Profile
The formative sounds and experiences of composer Pauline Oliveros.
An interview with Berlin Philharmonic artistic director Andrea Zietzschmann.
Early music is Gwendolyn Toth’s religion.
Yuval Sharon takes on opera’s future.
Christian Gerhaher doesn’t want to entertain.
A profile of Cenk Ergün.
Alan Hollinghurst on music.
Essay
On Alex Ross’s Wagnerism: Art and Politics In the Shadow of Music.
Remembering Linda Shaver-Gleason.
Books on the human relationships complicating the soloist’s life.
A century apart, symmetrical cases of sexual harassment in opera.
The Coda of Leon Fleisher’s Life is to Search for Truth within Juxtaposition.
The niche appeal of a historical diminution competition.
On listening to music while airborne.
Comment
A satire, a lawsuit, and a thin-skinned violinist.
James Levine is suing the Met. No matter what, both parties lose.
After 19 years of sexual harassment allegations, Dan Welcher has been fired.
Tracing Beethoven’s Ninth through the Brexit debacle.
Classical musicians in a culture war.
What opera should be learning from the movies.
Anna Netrebko’s defense of blackface.
Report
Was an Aspen Music Festival musical production racist?
Fear, anger, and harassment at the Badisches Staatstheater in Karlsruhe.
In Taiwan, an orchestra plays by COVID rules.
Two Met orchestra musicians. Zero paychecks.
An orchestra stares into the financial abyss.
How the artist manager Xenia Evangelista converts hope into cash.
When the concert stage becomes a trigger for trauma, and what to do about it.
Playlist
What would singers do without them?
Yes, every single one.
And wound up hating Mozart.
Classical music in the world’s next superpower.
Happy 250th!
A corrective to the 2018 Oscars Original Score shortlist.
The trombonist and composer’s formative years.
Bagatelle
Unpacking the Instagram score-studying aesthetic.
Who’s Your Conductor Soul Mate?
What classical music gets up to on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
What classical music gets up to on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
What classical music gets up Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
What classical music gets up to on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
What classical music gets up to on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Intro
Katherine Balch dives into plant sounds, nonlinear novels, humming, and shivering.
Sounds and wanderings by the composer Kristina Wolfe.
Empathy and perception with the composer Sky Macklay.
Cult appeal and the universe with the composer Dylan Mattingly.
Procrastination and the search for simplicity with the composer Natalie Draper.
Scoring Hong Kong film and arranging Harry Partch.
Playing Chopin and poker, at home and abroad.
Photo & Video
A photo essay from Thessia Machado’s studio.
Where do piano tuners spend their days?
Listening to Kim Jong-il’s operas.
A photo essay from an organ builder’s workshop.
Matt Haimovitz
Matt Haimovitz in Sarasota, Florida.
Matt Haimovitz in Cormons, Italy.
Matt Haimovitz in Fishtail, Montana.
Two Sides of a Concert
Who loved it, who hated it – Seth MacFarlane at the San Francisco Symphony.
Who loved it, who hated it – “Girls of the Golden West.”
Who loved it, who hated it – “Elektra” at the Deutsche Oper.
Design Review
Two graphic designers on new classical album covers.
Literature
A poem by David Ferry, in sound.