INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE REPORT: MUSIC CRITICISM 1900-1950
Barcelona: October 18, 2016 Conference Organized By: Centro Studi Opera Omnia Luigi Boccherini, Lucca and the Societat Catalana de Musicologia, Barcelona Greetings from Barcelona! This is CT.com Executive
Here We Go Again–Andris Nelsons Will Record (Gasp!) Beethoven and Bruckner
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ClassicsToday.com’s Top Ten CDs of 2015
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Report: International Conference On 19th Century Music Criticism
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Concours Musical International de Montréal Closes With Gala Concert
Friday, June 5, 2015: Maison Symphonique, Montréal, Quebec The six finalists in this year’s vocal competition shared the spotlight with the Montréal Symphony Orchestra under
Tsujii and Orpheus Crown the “Emperor”
Carnegie Hall, New York, January 25, 2014—All Beethoven program: Coriolan Overture; Symphony No. 2; Piano Concerto No. 5 “Emperor”, Nobuyuki Tsujii, piano; Orpheus Chamber Orchestra—It
Strauss’ Obscene Operatic Gesture Shines at Carnegie
Carnegie Hall, New York; Sunday, December 15, 2013—American Symphony Orchestra, Leon Botstein: Richard Strauss: Feuersnot Feuersnot is Richard Strauss’ revenge opera, an attempt to give
Two Mozarts at Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall, December 10, 2013—MOZART: Symphony No. 36, “Linz”; A. MATHIEU: Concertino No. 2 Op. 13; A. MATHIEU: Piano Concerto No. 4 in E minor;
The Minnesota Orchestra: Is “Class” A Quantifiable Commodity?
For months now I have been reading stories of the impasse between management and musicians in Minnesota. The lock-out of the Minnesota Orchestra has many
The Spirit of Liszt Revived
Budapest, Hungary; October 22, 2013—In a speech given at the gala opening concert of the newly renovated Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, Hungarian Prime