Twenty-five years ago, the 36-year-old curly-haired Liverpudlian conductor Simon Rattle led the Boston Symphony Orchestra in one of the greatest Mahler performances I ever heard. It was the then ...

On Monday, the musicians of the Berlin Philharmonic gathered at the Jesus Christus Kirche, in the Berlin suburb of Dahlem, to pick a new chief conductor. Unlike most ensembles of its kind, the ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. There are probably no sweeter words to a classical music lover's ears than these: the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. After three years ...

Japanese conductor Kazuki Yamada’s improvisational skills guided him through one of the most high-profile guest performances of his conducting career. “I played it by ear, just as I always do,” he ...

Update from the Berlin Philharmonic below (The last sentence, presumably, means: Yelling, but no fist-fights) and at this link: Voting for Chief Conductor of the Berliner Philharmoniker Brings No ...

Simon Rattle is conducting the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Credit: Photo: East News / Rex Features Old habits die hard. Despite Sir Simon Rattle’s 10-year reign at the helm of the Berlin ...

Countdown to the election on May 11: who will be the one to lead the world-famous orchestra? Nothing has been decided yet, but knowing the tradition of the Berlin Philharmonic helps in the guessing ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Opera House, November 16 IT WAS a moment in which the larger patterns of life briefly become apparent, as the conductor Sir Simon Rattle ...