En direct, Vidéo: Rechercher des critiques de musique classique, opéra et ballet | Conrad Tao

Was für ein furioser Einstieg: Matthias Pintscher, der frischgebackene Chefdirigent des Kansas City Symphony entführt sein Orchester direkt am Anfang seiner ersten Spielzeit über den großen Teich zu einer Europatournee.

Conductor Jane Glover capitalized on The Cleveland Orchestra’s affinity for Mozart in a Sunday evening concert at the Blossom Music Center, with the versatile pianist Conrad Tao.

The pianist artfully puts together a program of great feeling with no overt thematic thread but a strong emotional one.

When it was announced from the stage that Gustavo Dudamel would not be conducting due to a "family emergency," the orchestra played for Conducting Fellow Stephen Mulligan as if he were a maestro.

David Lang’s new opera the loser opened the Next Wave Festival at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on Wednesday night, but simply lacked theatricality.

The Toronto Symphony Orchestra offered a rich performance of works by Holst, Shostakovich, Grieg and Marquez. Conductor Robert Moody brought out the lyrical side of the orchestra, even if its members were nearly over-shadowed by an over-enthusiastic soloist.