Daniel Boico to Step in for Kurt Masur in NY Phil's TWO PATHS, 4/13-16

New York Philharmonic Assistant Conductor Daniel Boico will step in for Music Director Emeritus Kurt Masur in the Orchestra's performance of Sofia Gubaidulina's Two Paths: Music for Two Solo Violists and Symphony Orchestra, featuring PrincipAl Viola Cynthia Phelps and Associate PrincipAl Viola Rebecca Young, Wednesday, April 13, 2011, and Thursday, April 14, at 7:30 p.m., and Saturday, April 16, at 8:00 p.m., as well as at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark, New Jersey, on Friday, April 15, 2011, at 8:00 p.m. Mr. Masur is suffering from a temporary infection in his left eye that impedes his ability to see the score. He will conduct Liszt's Les Préludes and Brahms's Symphony No. 1 as scheduled, and for which he does not use a score.

Two Paths was originally commissioned by Mr. Masur's wife, Tomoko Masur, for Ms. Phelps and Ms. Young and received its World Premiere in April 1999.