Esa-Pekka Salonen, the orchestra’s longtime music director, came back to lead his first concerts since being named its creative director.
Category: Salonen, Esa-Pekka
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The Most Magical, Moving Four Minutes in Music
Ravel’s depiction of an enchanted garden is so simple and wistful, I never want it to end.
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Esa-Pekka Salonen Conducts Boulez: Roots, Branches and Family Ties
In two programs with the New York Philharmonic, Esa-Pekka Salonen has constructed a moving exploration of musical legacy.
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Did a Single Generation Ruin Modern Music for Everyone Else?
The avant-garde works that emerged from World War II continue to influence how audiences view contemporary music decades later.
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Esa-Pekka Salonen Takes New Jobs in Los Angeles and Paris
The innovative conductor is taking on new roles in Los Angeles and Paris, as a creative leader and a conductor. Just don’t call him a music director.
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‘Khovanshchina’ Is Finished in Time to Be Newly Resonant
Mussorgsky’s “Khovanshchina” has been added onto by Rimsky-Korsakov, Stravinsky and Shostakovich. Now, another composer gets to have his say.
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Pierre Boulez at 100: What Is His Legacy Today?
The legacy of this composer and conductor may not be in his rarely performed works, but in how we think about music itself.
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Esa-Pekka Salonen: A Conductor at the Top, and at a Crossroads
Salonen, who will soon be a free agent for the first time in decades, could do pretty much anything at this stage. What will it be?
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Discord at the Symphony: Losing a Star, San Francisco Weighs Its Future
The struggles of one of the nation’s finest orchestras show the difficulties facing classical music in the United States.
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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.
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Esa-Pekka Salonen to Leave San Francisco Symphony
Esa-Pekka Salonen, the ensemble’s music director, said that he no longer shared the same goals as the administration, which has been cutting costs.
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Cartier’s Perfumer Creates Scents for ‘Prometheus’ Music
Mathilde Laurent, Cartier’s perfumer, has created a scent poem that enhances the experience of Scriabin’s synesthetic score for “Prometheus.”