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Thomas Oliemans came to New York to sing at the Metropolitan Opera. While he was here, he took a musical walking tour.
In 1966, the conductor arrived in Vienna with a mission: to restore Gustav Mahler’s place in 20th-century music.
Leonard Bernstein was born in Lawrence ... Bernstein was appointed to his first permanent conducting post in 1943, as Assistant Conductor of the New York Philharmonic. On November 14, 1943, Bernstein ...
The legacy of this composer and conductor may not be in his rarely performed works, but in how we think about music itself.
The New York Philharmonic made him the first American-born director ... virtually the face of classical music in America. I first met Leonard Bernstein at the Tanglewood Conducting Seminar in the mid- ...
Commissioned by the New York Philharmonic for the French violinist ... ironic given her reverence for her old teacher, Leonard Bernstein. Her concerts are all about the music, and so it was ...
Thousands of events are featured as a part of #Bernsteinat100, including “Leonard Bernstein ... as music director of the New York Philharmonic, Bernstein became the first American-born and ...
For much of the 20th century, the world of classical conducting was dominated by two figures: Herbert von Karajan and Leonard ... the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra came to New York to play at ...
The main attraction at New York Philharmonic concerts in David Geffen Hall this week is newness. It comes in two parts; a ...
These colossal conductors are played by two of Germany's leading actresses: the American-born Helen Schneider as Leonard Bernstein ... Philharmonic for 34 years, was, as the New York Times ...
Bernstein became Koussevitzky’s protégé, his assistant at Tanglewood, before being made assistant to the legendary Artur Rodzinski at the New York Philharmonic ... ‘Be careful,’ his father warned.