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Boulez, Millepied and Salonen: a crowd-pleasing combination at the New York Philharmonic

The LA Dance Project with the New York Philharmonic
© Brandon Patoc
Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts the New York Philharmonic
© Brandon Patoc
By David Wolfson, 10 October 2025
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“dancers often formed clumps that seemed tantamount to cluster chords”
Reviewed at Lincoln Center: Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall, New York City on 9 October 2025
Programme
Stravinsky, Octet for winds
Bartók, Concerto for Orchestra, Sz 116
Boulez, Rituel in memoriam Bruno Maderna
Performers
Esa-Pekka Salonen, Conductor
Benjamin Millepied, Choreography
LA Dance Project
New York Philharmonic
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David Wolfson
David Wolfson
David Wolfson holds a PhD in composition from Rutgers University, and has taught at Rutgers University, Montclair State University and Hunter College. He is enjoying an eclectic career, having composed opera, musical theatre, touring children’s musicals, and incidental music for plays; choral music, band music, orchestral music, chamber music, art songs, and music for solo piano; comedy songs, cabaret songs and one memorable score for an amusement park big-headed-costumed-character show. You can find more information here.