The New York Times – Music:
A Schumann cycle conducted by Daniel Barenboim, works by Tyondai Braxton and Schubert sonatas by the pianist Paul Lewis are among the highlights.
Category: Barenboim, Daniel
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Daniel Barenboim, a Towering Maestro Held Back by Illness
The New York Times – Music:
The pianist and conductor turns 80 soon, but deteriorating health has kept him from the celebrations he had long planned.
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Review: Berlin Takes Wagner’s Approach to Staging the ‘Ring’
The New York Times – Music:
All four parts of Wagner’s epic were presented within a week, in a new production by Dmitri Tcherniakov inspired by the work’s experimental roots.
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One of the World’s Great Maestros Is Suddenly a Free Agent
The New York Times – Music:
Christian Thielemann, a conductor of the old school, ends a long drought leading American orchestras in Chicago this month.
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Daniel Barenboim, Star Conductor, Withdraws from ‘Ring’ Cycle in Berlin
The New York Times – Music:
“I must now give priority to my health and concentrate on my complete recovery,” the conductor said.
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At the Salzburg Festival, Riches, Retreads and Notes of Caution
The New York Times – Music:
Classical music’s pre-eminent annual event had more revivals than usual, but also a breathless new staging of Janacek’s “Kat’a Kabanova.”
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At the Salzburg Festival, Riches, Retreads and Notes of Caution
The New York Times – Music:
Classical music’s pre-eminent annual event had more revivals than usual, but also a breathless new staging of Janacek’s “Kat’a Kabanova.”
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Exhibit at German History Museum Reckons With Wagner’s Legacy
The New York Times – Music:
A new exhibition at the country’s national history museum examines the strong feelings stirred by its most famous 19th-century composer.
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1,200 Miles from Kabul, a Celebrated Music School Reunites
The New York Times – Music:
Students and teachers of the Afghanistan National Institute of Music and their families, almost 200 in the past week, have fled to Qatar to escape Taliban restrictions on music.