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The ‘Converse Conductor’ Fighting Elitism in Classical Music
The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra had just finished performing Respighi’s “Pines of Rome” on a recent evening when the ensemble’s new music director, Jonathon Heyward, returned to the stage at Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall. Rugs and chairs had been ...
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Tanglewood Opens for the Summer, With Change in the Air
The Boston Symphony Orchestra gave its first concerts of the Tanglewood season, which is already showing signs of its new leader’s ambitions.
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Mabe Fratti, a Spark in Mexico City’s Experimental Music Scene
The singer, cellist and composer has found inspiration in the city’s flourishing avant-garde. Her new LP, “Sentir Que No Sabes,” wrestles with the idea of progress.
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Jeremy Tepper, SiriusXM’s Longtime Alt-Country Impresario, Dies at 60
As a journalist, singer, label owner and radio producer, he fostered a community of musicians on the outskirts of Americana.
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Listening Through the Life of George Crumb
It’s rare for a composer to quickly find a broad audience. It usually takes years, or even decades, and sometimes doesn’t happen at all. The American composer George Crumb, though, who was born in 1929 and died two years ago, reached wide prominence ...
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A Met Orchestra of Mixed Quality Returns to Carnegie Hall
The tenure of Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the Metropolitan Opera’s music director, can be difficult to assess. That much was evident over two concerts.
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What We Think About When We Think About Joni Mitchell
In her new book, “Traveling,” the music critic Ann Powers offers a highly personal, even confessional, meditation on Mitchell’s life, work and influence.
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Review: A Glorious ‘Titanic,’ Returned From the Depths
Maury Yeston’s score, stupendously played and sung, is the star of the final production of an excellent Encores! season at New York City Center.
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Officials Condemn Protest Outside Exhibit Memorializing Oct. 7 Victims
Anti-Israel demonstrators gathered outside the exhibition in New York that honors people at a music festival in Israel who were killed in the Hamas attack.
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What’s the Best Way to Honor Sophie in Song?
Recent tracks from Charli XCX, A.G. Cook, Caroline Polachek and St. Vincent capture the producer’s philosophy and humanity, but not necessarily her signature sound.