New York Philharmonic News

"I think that my job as a conductor is threefold: One, I teach the music to myself; two, I teach it the way I see it to the musicians and orchestra; and three, we all together teach it to the audience," Nicholas Lewis says.

Leonard Bernstein, in his radiant prime at 42 and having ascended to directorship of the New York Philharmonic, somehow finds time to pen one of musical theater's most exquisite and compelling hybrids, falling somewhere between Broadway and opera - the classic "West Side Story" of 1961.

A concert in a car factory using parts of a luxury sedan as percussion instruments is one thing, but a Volkswagen suspended above the New York Philharmonic creates another level of musical drama entirely.

Whether swinging on the flying trapeze, boxing with Archie Moore, quarterbacking for the Detroit Lions, or playing percussion with Leonard Bernstein's New York Philharmonic, Plimpton, a collector of experiences, lived life in a full embrace.

The Lincoln Center Board of Directors has unanimously selected Jed Bernstein , theater producer and educator, as its next president.

The sold-out concert, given as part of the Orchestra's EUROPE / SPRING 2013 tour and presented by the Dresden Music Festival, will showcase Magnus Lindberg 's groundbreaking, site-specific work Kraft with the composer himself at the piano, alongside Prospero's Rooms by Christopher Rouse and Bernstein's Serenade with Joshua Bell as soloist.

May 13, 2013 Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia is pleased to announce that internationally acclaimed, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Michael Colgrass will be in attendance at Leadership Institute 2013 to become our newest National Honorary member.

Hai-Xin Wu the assistant principal violinist for the Detroit Symphony Orchestra practices away from the stage among the red velvet seats and grandeur of Carnegie Hall on Thursday, May, 9, 2013 in New York City.

A recent hostile book review about Chicago has prompted an unexpected riposte from its music director.

Leonard Bernstein, in his radiant prime at 42 and having ascended to directorship of the New York Philharmonic, somehow finds time to pen one of musical theater's most exquisite and compelling hybrids, falling somewhere between Broadway and opera - the classic "West Side Story" of 1961.

Over the weekend Alan Gilbert and the New York Philharmonic performed in Istanbul, Turkey.

Lionel Bringuier will conduct the New York Philharmonic in Dukas's The Sorcerer's Apprentice; Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No.

As a teen, Mike Fernandez was a student of the rich, studying their personalities and gestures.

Gotham Chamber Opera , a small, feisty company that has become known for its thoughtful productions, particularly of Baroque and contemporary works, and for casting promising young singers in principal roles, will undertake collaborations with the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the New York Philharmonic and Trinity Wall Street during its 12th season, ... (more)

South Pacific Tony winner Szot will be joined by Broadway and "Smash" star Megan Hilty and three-time Tony nominee Marin Mazzie .

The New York Philharmonic will present An Enchanted Evening with Paulo Szot , a one-night-only performance in which Tony Award winner and Metropolitan Opera artist Paulo Szot and divas from Broadway and television team up in a diverse program of Brazilian, Broadway, and concert songs.

It's a live webcast, but the conjunction will still raise eyebrows. not least in Detroit, where they are trying to reboot the US car industry.

Live From Lincoln Center "Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel With the New York Philharmonic" The New York Philharmonic leads an all-star semi-staged performance of this classic featuring Kelli O'Hara, Nathan Gunn, Stephanie Blythe and more.

The New York Philharmonic switched venues for an evening and presented a concert combing forces with Carnegie Hall and Renee Fleming .

From The Register-Star : Nathan Mayberg reports that the New York Philharmonic is searching for a possible summer home in Columbia County .