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Imagine La Fenice’s “Tosca,” the Mariinsky Theatre’s “Aida,” and the Staatsoper Unter den Linden’s “Der Rosenkavalier” all taking place at one venue, within less than a month of one another, on the same stage. The list could easily resemble an operatic counterpart to the Lucerne Festival or the tenth anniversary season of the Elbphilharmonie, where major […]
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On the Berlin Philharmonic website, there’s a kind of frequently-asked-questions section. One section addresses “who decides where the sections of the orchestra sit?” “The answer is simple,” it reads, “the conductors. It’s their responsibility to ensure the best possible presentation of the music.” But theory and practice are not always the same thing. On Thursday, […]
<...for Andy Kozar At every desk I’ve ever owned has hung a framed copy of a piece—just a single page, really, 19 bars, no more—from the “Játékok” by György Kurtág. It is yellowed now, slightly crinkled in a number of places, and marginally off-center (the product of a fall some years ago that I never […]
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In Poznań, Poland on a recent Tuesday night, the Chinese violinist Meng Zou played the second movement of the Sibelius Violin Concerto with a burning, overdriven tone. The outer movements featured some inconsistencies in articulation, and he didn’t fully climb into the concerto in the way many of the standout violinists do on record. Zou […]
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In February 2026, a foundation called Cinema for Peace held a gala dinner at Berlin’s Hotel Adlon, arguably the city’s fanciest venue. Hosted by Bob Geldof and featuring a keynote speech by Hillary Clinton, the gala awarded prizes for “International Green Film” or “The Most Valuable Documentary of the Year.” On the red carpet, the […]
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