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  1. Paciencia, constancia y creatividad: las claves del estrellato de Gabriela Ortiz En español, Today

    La compositora residente del Carnegie Hall esta temporada, mexicana, ha dedicado su carrera a canalizar los sonidos y sensibilidades de América Latina.

  2. Michael Tilson Thomas Returns to New York, and Mahler Culture, Yesterday

    The conductor led the New York Philharmonic in Mahler’s Fifth Symphony, an inspiring opening night for a season starting off unsettled.

  3. Juilliard Receives $20 Million to Unite Disciplines and Support Jazz Weekend, September 11

    The donations, from John and Jody Arnhold, will expand creative work across disciplines, help pay for an annual fall festival and support the jazz program.

  4. They Said Her Music Was Too Exotic. Now She’s a Classical Star. Arts & Leisure, September 11

    Gabriela Ortiz, Carnegie Hall’s composer in residence this season, has spent her career channeling the sounds and sensibilities of Latin America.

  5. Facing Criticism After Striking Singer, a Maestro Forms New Ensembles Culture, September 9

    John Eliot Gardiner, who hit a singer during a tour in France last year, said he was starting a new choir and orchestra.

  6. Classical Music and Opera This Fall: Programs, Premieres and More Arts & Leisure, September 6

    Osvaldo Golijov’s Lorca-inspired opera comes to New York, and the pianist Igor Levit plays with the Cleveland Orchestra, among other highlights.

  7. A Barrier-Breaking Conductor Will Lead the Seattle Symphony Weekend, September 5

    Xian Zhang will be the first woman and person of color to lead the Seattle Symphony, and one of only two women leading a top-tier American orchestra.

  8. What if Orchestras Were More Like Netflix? Arts & Leisure, September 3

    As subscriptions face an uncertain future, classical music could look to the membership models of streaming services and gyms for inspiration.

  9. Antônio Meneses, violonchelista lírico brasileño, ha muerto a los 66 años En español, September 2

    Empezó a tocar de niño y pronto alcanzó el éxito por su dominio técnico y, como dijo una crítica, por su “elegancia reflexiva”.

  10. Antônio Meneses, Renowned Brazilian Cellist, Is Dead at 66 Obits, September 1

    Winning major competitions early on, he became one of his generation’s premier musicians, sought after by top conductors and recruited to the Beaux Arts Trio.

  11. 5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now Culture, August 29

    Debuts by Joana Mallwitz and Aigul Akhmetshina, as well as the Juilliard String Quartet’s vintage Schoenberg, are among the highlights.

  12. How the Politics of the Gaza War Engulfed the Melbourne Symphony Weekend, August 27

    The orchestra faced criticism for canceling a performance by a pianist who spoke about the war. Now a top leader has departed and the ensemble has opened an inquiry.

  13. A Pianist Who’s Not Afraid to Improvise on Mozart Culture, August 27

    Robert Levin has long argued that Mozart would have made up new material while performing, and he follows the master in a series of dazzling recordings.

  14. 5 Things to Do This Weekend Interactive, August 23

    A selection of entertainment highlights this weekend, including the comedy “Between the Temples.”

  15. Coming Soon to Jersey City: A Gleaming Home for the Symphony Culture, August 21

    The New Jersey Symphony, which long lacked a permanent space, will move into a 550-seat theater that it hopes to make a hub for concerts and classes.

  16. ‘Dancing With the Other Arts’: The Ballets Russes’ Creative Churn Culture, August 21

    An exhibition at the Morgan, drawn from its collection of musical manuscripts, sheds light on one of the most collaborative periods in dance.

  17. 5 Breakouts From Classical Music’s Most Prestigious Festival Culture, August 20

    The Salzburg Festival is synonymous with excellence and fame. But it’s also a place where artists on the cusp of stardom can shine.

  18. This Is My Voice One Year on T Arts & Leisure, August 20

    A transgender music critic explores the change in their singing voice after taking testosterone.

  19. Harold Meltzer Dies at 58; Composer of Impossible-to-Pigeonhole Works Obits, August 19

    His music, which was performed by many prominent ensembles, mixed melodic themes and rich textures with the sharp-edged angularity of modernism.

