“Little Russia” referred approximately to the portion of the Russian Empire that is today within the borders of Ukraine. The ...

The concertmaster came out and played an A on the piano, for the orchestra to tune. The first piece would be a half step ...

The Vienna Philharmonic New Year’s Concert is a classic "hit product" broadcast live to living rooms and theaters worldwide. Statistics show that it attracts 50 million viewers across over 150 ...

At its core, “Keyboard Conversations” is part recital, part storytelling session. Siegel sits at the piano, offering not just performance, but insight: the context of a composer’s life; the hidden ...

Emery Celli Brinckerhoff Abady Ward & Maazel sued convicted fraudster Penny Bradley and David Bradley for breach of contract on Aug. 21 in New York Supreme Court for New York County. The suit, brought ...

The orchestra looked at him—plump, mop-haired, about the size of a cello and eleven years old. And this was to be the conductor of the NBC Summer Symphony—the same orchestra which veteran Arturo ...

Lorin Varencove Maazel ( March 6, 1930 – July 13, 2014) was an American conductor, violinist and composer. He began conducting at the age of eight and by 1953 had decided to pursue a career in music.

Last night, the New York Philharmonic offered a program with an accent on the mysterious and the French. Guest-conducting was Karina Canellakis, an American born in 1981. She was trained as a ...

Last night was Wagner night at the New York Philharmonic. Did they do Act I of Die Walküre? No, there were no singers. They played Lorin Maazel’s Ring synthesis—his “Ring without Words.” This is a ...

Nathalie Stutzmann conducted the New York Philharmonic Thursday night in The Ring Without Words at David Geffen Hall. Photo: Chris Lee If you like looking at pictures of Alfred Roller’s sets for ...

I went to the Metropolitan Opera last night somewhat nervous. Onstage would be Tosca. In two of the main roles would be veteran stars: Sondra Radvanovsky (Tosca) and Bryn Terfel (Scarpia). They have ...

Complete cycles of the Beethoven symphonies aren’t for the faint of heart. Just ask Lorin Maazel, whose 1988 traversal of the set included a respirator in the dressing room—just in case. Then again, ...