The New York Times – Music:
The Sphinx Organization, led by Afa Dworkin, is celebrating 25 years of pressing the field for more diversity in repertory and rosters.
Author: Zachary Woolfe
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Review: The Berlin Philharmonic Gives a Master Class at Carnegie
The New York Times – Music:
Playing on a level rare even at the top of the field, the group came to New York for the first time under its chief conductor, Kirill Petrenko.
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The Philharmonic Tests Its New Home With the Classics
The New York Times – Music:
David Geffen Hall reopened with a month of concerts that sketched a possible future for the New York Philharmonic. Now it’s back to business.
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Review: Dimming the Lights for Sensuously Flowing Bach
The New York Times – Music:
The harpsichordist Jean Rondeau played the “Goldberg” Variations at Weill Recital Hall with patience and a vibrant yet subtle touch.
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How the Philharmonic’s New Home Sounds, From Any Seat
The New York Times – Music:
After a major renovation, the acoustics throughout David Geffen Hall are strikingly consistent — but complicated.
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After Decades, the Philharmonic’s Hall Sounds and Feels More Intimate
The New York Times – Music:
Judgments on the hall’s acoustics at this early stage are provisional, but a mighty improvement is already obvious.
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In ‘Tár,’ a Female Maestro Falls Into the Same Old Traps
The New York Times – Music:
The film’s thesis is blunt: Put a woman in power, and she’ll be as sexually inappropriate and badly behaved as any man.
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An Opera Festival That Keeps Faith With Shutdown’s Innovations
The New York Times – Music:
Festival O, back for the first time since 2019, featured two works of dazed horror and a rare staging of Rossini’s “Otello.”