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A Cellist Breaks Music Into ‘Fragments,’ Then Connects Them
Alisa Weilerstein’s latest project is a series of staged solo recitals that weave Bach’s cello suites with newly commissioned works.
‘It Needs You’: The Human Side to Boulez’s Demanding Music
Matthias Pintscher speaks about Boulez’s “Dérive 2,” which the composer’s old ensemble performs in New York this weekend.
Hilary Hahn Practices in Public, Wherever and However She Is
With #100daysofpractice, the star violinist has drawn back the veil for professionals and amateurs alike on a private, untaught part of musical life.
Friedrich Cerha, 96, Who Finished Another Composer’s Masterpiece, Dies
His skill in completing Alban Berg’s “Lulu” almost 40 years after Berg’s death was considered one of the greatest operatic achievements of the 20th century.
Facing Death, a Pianist Recorded Music of Unspeakable Emotions
Lars Vogt, for one of his final albums made before dying from cancer, turned to chamber music by Schubert with Christian and Tanja Tetzlaff.
For the Conductor Charles Munch, Virtuosity Meant Taking Risks
This 20th-century maestro could be extreme at the podium, but he also believed in the “beauty, joy and goodness” of an artist’s calling.
‘The Great Czech Piano Cycle’ Arrives at Carnegie Hall
The pianist Leif Ove Andsnes is appearing at Carnegie with Dvorak’s “Poetic Tone Pictures,” a rarity being performed there for the first time.
Elayne Jones, Pioneering Percussionist, Is Dead at 94
She challenged racial barriers when she joined the San Francisco Symphony in 1972. But she became embroiled in a legal battle when she was denied...
A Rising Conductor Who’s ‘Not Just a Pair of Hands’
Raphaël Pichon has quickly become one of the most interesting conductors not just in his specialty of period instruments, but in classical music.
A Composer’s ‘Travel Guide’ to His Family’s Unspoken Past
Michael Gordon’s new work reflects on his father’s flight from Poland in 1939 and the migratory life — and buried traumas — that followed.