Lorin Maazel News

On Wednesday, January 25 at 7 p.m., the Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust will present the New York premiere of The Chosen, a staged reading of the play based on the 1967 novel by Chaim Potok.

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.

Guest conductor Matthias Bamert, guest violinist Yossif Ivanov, and the Columbus Symphony will explore the emerging maturity of Mozart's first minor-key symphony and the transformational appeal of a Brahms' string quartet transcribed as a work for full orchestra in the "Mozart & Brahms" program.

Stage and screen legend Julie Andrews returns for the third time to host the merry annual New Year's celebration with the Vienna Philharmonic, under the direction of Mariss Jansons from Vienna's Musikverein. This is Jansons' second time at the podium of this much cherished event. The famed Vienna Boys' Choir will add their celestial voices to the gala.

Tanglewood, one of the world's most beloved music festivals and the famed summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra located in the beautiful Berkshire Hills of western Massachusetts, celebrates its 75th anniversary season, June 22-September 2, with a spectacular lineup of musical guests and programs that spotlight Tanglewood's rich tradition of presenting summertime concerts at their best since 1937.

The enchanting Grammy-nominated Eroica Trio will play the Beethoven 'Triple Concerto' with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, directed by man-of-the-hour Fabio Luisi, Tuesday, Nov. 15, at 7:30 p.m. at Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts.

Case Scaglione, age 28, and Joshua Weilerstein, 23, have been named New York Philharmonic Assistant Conductors for the 2011-12 season. They will assist Music Director Alan Gilbert, The Yoko Nagae Ceschina Chair, and all guest conductors throughout the season, and will lead educational events, including School Day Concerts and Young People's Concerts.

The enchanting Grammy-nominated Eroica Trio will play the Beethoven 'Triple Concerto' with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, directed by man-of-the-hour Fabio Luisi, Tuesday, Nov. 15, at 7:30 p.m. at Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts.

Music Director Emeritus Kurt Masur will conduct the New York Philharmonic in Schubert's Symphony in B minor, Unfinished, and Shostakovich's Symphony No. 13, Babi Yar, with baritone Serge Leiferkus, and the Men of the New York Choral Artists, Joseph Flummerfelt, director, on Thursday, October 27, 2011, 7:30 p.m., Friday, October 28, at 8:00 p.m., and Saturday, October 29, at 8:00 p.m.

Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi will lead his first Met performances of Mozart's Don Giovanni, in a new production directed by Tony Award winner Michael Grandage in his Met debut.

Cellist Inbal Segev, known for her 'warm, pure and beautiful' tone (Strings Magazine) will perform at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall (881 Seventh Avenue) on Wednesday, October 12, 2011 at 7:30pm for the Opening Night Gala of Bulgarian Concert Evenings in New York (BCENY).

BROOKLYN YOUTH CHORUS begins its TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY SEASON

Simone Dinnerstein's Neighborhood Classics season continues with a concert by dazzling Ukrainian pianist Valentina Lisitsa on Friday, November 4 at 7pm at PS 142 (100 Attorney Street, NYC). Lisitsa offers music by Franz Liszt, in honor of the Hungarian composer's 200th birthday. She will play Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12, his Ballade No. 2, and 'La danza sacra e duetto finale,' a transcription by Liszt from Verdi'a opera, Aida. All ticket sales will benefit PS 142.

Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi will lead his first Met performances of Mozart's Don Giovanni, in a new production directed by Tony Award winner Michael Grandage in his Met debut.

BROOKLYN YOUTH CHORUS announces its TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY SEASON

The Juilliard String Quartet, one of the most prominent and revered ensembles of our time, make a rare public interview appearance in conversation with Nancy Shear on Music For All Seasons' acclaimed 'Conversations' series, Tuesday, tonight, 6 to 7:30 p.m., at Steinway Hall, 109 West 57th Street (between Sixth and Seventh Avenues), the magnificent and historic flagship showroom of Steinway & Sons.

The New York Philharmonic will launch the eighth season of its concert broadcast series, The New York Philharmonic This Week, beginning the week of September 26, 2011.