His Deafness

Using powerful technologies, scientists found staggering amounts of lead and other toxic substances in the composer’s hair that may have come from wine, or other sources.

By Gina Kolata

Classical Music Costanzo, Anthony Roth Culture (Arts) Diller, Barry Little Island (Manhattan, NY) Opera Parks and Other Recreation Areas Rudin, Scott Tharp, Twyla Winokur, Zack

Coming Soon to Little Island: An Arts Festival With Powerful Backers

The mogul Barry Diller, who paid for the park, will finance a summer season of music, dance, theater and more, shaped in part by the Broadway producer Scott Rudin.

By Javier C. Hernandez

Baltimore (Md) Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Classical Music El Nino (Opera) Metropolitan Opera Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

Can Marin Alsop Shatter Another Glass Ceiling?

Alsop has had enviable success, and was the first female conductor to lead a top American orchestra. She wants to take another step up.

By Zachary Woolfe

Berlioz, Hector Classical Music Kanneh-Mason, Sheku Music New York Philharmonic Salonen, Esa-Pekka Shostakovich, Dmitri Symphonie Fantastique (Musical Work)

Review: A Conductor Surprises by Embracing the Ordinary

Esa-Pekka Salonen is known for unusual, ambitious projects. But at the New York Philharmonic this week, he succeeded with standard repertory works.

By Zachary Woolfe