Alan Gilbert News

Alan Gilbert, The Yoko Nagae Ceschina Chair, makes his first Philadelphia appearance leading the New York Philharmonic, one of the most revered and oldest ensembles in the United States, through an orchestral performance of works by composers Stucky, Berlioz and Mussorgsky/Ravel in Verizon Hall on Friday, February 24 at 8 p.m. The performance also includes the enchanting vocals of mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato in Berlioz's song cycle Les nuits d'ete.

The New York Phiharmonic has just announced the 2012-13 season, which is set to include a staged production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Broadway hit Carousel, February 27-March 2, 2013, directed by James Brennan and conducted by Rob Fisher - the same team behind the Philharmonic's acclaimed 2007 production of My Fair Lady. Mr. Brennan, who is also an actor and choreographer, has directed performances on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and regional theater. Mr. Fisher is the founding director of New York City Center's Encores! series, and has been a part of numerous productions and projects.

The New York Philharmonic has announced that it will present a live webcast with Alan Gilbert, tomorrow at 11 AM EST, from the Jerome L. Greene Performance Space at WQXR.

In the first event of the New York Philharmonic Offstage season, Grammy-winning mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato will join WQXR host Jeff Spurgeon at The David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center for a discussion of her upcoming concerts with the New York Philharmonic.

Maestro David Zinman, making his NJPAC debut, conducts the New York Philharmonic and recent MacArthur Foundation Fellow Alisa Weilerstein in a Beethoven and Barber program in NJPAC's Prudential Hall on Friday, March 9 at 8pm. This performance is part of NJPAC's Bank of America Classical Series and is presented during the Philharmonic's three week Modern Beethoven festival in Manhattan under the baton of Zinman.

At last night's 54th ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS, Adele walked off with 6 Grammy awards including Record of the Year for 'Rolling in the Deep' and Pop Vocal Album, '21'. The singer made her comback performance after recent vocal chord surgery on the live presentation on CBS.

The JCC Thurnauer School of Music, New Jersey's leading community music school, named a Major Arts Institution by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, is pleased to announce its 2011-2012 Season.

'Alan Gilbert and the New York Philharmonic: 2011-12 Season' includes twelve live recordings of performances conducted by the music director, two of which feature guest conductors reflects the passion and curiosity that marks the Orchestra today.

Park Avenue Armory announced today its second full season of cultural programming, comprising productions of visual art, dance, and music that are conceived and performed "outside the box" of conventional theaters and museums.

Alan Gilbert, The Yoko Nagae Ceschina Chair, makes his first Philadelphia appearance leading the New York Philharmonic, one of the most revered and oldest ensembles in the United States, through an orchestral performance of works by composers Stucky, Berlioz and Mussorgsky/Ravel in Verizon Hall on Friday, February 24 at 8 p.m. The performance also includes the enchanting vocals of mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato in Berlioz's song cycle Les nuits d'ete.

MusicalAmerica.com, a great resource for breaking news and industry contacts, announces the addition of James Conlon's new blog, A Rich Possession, to MA.com's home page. Mr. Conlon -- music director of the Los Angeles Opera, the Ravinia Festival, and the Cincinnati May Festival -- will address some of the complex issues facing classical music in the 21st century, particularly as they relate to future generations.

In March 2012 The New York Philharmonic This Week - the weekly radio series of concerts by the New York Philharmonic, hosted by Alec Baldwin - begins with a performance by violinist Frank Peter Zimmermann, The Mary and James G. Wallach Artist-in-Residence, recorded January 26-28.

Violinist Frank Peter Zimmermann, the 2011-12 Mary and James G. Wallach Artist-inResidence, returns to the New York Philharmonic with an all-Brahms chamber concert featuring Music Director Alan Gilbert on viola and Philharmonic musicians, Sunday, January 22, at 3:00 p.m.

In March 2012 The New York Philharmonic This Week - the weekly radio series of concerts by the New York Philharmonic, hosted by Alec Baldwin - begins with a performance by violinist Frank Peter Zimmermann, The Mary and James G. Wallach Artist-in-Residence, recorded January 26-28.

Gary W. Parr, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the New York Philharmonic, today announced that Matthew VanBesien has been appointed the next Executive Director of The Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York, Inc

Following a highly successful run of performances in the Metropolitan Opera's season-opening production of Donizetti's Anna Bolena, Stephen Costello returns to the Vienna State Opera for a second consecutive season, singing the role of Nemorino in another (and far more light-hearted) Donizetti opera, L'elisir d'amore.

In February 2012 The New York Philharmonic This Week - the weekly radio series of concerts by the New York Philharmonic, hosted by Alec Baldwin - begins with an encore performance of Mendelssohn's Elijah from November 2010 led by Music Director Alan Gilbert, The Yoko Nagae Ceschina Chair, with soprano Carolyn Sampson, mezzo-soprano Alice Coote, tenor Allan Clayton, bass-baritone Gerald Finley, and the New York Choral Artists, Joseph Flummerfelt, director. The second program - from the Orchestra's EUROPE / WINTER 2010 tour - is also led by Mr. Gilbert and includes EXPO by The Marie-Josee Kravis Composer-in-Residence Magnus Lindberg; Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 2, with Yefim Bronfman as soloist; and Sibelius's Symphony No. 2 and Valse triste as performed in Cologne, Germany.

Violinist Frank Peter Zimmermann, the 2011-12 Mary and James G. Wallach Artist-inResidence, returns to the New York Philharmonic with an all-Brahms chamber concert featuring Music Director Alan Gilbert on viola and Philharmonic musicians, Sunday, January 22, at 3:00 p.m.