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Esa-Pekka and San Francisco: A Golden Era Ends Too Soon
Although his tenure as music director will last another 15 months or so, the autopsy of Esa-Pekka Salonen’s time with the San Francisco Symphony has already begun. What “all began so promisingly,” writes Joshua Kosman in the San … »
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The Takács Quartet's Fresh Approach to Masters Old & New
On paper, the program for the Takács Quartet’s recent 92nd Street Y appearance was unremarkable: standard works by Haydn and Beethoven sandwiching a piece of new music. But the March 13 concert carried no trace of routine, … »
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Composer Aribert Reimann Dies
Aribert Reimann, who adapted serialism to create his own language, died on March 13 in Berlin, the city where he had been born into a musical family. He was 88. Trained as a lieder accompanist from an early age, a skill he would deploy on … »
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2 Orchestras Shutter Operations
The Los Angeles-based American Youth Symphony pulled the plug last week after a 59-year run. “Despite our best efforts, the challenges of maintaining our operations have become insurmountable,” said Board Chairman Kevin Dretzka in a … »
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Byron Janis Dies at 95
NEW YORK (AP) — Byron Janis, a renowned American concert pianist and composer who broke barriers as a Cold War era culture ambassador and later overcame severe arthritis that nearly robbed him of his playing abilities, has died. He was 95. … »
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Another View of Ratmansky's Solitude
Alexei Ratmansky’s first new work as artist-in-residence of the New York City Ballet stands apart from his internationally acclaimed body of work. Neither a reconstruction of a full-length ballet nor an innovative treatment of codified … »
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American Ballet Theatre Taps Executive Director
Barry Hughson, executive director of the National Ballet of Canada for the last decade, is to take the same post at the American Ballet Theatre as of July 1. ABT, annual budget of $45 million, is said to be the third largest ballet company in … »
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A New Arts & Culture Chief for Philadelphia
Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle L. Parker, who took office on Jan. 1, has tapped Valerie Gay to be the city’s new arts and culture czar. City arts leaders greeted the appointment as well as the mayor’s apparent intention to elevate the … »
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Stutzmann Practices Standard Rep in ASO's 80th Season
The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra will launch its 80 th season, its third with Nathalie Stutzmann as music director, on Sept. 19 with her reading of Mahler’s Symphony No. 1, Titan , and cellist Edgar Moreau playing Schumann’s Cello … »
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No New Fixes for Challenges to the Arts in 21st century
It’s not new news that the arts are in trouble, especially in the wake of the pandemic. In fact, it is fair to say that the arts almost always seem to exist amid exigent circumstances, the result of generally indifferent public funding … »
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