However, I feel his thinking is a little short-sighted. Here’s a simple question: What would have happened to the New York Philharmonic’s repertoire if Leonard Bernstein (a Jew) had decided that Mozart, Beethoven, Mahler, or heaven forbid, Vivaldi (all...

Working with the Neue Lausitzer Philharmonie, in which he holds the post of chief conductor, he undertook a memorable five-concert tour with mezzo Patricia Basch and cellist Raphael Wallfisch last month. With music by Bloch and Lukas Foss rounded off...

I’m very glad we are able to do this right now. For me, commissioning is very important. This is how our art will continue to live.” The regular season opens on Sept. 20 with pianist Jon Nakamatsu playing George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” in a...

It was they, after all, who brought it to the wider world under their most celebrated music director Leonard Bernstein. But Alan Gilbert, the current incumbent, is no Bernstein - few are - and to have begun rather than ended this three-day residency at...

And orchestras around the world, including in this country , have continued to give young people's concerts long after Bernstein's death in 1990. But Bernstein and the NYPO set the bar high , with concerts that went far beyond the children's...

The landmark 1957 musical "West Side Story" was revived by author Laurents for a 2009 Broadway production, and that re-imagined work, so fresh and authentic, is now on tour. This stunning ensemble is at the Fox Theatre through Feb. 26, and if you've...