The New York Times – Film:
In films like “Day for Night,” “La Balance” and “The Return of Martin Guerre,” she was adept at portraying sensual, reflective or excitable characters.
Author: Adam Nossiter
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Hilde Limondjian, Met Museum’s Longtime Concert Impresario, Dies at 89
The New York Times – Music:
She gave New York debuts to artists like Cecilia Bartoli and Peter Serkin, and introduced new music by Philip Glass and others.
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Elisabeth Waldo Dies at 107; Fused Indigenous and Western Sounds
The New York Times – Music:
A classically-trained violinist, she incorporated traditional instruments native to Latin America in Western-style scores to create an atmospheric hybrid.
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Bernard Rands, Pulitzer-Winning Composer, Dies at 92
The New York Times – Music:
His early successes in the 1960s, writing in the complex vein of high modernism, yielded later in his career to a more accessibly lyrical style.
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Ebo Taylor, Musical Innovator of Highlife and Afrobeat, Dies at 90
The New York Times – Music:
Borrowing from jazz and African rhythms, he forged a singular style that helped define music in his native Ghana — and West Africa — for a generation.
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Rhoda Levine, Pathbreaking Opera Director, Dies at 93
The New York Times – Music:
Starting out in the 1970s as a rare woman in a field dominated by men, she directed the premieres of a pair of politically charged modern classics.
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Arthur Cohn, Film Producer With an Oscar-Winning Touch, Dies at 98
The New York Times – Film:
Six of his movies received Academy Awards, including the Italian drama “The Garden of the Finzi-Continis” and the trade-union strike documentary “American Dream.”
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Mohammad Bakri, 72, Outspoken Palestinian Actor and Director, Dies
The New York Times – Film:
His work, including the 2002 documentary “Jenin, Jenin,” exposed the often harsh realities of life experienced by his fellow Arabs in Israel.
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Donald McIntyre, 91, Dies; Starred in New Vision of Wagner’s Operas
The New York Times – Music:
As Wotan in Patrice Chéreau’s neo-Marxist staging of the “Ring” cycle, he was part of a celebrated, polarizing moment in opera history.