NY Philharmonic's Leipzig Performance to Be Streamed Live, 5/23

New York Philharmonic Music Director Alan Gilbert, The Yoko Nagae Ceschina  Chair, will lead the Orchestra in an all-Mahler concert from the Gewandhaus in Leipzig,  Germany, which will be streamed live on nyphil.org/leipzig, May 23, 2011, at 2:00 p.m.  EDT (8:00 p.m. in Germany). The concert, which takes place during the final week of the  Philharmonic's nine-city EUROPE / SPRING 2011 tour, will also be streamed live on the  Websites of Arte Live Web (liveweb.arte.tv/de), the Gewandhaus (gewandhaus.de), and  MDR (mdr.de/mahler). On nyphil.org/leipzig, liveweb.arte.tv/de, and mdr.de/mahler, the  concert will later be available for on-demand streaming for seven days. The  Philharmonic's performance in Leipzig is part of the International Mahler Festival 2011,  and will feature Mahler's Kindertotenlieder, with baritone Thomas Hampson, and  Symphony No. 5.

EUROPE / SPRING 2011, May 12-24, takes the Orchestra to musical capitals of Central  Europe, with eleven concerts in nine cities: Basel, Switzerland; Baden-Baden and  Munich, Germany; Vienna, Austria; Budapest, Hungary; Berlin, Dresden, and Leipzig,  Germany; and Prague, Czech Republic. Although Mr. Gilbert has a long history  conducting in Europe, and has taken the Orchestra on two previous European tours, this  will be his first appearances in all nine cities as Music Director of the New York  Philharmonic. Continuing the New York Philharmonic's multi-year focus on the rich  legacy of former Music Director Gustav Mahler, Mr. Gilbert will conduct five all-Mahler  programs, including at Vienna's Musikverein on May 15, also with Thomas Hampson,  three days before the 100th anniversary of the great conductor- composer's death. This season also marks the 100th anniversary of Mahler's final New York Philharmonic season and  the 150th anniversary of his birth.

Founded in 1842, the New York Philharmonic is the oldest symphony orchestra in the United
States and one of the oldest in the world; on May 5, 2010, it performed its 15,000th concert.
Music Director Alan Gilbert, The Yoko Nagae Ceschina Chair, began his tenure in September
2009, succeeding a distinguished line of 20th-century musical giants that goes back to Gustav
Mahler and Arturo Toscanini.

The Orchestra has always played a leading role in American musical life, commissioning and
premiering works by each era's leading composers. Renowned around the globe, the
Philharmonic has appeared in 430 cities in 63 countries - including the February 2008 historic
visit to Pyongyang, DPRK, for which the Philharmonic earned the 2008 Common Ground
Award for Cultural Diplomacy.

The Philharmonic, which appears annually on PBS's Live From Lincoln Center, is the only
American orchestra to have a 52 week per year nationally syndicated radio series - The New
York Philharmonic This Week - also streamed on nyphil.org. The Philharmonic has made
nearly 2,000 recordings since 1917, with more than 500 currently available. The most recent
initiative is Alan Gilbert and the New York Philharmonic: 2010-11 Season - downloadable
concerts, recorded live, available either as a subscription or as 12 individual releases.
Famous for the long-running Young People's Concerts, the Philharmonic has developed a wide
range of education programs, among them the School Partnership Program that enriches music
education in New York City, and Learning Overtures, which fosters international exchange
among educators.

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