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This image released by the New York Philharmonic shows Long Yu conducting a performance of Aaron Zigman’s "Émigré," at David Geffen Hall in New York on Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. (Chris Lee/New York Philharmonic via AP)
March 1, 2024, 8:16 pm
Zigman’s ‘Émigré’ oratorio, about Jews who fled Nazis for Shanghai, has US premiere
Performed by New York Philharmonic, Émigré evokes a World War II-era sound reminiscent of Rodgers and Hammerstein; organizers hope joint project can ease US-China ties
By Ronald Blum
In this July 26, 1971 file photo conductor Leonard Bernstein tells reporters in Washington that the work he is preparing for the 1971 opening of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is a "labor of love." (AP Photo/Charles Harrity, File)
August 26, 2018, 12:34 am
Musical tribute marks 100 years since Leonard Bernstein’s birth
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and others cap a year of tributes to the ‘West Side Story’ conductor and composer with Tanglewood concert
By AP
Leonard Bernstein in 1970. (Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images/via JTA)
April 26, 2018, 3:41 am
7 treasures from the Library of Congress celebration of Leonard Bernstein
The larger-than-life Jewish conductor, composer and educator is honored in a bonanza of concerts, stage productions and programs marking the centennial of his birth
By Penny Schwartz
The citation presented to Leonard Bernstein by members of the orchestra in a Displaced Persons camp in Germany after he led them in a concert hangs on the wall in this iconic 1955 image of a young Leonard Bernstein, composing in his studio. (Al Ravenna/Library of Congress)
March 16, 2018, 3:55 pm
For centennial, huge Bernstein exhibit highlights conductor’s devotion to Israel
Ahead of his 100th birthday, Philadelphia’s National Museum of American Jewish History opens show Friday to celebrate the renowned musician’s pride of tribe
By Penny Schwartz
In this September 24, 1962, file photo Leonard Bernstein leads the New York Philharmonic Orchestra in the inaugural concert in New York's new Philharmonic Hall. (AP Photo, File)
September 21, 2017, 8:35 pm
Boston kicks off a year of US tributes to Leonard Bernstein
2018 is Jewish composer and conductor’s 100 year birth anniversary; New York Philharmonic to play tributes to its former director as well
By WILLIAM J. KOLE
Conductor Alan Gilbert leads the New York Philharmonic in a free concert in New York's Central Park on June 14, 2017. (Angela Weiss/AFP)
June 16, 2017, 7:46 am
In tense times, top conductor creates UN of orchestras
As he retires from NY Philharmonic, Alan Gilbert announces plans for Musicians for Unity to connect cultures through music
By Shaun Tandon
In this Oct. 8, 2009 file photo German conductor Kurt Masur speaks in front of a piece of the former Berlin wall during a ceremony at the Stasi museum in Leipzig, eastern Germany. (AP Photo/Eckehard Schulz, file)
December 20, 2015, 3:56 am
Famed German conductor Kurt Masur dead at 88
A key voice for German unification who rehabilitated the New York Philharmonic, Masur was honorary guest conductor of the Israel Philharmonic
By Geir Moulson
New York Philharmonic board chairman Oscar Schafer (YouTube screen grab)
September 25, 2015, 9:28 pm
NY Philharmonic chairman to donate $25 million to orchestra
Oscar Schafer says he aims to ‘set standard’ for board of directors
By JTA
The Israel Philharmonic rehearses Friday for upcoming celebratory concerts marking its return to its newly renovated home, with conductor Zubin Mehta, center, and Itzhak Perlman, playing the violin to his left (photo credit: Michal Shmulovich/Times of Israel)
May 25, 2013, 3:53 pm
Mehta and Perlman in harmony at a new-old home for Israel’s beloved orchestra
The Israel Philharmonic returns to its renovated Tel Aviv residence, its original fervor undimmed, now served by a world-class auditorium
By Michal Shmulovich
Zubin Mehta in Channel 2's 'Anashim' interview Tuesday night (Courtesy screengrab)
December 26, 2012, 5:02 pm
Music master digs Freddie Mercury
Zubin Mehta chats about passionate Israelis, frustrating politics, his Israeli son and his love for Queen’s lead singer
By Jessica Steinberg
Turkish pianist Fazil Say, center, stands during a performance at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, in 2009 (photo credit: AP/Virginia Mayo)
October 18, 2012, 1:33 pm
Turkish pianist on trial for insulting Islam on Twitter
Musician, who served as EU cultural ambassador, faces prison time for making jokes about alcohol
May 25, 2012, 8:18 pm
Turkish pianist accused of insulting Islam
Istanbul court to decide whether Fazil Say, who has played with world-class orchestras, is guilty of inciting hatred
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