The New York Times – Music:
A galvanizing force in classical music as a conductor, composer, pianist and evangelist, he spent 25 years as music director of the San Francisco Symphony.
Author: Anthony Tommasini
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Anne Frank’s Love for Classical Music L Her Diary
The New York Times – Music:
Her diary overflows with her devotion to books and movies. But after rereading the entries, a critic was struck by how often she writes about music.
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A Pilgrimage to the Land of Giuseppe Verdi
The New York Times – Music:
A critic whose love of the operas of Giuseppe Verdi goes back nearly 60 years traveled to northern Italy to visit the places that shaped the man and his music.
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What I’ve Learned in 60 Years of Listening to the Philharmonic
The New York Times – Music:
When Anthony Tommasini was a young, aspiring musician, he made his first forays into the orchestra’s concert hall. He realized it would not do.
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What I’ve Learned in 60 Years of Listening to the Philharmonic
The New York Times – Music:
When Anthony Tommasini was a young, aspiring musician, he made his first forays into the orchestra’s concert hall. He realized it would not do.
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She Made Glimmerglass a True Festival. Now She’s Moving On.
The New York Times – Music:
During Francesca Zambello’s 12 years as the festival’s leader, she did what she set out to do: took on “complex issues through storytelling and music making.”
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It’s the Highest-Profile Challenge of an Earnest Tenor’s Career
The New York Times – Music:
Matthew Polenzani, a Met Opera stalwart known more for sweetness than swagger, stars in a new production of Verdi’s “Don Carlos.”
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Review: A Surprise Conductor Makes a Superb Debut
The New York Times – Music:
Dima Slobodeniouk was an excellent fill-in with the New York Philharmonic in works by Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky.
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Review: Young Concert Artists Is Back, With a Superb Pianist
The New York Times – Music:
Zhu Wang played an unusually interesting and adventurous set of pieces at Zankel Hall.