  20. A Virtuoso Cellist’s Painstaking Path From Long Covid Back to the Stage Science, August 17

    For over three years, long Covid has presented Joshua Roman with health challenges — and has indelibly shaped the music he makes.

  21. A Tribute to a ‘French Founding Father’ Metro, August 16

    200 years after the Marquis de Lafayette visited New York as part of a nationwide tour, a re-enactor will retrace his steps.

  22. One of Classical Music’s Great Builders Prepares for the Next Step Culture, August 16

    Over 25 years, through crises and a changing world, Michael Haefliger has made the Lucerne Festival in Switzerland as we know it.

  23. Jaap van Zweden’s Brief, Fraught Time Atop the New York Philharmonic Arts & Leisure, May 28

    He arrived on a mission to reshape the ensemble as its music director. Now, as he departs, he’s still making sense of his pandemic-interrupted tenure.

  24. Audience Snapshot: Four Years After Shutdown, a Mixed Recovery Culture, March 12

    Covid brought live performance to a halt. Now the audience for pop concerts and sporting events has roared back, while attendance on Broadway and at some major museums is still down.

  25. It’s Never Too Late to Find a New Career (a Mile Above Your Old One) Projects and Initiatives, March 12

    Patrick Milando, an accomplished French horn player, now splits his time between the orchestra pit and the cockpit, where he teaches budding pilots like he himself once was.

  26. Channeling the Pain of Chinese Immigrants, in Music and Verse Arts & Leisure, January 7

    “Angel Island,” an oratorio by Huang Ruo, brings to life the stark poetry of the people who were detained on the California island in the early 1900s.

  27. Raising Our Glasses to a Pianist Who Loves Vodka Metro, October 13

    Gary Graffman, who is turning 95, is a man of many enthusiasms, including citrus infusions.

  28. Audiences Are Coming Back to Orchestras After ‘Scary’ Sales Last Fall Culture, May 23

    “It seemed like a switch flipped right before Thanksgiving,” the leader of the Chicago Symphony said.

  29. The Met’s Efforts to Increase Ticket Sales for Operas Letters, December 30

    Readers praise plans for more contemporary works. Also: Zelensky and American values; protecting the minority; remote work; the Groucho exception.

  30. Onstage, It’s Finally Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas Again Culture, December 21

    After one holiday season lost to the pandemic and another curtailed by Omicron, seasonal staples including “The Nutcracker,” “A Christmas Carol” and “Messiah” are back in force.

  31. After Covid, Playing Trumpet Taught Me How to Breathe Again Magazine, November 29

    The benefits of group (music) therapy.

  32. In New York, Masks Will Not Be Required at the Opera or Ballet Culture, October 17

    Many arts groups, worried about alienating older patrons, have maintained strict rules. Now “the time has come to move on,” one leader said.

  33. Live Performance Is Back. But Audiences Have Been Slow to Return. Culture, August 21

    Attendance lagged in the comeback season, as the challenges posed by the coronavirus persisted. Presenters hope it was just a blip.

  34. Theater at Geffen Hall to Be Named for Two Key Donors Culture, August 3

    The Wu Tsai Theater will honor a $50 million gift from Joseph Tsai, a founder of the Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, and Clara Wu Tsai, a philanthropist.

  35. San Antonio Symphony to Dissolve Amid Labor Dispute Culture, June 17

    The decision will make San Antonio the largest American city without a major orchestra.

  36. San Antonio Symphony to Dissolve Amid Labor Dispute Culture, June 17

    The decision will make San Antonio the largest American city without a major orchestra.

  37. Never Missing a Curtain This Season, the Met Opera Takes a Final Bow Culture, June 13

    As it ended a challenging pandemic return, the Met had one last marathon: a matinee, an evening performance, and then moving out as American Ballet Theater moved in.

  38. New York Philharmonic Agrees to Restore Pay for Musicians Culture, June 13

    After a stronger-than-expected season, the orchestra said it would reverse pay cuts imposed at the height of the pandemic.

  39. At the Met This Season, Opera Was Icing on the Cake Arts & Leisure, June 12

    Amid a labor battle, the continuing pandemic and war in Ukraine, it often felt as though the real drama was in simply putting on a show.