Andrew Wyeth had Helga, Scorsese had De Niro, and composer Magnus Lindberg has Anssi Karttunen, the brilliant cellist who has inspired and performed some of his most important works. Now the two men ...

With a change of the guard imminent at the New York Philharmonic, Santtu-Matias Rouvali is the only guest conductor leading two programs this season. By Zachary Woolfe At the San Francisco Symphony, ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Finnish composer Magnus Lindberg served as the inaugural Marie-Josée Kravis ...

For dedicated lovers of classical music, anything written after 1949 can be a tough sell. When orchestras feature a modern work or commissioned piece, it’s often sandwiched between works by Beethoven ...

Miles Davis had a mean streak. Picasso was worse. Art, they say, has little to do with the character of the artist. But I’ll bet you, anyway, that the obsessive, orderly and occasionally serene music ...

Magnus Lindberg’s “Parada” begins with a slow parade of chords. They are somber but colorful. They move with solemn grace, like ghostly visions floating through a fog. And when you have resonant ...

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The Walt Disney Concert Hall has proved an inspirer of lasting, invigorating music. Steven Stucky’s Second Concerto for Orchestra received a Pulitzer Prize. Steve Reich’s “You Are (Variations)” was a ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Call it a preview of sorts. The Finnish composer/pianist Magnus Lindberg is a relatively unknown artist hereabouts, a ...

Finnish composer Magnus Lindberg writes in large, monolithic blocks of sound, with dense harmonies and melodies that often move in short, crabbed steps. That hasn't changed, but the two recent pieces ...