Gustav Mahler

Susan Platts, Brett Polegato and Rena Sharon at the Kennedy Center

At the risk of stereotyping Canada (and who can resist?), it's fair to say that our neighbor to the north is not usually associated with the dark, demon-driven soul-searching of the romantic composers of 19th-century Germany....

Gilbert Kaplan: Desperately seeking Mahler

He conducts just one symphony, Mahler’s second. But Gilbert Kaplan has radically changed the way Mahler is perceived, both by audiences and other musiciansONE April Saturday in 1965, an economist at the American Stock Exchange...

Women in Music:Those Who Write,Those Who Play

Tom Quick's Monday Night Concert features Global Cornucopia of Sound CKWR FM's Women in Music showcases female composers and instrumentalists from Prague's Vitezslava Kapralova to New York's Wu Han. Tom Quick, is a classical...

Musical Quote of Mad Cuntery

Just thought we should compile a list of all those musical quotes that make you stroke your beard. To start us off: If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not bother trying to say it in music. - Gustav...

Vienna Young Pianists Academy

Vienna International Pianists - Vienna Young Pianists - the extraordinary piano event in Austria! An exclusive and varied festival with master classes, workshops and concerts for a maximum of 25 participants. Our program is...

Holiday arts traditions can get tired

When it comes to culture, the holiday season presents a bevy of challenges. It used to be that what we call the holiday season began at Thanksgiving and lasted through New Year's. Now it pretty much starts at Halloween — and at...

NSO Plays Music by Franz Schmidt for the First Time

The composers of the past whom we celebrate today are generally the mavericks, the ones who broke the mold. Those who conformed, who tended tradition, who established and upheld the rules rather than bending them, are the ones...

Night and Day: A contemporary fairy tale - World-renowned choreographer Angelin Preljocaj...

For a long time, the only foreign dance company you could see on National Theater stages was the Nederlands Dans Theater, which has a clear link with the Czech Republic through Ji_andiacute; Kyliandaacute;n, its longtime...

Q&A: Venezuelan conductor Dudamel lives his dream

With long sideburns and black curly locks hanging over his ears and collar, Gustavo Dudamel looks more like a rock star than the next music director of one of the leading U.S. orchestras. Dudamel is the product and poster child...

Warm smile, blazing baton

NEW YORK - The way to a tough orchestra's heart isn't always through the conductor's baton. Five minutes after meeting Gustavo Dudamel, you understand why the 27-year-old conductor from Venezuela is having one lovefest after...

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