News & Reviews

Writing in the BBC's Classical Music, Hannah Nepilova reports on Alexander Toradze's near-miss with death.

Jeremy Reynolds writing in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports on conductor John Mauceri's new book, The War on Music: Reclaiming the Twentieth Century.  Photo: AdobeStock

On February 11, 2022, violinist Angèle Dubeau released ELLE, a new album now available for pre-order, which will mark the 25th anniversary of La Pietà, the orchestra she founded.  Photo by Luc Robitaille

James Barron reports on the death of a prominent piano tuner. Photo by AdobeStockPhotos

Joshua Barone, the assistant performing arts editor at the New York Times, reports on conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin’s incredibly busy schedule. Photo: Hans van der Woerd

Writing in the New York Times, Javier C. Hernández reports on Michael Tilson Thomas' battle with brain cancer. Photo: Brigette Lacombe

The North Carolina Symphony announced the appointment of Carlos Miguel Prieto as its next Music Director. Photo: Benjamin Ealovega

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Writing in the New York Times, Joshua Barone reports on "audition season at the New York Philharmonic. Photo: North Carolina Chamber Music Institute

Our Presidents' Day playlists feature music by American composers and performances by American orchestras, conductors, and soloists. Photo: iStockPhotos

There are many legends about the great violin virtuoso. One of the most familiar is, of course, that Paganini must have been in league with the devil in order to have developed such remarkable skill with his instrument.

Writing in New York Magazine, Shawn McCreesh reports on the financial situation facing the Metropolitan Opera. Photo: Jonathan Tichler/Metropolitan Opera

This coming weekend is one of your favorite theme weekends: Russian Romantics Weekend. We'll be playing works by Modeste Mussorgsky, Alexander Borodin, Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Sergei Rachmaninoff, and more on Saturday and Sunday. Don't forget to request your favorite Russian Romantic pieces on All Request Friday and the Saturday Evening Request Program. Photo of Saint Basil's Cathedral, Moscow by Tsy1980, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia.org

The Violin Channel reports that "To honor the 19-year tenure of their music director Osmo Vänskä, the orchestra has begun a three-week celebration with Jean Sibelius’ works." Photo by Joel Larson.

This winter, we begin the radio broadcast season of the Met Opera, and we have lots of festive music planned for the end-of-year holidays and celebrations, as well as Beethovenfest, Russian Romantics Weekend, Mozart Madness, and Simply Strings Weekend. (Photo of a scene from The Magic Flute credit to Richard Termine and the Metropolitan Opera.)