Leonard Bernstein blazed a trail for conductors from the United States nearly 70 years ago. But at top American orchestras these days, they’re scarce. By Javier C. Hernández A Tyshawn Sorey premiere ...

Alan Gilbert shown conducting the New York Philharmonic is leaving to to become chief conductor of the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra in Hamburg, German. After eight years as the music director of the ...

The New York Philharmonic's new music director, Alan Gilbert, is the first native-born New Yorker to hold a post held by such luminaries as Gustav Mahler and Leonard Bernstein. But the shoes he's ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Life, even for rising orchestra conductors, can be unfair. Consider one ...

In an announcement that has taken many in the classical-music world by surprise, Alan Gilbert, who has led the New York Philharmonic as music director since 2009, will step down from the podium at the ...

Lowell Common Room was pitch black. The audience shuffled. Instruments fell silent and the music began. Alternatively dissonant and melodic chords rose and fell, interrupted by meditative poetic ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. As far as New York Philharmonic season-opening galas go, Alan Gilbert’s ...

A Tyshawn Sorey premiere and lots of Kurt Weill from Berlin are among the highlights. New accounts of standard works, even those covered by dozens of classic recordings, can still enliven classical ...