Joshua Barone
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San Francisco Becomes an Opera Capital
Audiences could take in works by Strauss and Kaija Saariaho, as well as a new one by Gabriela Lena Frank about Frida Kahlo and Diego...
Review: Kaija Saariaho’s ‘Adriana Mater,’ After Her Death
The conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen and the director Peter Sellars, two Saariaho collaborators, brought “Adriana Mater” to the San Francisco Symphony.
Review: New York Philharmonic Journeys From Ocean to Desert
The orchestra’s final program of the season featured the New York premiere of John Luther Adams’s “Become Desert.”
Kaija Saariaho, Pathbreaking Composer, Is Dead at 70
She brought new colors to modernist music, sometimes using electronics, and became the first female living composer to have two operas staged by the Met.
The Conductor Thomas Guggeis Is Rising Fast After a Surprise Debut
Not yet 30, Guggeis already leads a major opera house and has conducted the “Ring” in Berlin. Next up: his arrival at the Metropolitan Opera.
The Pianist Pavel Kolesnikov Makes a Rare Visit to New York
Pavel Kolesnikov took on a test of pianism, the “Goldberg” Variations, and assembled a conceptual program inspired by Joseph Cornell.
‘Succession’: A Soundtrack Fit for a Concert Hall
Nicholas Britell’s score for the HBO series, which concludes on Sunday, has developed, episode by episode, into a classic theme-and-variations work.
The Composer Gabriella Smith’s Music Marvels at Nature
Smith, a rising young composer, has adapted her work “Lost Coast” into a cello concerto premiering this week at the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
Review: ‘Stranger Love’ Premieres at the Los Angeles Philharmonic
The premiere of Dylan Mattingly and Thomas Bartscherer’s six-hour opera was presented by the orchestra — an institution at an inflection point.
Claire Chase Is Changing How People Think of the Flute
She is marking her 24-year effort to expand the instrument’s repertoire with performances, including a Carnegie Hall series, as well as a box set and...