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Joshua Gersen, age 30, has been named New York Philharmonic Assistant Conductor beginning in September 2015. He will assist Music Director Alan Gilbert and all guest conductors throughout the season, and will lead educational events, including Young People's Concerts and Young People's Concerts for Schools.

The New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts (YPCs) continue today, February 21, 2015, at 2:00 p.m. with the program 'Orchestra Transformed,' the third in this season's series, SUPER SONIC MUSIC BOX, exploring the variety of symphonic music and its interpretation.

The Civilians: The End and The Beginning Friday, March 6, 7:00 p.m. at The Temple of Dendur in The Sackler Wing A theatrical investigation of dying, death, and the afterlife, from ancient Egypt to tomorrow. This performance is staged at the incomparable Temple of Dendur.

The New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts (YPCs) continue Saturday, February 21, 2015, at 2:00 p.m. with the program "Orchestra Transformed," the third in this season's series, SUPER SONIC MUSIC BOX, exploring the variety of symphonic music and its interpretation.

Following the final performances in his celebrated Nielsen Project and his triumphant Verdi Requiem with the New York Philharmonic, Alan Gilbert returns to the Metropolitan Opera for the first time in seven years to conduct ten performances of Mozart's Don Giovanni, from tonight, February 4 to March 6, leading Mozart's retelling of the Don Juan legend in Michael Grandage's production.

Following the final performances in his celebrated Nielsen Project and his triumphant Verdi Requiem with the New York Philharmonic, Alan Gilbert returns to the Metropolitan Opera for the first time in seven years to conduct ten performances of Mozart's Don Giovanni, from February 4 to March 6, leading Mozart's retelling of the Don Juan legend in Michael Grandage's production.

Soprano Michelle Bradley and pianist Michael Gaertner, winners of the 2014 Music Academy of the West Marilyn Horne Song Competition, will perform a program of lieder, spirituals, and other works by Beethoven, Strauss, Duparc, Faure, Poulenc, Bachelet, and H.T. Burleigh in recital appearances this May in Santa Barbara, Dallas, and New York City.

Following the final performances in his celebrated Nielsen Project and his triumphant Verdi Requiem with the New York Philharmonic, Alan Gilbert returns to the Metropolitan Opera for the first time in seven years to conduct ten performances of Mozart's Don Giovanni, from February 4 to March 6, leading Mozart's retelling of the Don Juan legend in Michael Grandage's production.

The sixth season of CONTACT!, the New York Philharmonic's new-music series, continues with "New Music from Nordic Countries," Saturday, March 7, 2015, at 7:30 p.m. at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, with Met Museum Presents, led by Music Director Alan Gilbert and Assistant Conductor Courtney Lewis. Alan Gilbert will conduct the New York Premiere of Per Norga?rd's Cello Concerto No. 2, Momentum, with Philharmonic cellist Eric Bartlett as soloist, and Kalevi Aho's Chamber Symphony No. 2; Courtney Lewis will conduct the U.S. Premiere of the string orchestra version of Kaija Saariaho's Terra Memoria, and the U.S. Premiere of ?uro Z?ivkovic?'s The White Angel.

The sixth season of CONTACT!, the New York Philharmonic's new-music series, continues Monday, February 9, 2015, at 7:30 p.m. at SubCulture.

The New York Pops' 32nd season continued on Friday, November 14, 2014, 7:30PM at Carnegie Hall, with By Special Request: An Evening with the Orchestra, starring the musicians of The New York Pops led by Steven Reineke. BroadwayWorld brings you even more photos of the event below!

The 92nd season of the New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts (YPCs) will begin today, November 15, 2014, at 2:00 p.m. with the program 'Melody Transformed,' the first in this season's series, SUPER SONIC MUSIC BOX, exploring the variety of symphonic music and its interpretation.

The 92nd season of the New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts (YPCs) will begin on Saturday, November 15, 2014, at 2:00 p.m. with the program 'Melody Transformed,' the first in this season's series, SUPER SONIC MUSIC BOX, exploring the variety of symphonic music and its interpretation.

The Houston Symphony and its musicians honor the life of renowned conductor Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos by offering fans free access to an audio stream of the Houston Symphony's April 2011 performance with Maestro Fruhbeck de Burgos. The program, which includes Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade, is available at houstonsymphony.org/audiostream and through the Houston Symphony's mobile application now through July 9.

Music Director Osmo Vänskä guides Orchestra's flagship classical series, September 2014 to June 2015, featuring a lineup of classical masterworks, star soloists and conductors

On the heels of a cancelled appearance with the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO), 80-year old, Spanish-born conductor Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos has withdrawn from performances with the Houston Symphony scheduled for this weekend, March 21, 22 and 23.

On the heels of a cancelled appearance with the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO), 80-year old, Spanish-born conductor Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos has withdrawn from performances with the Houston Symphony scheduled for March 21, 22 and 23. Ailing from pneumonia-like symptoms that caused him to swoon on the podium during Friday's concert with the NSO, Fruhbeck is convalescing under a doctor's care. In his place and with the luck of the Irish upon them, the Houston Symphony has signed Belfast-born conductor Courtney Lewis, himself recently named Assistant Conductor of the New York Philharmonic beginning in the 2014-15 season. This will be Lewis' debut with the Houston Symphony, leading the combined forces of the orchestra, the Houston Symphony Chorus and four renowned vocalists, in a program of Stravinsky's Pulcinella (complete) and Beethoven's inspirational Mass in C.

On the heels of a cancelled appearance with the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO), 80-year old, Spanish-born conductor Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos has withdrawn from performances with the Houston Symphony scheduled for March 21, 22 and 23. Ailing from pneumonia-like symptoms that caused him to swoon on the podium during Friday's concert with the NSO, Fruhbeck is convalescing under a doctor's care. In his place and with the luck of the Irish upon them, the Houston Symphony has signed Belfast-born conductor Courtney Lewis, himself recently named Assistant Conductor of the New York Philharmonic beginning in the 2014-15 season. This will be Lewis' debut with the Houston Symphony, leading the combined forces of the orchestra, the Houston Symphony Chorus and four renowned vocalists, in a program of Stravinsky's Pulcinella (complete) and Beethoven's inspirational Mass in C.

Courtney Lewis, age 29, has been named New York Philharmonic Assistant Conductor beginning in September 2014. Current Assistant Conductor Case Scaglione, age 31, will be promoted to Associate Conductor, also to begin in September 2014. They will assist Music Director Alan Gilbert and all guest conductors throughout the season, and will lead educational events, including School Day Concerts and Young People's Concerts. Joshua Weilerstein, who has been Assistant Conductor along with Mr. Scaglione since September 2011, will conclude his tenure as Assistant Conductor at the end of the 2013-14 season.

The Ritz-Carlton, San Francisco, a AAA Five Diamond hotel in the heart of downtown, continues its series of interactive, engaging and delicious culinary tours this fall and winter, led by Bay Area broadcast veteran Liam Mayclem. The Inside the Kitchen culinary tours, originally introduced in July, are exclusive, behind-the-scenes excursions that showcase the craft, talent and history of San Francisco's remarkable food and beverage community. Offered to hotel guests and members of the community throughout the year, the next series of tours will take place on November 10, November 16, December 7 and December 14. Curated by expert guide Mayclem and featuring notable local chefs, artisans and bartenders, each Inside the Kitchen tour will explore a different theme from San Francisco's cultural history and food legends to craft cocktails and holiday entertaining.