Over two nights at Carnegie Hall, the Boston Symphony Orchestra presented the New York premieres of works by Thierry Escaich and Thomas Adès. By Oussama Zahr Listen to five works that Hollywood’s ...

LENOX — At Saturday’s open rehearsal for Sunday’s (Aug. 13) concert, Boston Symphony Orchestra Music Director Andris Nelsons remarked that “sometimes, looking in the kitchen at how things are made is ...

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LENOX - The sound of a bell signaling the concert’s about to begin. Families and couples in beach chairs on blankets spread out across the vast, green lawn. And then the glorious sound of one of the ...

Violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter calls Felix Mendelssohn's music "immortal." And she's not saying that just because she's released a new CD of Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto, or just because it happens to ...

The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra's opening night has always soared with star power. On Sept. 16, when the BPO opens its 2017-2018 season, the orchestra will welcome, for the first time, the German ...

Violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter was just 13 years old when she was invited to perform with the Berlin Philharmonic, and for more than 40 years since then, she has been thrilling audiences with her ...

Anne-Sophie Mutter grew up in the Black Forest, where Germany, Switzerland and France meet. It's a beautiful place, but there wasn't a lot for a teenager to do. So, she played her violin, she played ...

CHECK OUT HELMUT Newton’s portrait of German violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter in the February 7 issue of The New Yorker. To her familiar Breck Girl-cum-Valkyrie persona he’s added, by way of deep shadows ...