The four-year extension will keep him at the podium through at least the end of the 2029-30 season.
Herbert Blomstedt introduced the New York Philharmonic to a piece he premiered in Stockholm 59 years ago.
Lars Vogt, for one of his final albums made before dying from cancer, turned to chamber music by Schubert with Christian and Tanja Tetzlaff.
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 Boston Symphony Orchestra, grappling with leadership turnover, hopes to attract audiences with a program of classics and contemporary fare.
The pianist Leif Ove Andsnes brought Dvorak’s sprawling 1889 rarity to New York with committed playing and interpretive wisdom.
Gustavo Dudamel, Esa-Pekka Salonen and Rafael Payare will assemble their orchestras and more for the California Festival: A Celebration of New Music.
It was a momentous occasion as Wang played all five of Rachmaninoff’s works for piano and orchestra at Carnegie Hall for one show only.
The pianist Leif Ove Andsnes is appearing at Carnegie with Dvorak’s “Poetic Tone Pictures,” a rarity being performed there for the first time.
A diverse group of composers presented nine new and recent works at Carnegie Hall on Friday, ranging from exuberant joyfulness to existential questioning.
Selections from the Weekend section, including a review of Brandon Cronenberg's "Infinity Pool."
Bryan Wagorn, a pianist, has an unusually visible presence in “Fedora,” and he plays a piano with a history.
Mao Fujita’s playing had a prettiness all its own, but he didn’t connect profoundly with all the composers on his largely safe program.
Known for dazzling virtuosity, Wang faces a new challenge in a three-and-a-half-hour Rachmaninoff marathon at Carnegie Hall.
Hits from Renée Fleming’s career at the Metropolitan Opera, an unlikely Mozart and Beethoven recording and Florence Price are among the highlights.
At New York City Ballet, Peck’s “Copland Dance Episodes” brings the composer’s three classic ballet scores under one roof, at last.
The tenor Limmie Pulliam, who made his debut at Carnegie Hall on Friday, hopes to break barriers for larger artists.
Dalia Stasevska returned to the orchestra’s podium with a world premiere and subtly linked works by Tchaikovsky and Sibelius.
Zankel Hall has been temporarily reconfigured so that audiences can sit in the round, beginning with an enjoyable performance by the group yMusic.
Jacqueline Nova created forward-thinking, often transgressive electroacoustic music in the 1960s. New releases are helping put her back on the map.
The flutist’s series of concerts at Carnegie Hall this season begins with a weekend of tributes to the experimental artist Pauline Oliveros.
One of the finest American ensembles returned to Carnegie Hall with a program that made its argument persuasively, but without force.
Dalia Stasevska, who leads the New York Philharmonic this week, has raised money for and delivered supplies to Ukraine, where she was born.
The conductors Michael Tilson Thomas and Daniel Barenboim have continued to perform as aging and illness loom.
Santtu-Matias Rouvali, a contender for the orchestra’s podium, shined in “The Rite of Spring” — the piece Jaap van Zweden began his tenure there with.
Andrew Litton, the musical director of City Ballet, talks about conducting for ballet and the lure of the company’s repertory, much of it rare in concert hall.
Nicola Benedetti is the first Scotland native and the first woman to serve as director of the storied Edinburgh International Festival.
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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.
The benefits of group (music) therapy.
Many arts groups, worried about alienating older patrons, have maintained strict rules. Now “the time has come to move on,” one leader said.
Attendance lagged in the comeback season, as the challenges posed by the coronavirus persisted. Presenters hope it was just a blip.
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.
The decision will make San Antonio the largest American city without a major orchestra.
The decision will make San Antonio the largest American city without a major orchestra.
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.
After a stronger-than-expected season, the orchestra said it would reverse pay cuts imposed at the height of the pandemic.
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.