Leonard Slatkin remembers: It was a hastily arranged marriage. The National Symphony Orchestra was looking for a new music director, and after André Previn turned down the job offer, I was approached. My relationship with […]
Marc Blitzstein is one of those 20th century figures whose name is perhaps better known than his work. The name of his 1937 pro-union musical The Cradle Will Rock still resonates, though his opera Regina, an […]
The new concertmaster of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra as of this week is Tjeerd Top, assistant principal violinist of the Royal Concertgebouworkest. He says: ‘After twenty years with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (KCO), I started this […]