After Outcry, Concertgebouw Will Allow Jerusalem Quartet to Perform

The Dutch concert hall reversed course after facing criticism for canceling performances by the Israeli ensemble because of security concerns. from NYT > Classical Music https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/16/arts/music/concertgebouw-jerusalem-quartet.html via IFTTT

Barbara Hannigan, Daring Singer and Maestro, to Lead Iceland Symphony

Hannigan, the rare artist to have a career as a soprano and a conductor, will assume a full-time conducting post for the first time. from NYT > Classical Music https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/15/arts/music/barbara-hannigan-iceland-symphony.html via IFTTT

A Night to Remember at the Opera, Complete With a Phantom

About 130 children took part in a sleepover at Rome’s opera house, part of a campaign to make up for a lack of music education by making the theater and the art form more familiar and accessible. from NYT > Classical Music https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/13/world/europe/opera-rome-music-education.html via IFTTT

Review: An Absent Player in the Spotlight at the Philharmonic

This week’s program was supposed to feature the orchestra’s principal oboe, but he and another player have been suspended amid misconduct allegations. from NYT > Classical Music https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/09/arts/music/new-york-philharmonic-mozart-music.html via IFTTT

El cabello de Beethoven ofrece nuevas pistas sobre su sordera

Con tecnología avanzada, los científicos encontraron niveles extraordinarios de plomo en el cabello del compositor. Beethoven podría haberlo ingerido en sus copas diarias de vino. from NYT > Classical Music https://www.nytimes.com/es/2024/05/09/espanol/beethoven-sordera.html via IFTTT

Lead in Beethoven’s Hair Offers New Clues to Mystery of His Deafness

Using powerful technologies, scientists found staggering amounts of lead and other toxic substances in the composer’s hair that may have come from wine, or other sources. from NYT > Classical Music https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/06/health/beethoven-deaf-lead-hair.html via IFTTT

Coming Soon to Little Island: An Arts Festival With Powerful Backers

The mogul Barry Diller, who paid for the park, will finance a summer season of music, dance, theater and more, shaped in part by the Broadway producer Scott Rudin. from NYT > Classical Music https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/06/arts/music/little-island-festival-barry-diller-scott-rudin-twyla-tharp.html via IFTTT

Can Marin Alsop Shatter Another Glass Ceiling?

Alsop has had enviable success, and was the first female conductor to lead a top American orchestra. She wants to take another step up. from NYT > Classical Music https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/06/arts/music/marin-alsop-conductor-classical-music.html via IFTTT

Daniel Barenboim: What Beethoven’s Ninth Teaches Us

The conductor Daniel Barenboim explores the political and spiritual power of what many consider the greatest symphony. from NYT > Classical Music https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/06/opinion/daniel-barenboim-beethoven-ninth-symphony.html via IFTTT

Review: A Conductor Surprises by Embracing the Ordinary

Esa-Pekka Salonen is known for unusual, ambitious projects. But at the New York Philharmonic this week, he succeeded with standard repertory works. from NYT > Classical Music https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/02/arts/music/esa-pekka-salonen-new-york-philharmonic.html via IFTTT