Boston Symphony Orchestra

In honor of Veterans Day on Wednesday, the Boston Symphony Orchestra is offers a pair of free tickets to the Thursday night performance at Symphony Hall to any active member of the military. The concert features Italian conductor Fabio Luisi...  

The Boston Symphony Orchestra’s complete cycle of Beethoven symphonies has entered its home stretch, as Thursday night the BSO unveiled the fourth and final program of the series, featuring the Eighth and Ninth Symphonies.  

Music Review | Boston Symphony OrchestraNew York TimesIts own music director, James Levine, is said to be testing the patience of the Boston audience with his particular brand of new-music programming, ...and more »  

BOSTON, Oct. 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As part of the BSO's celebration of the 50th anniversary of its Youth Concert Series last year, the orchestra announced a new partnership with the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras (BYSO) for the 2009-10 season. The first event in this collaboration will take place on Saturday, November 14, at noon, with Federico Cortese leading BYSO in a performance of Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf at Symphony Hall...  

Boston Symphony Orchestra music director James Levine will not be back to conduct in Symphony Hall until January, the BSO said yesterday. Originally expected to return from back surgery last week, Levine will now miss the complete cycle of nine Beethoven symphonies that he had programmed and the BSO had promoted enthusiastically.  

When he announced this season’s Beethoven symphony cycle, Boston Symphony Orchestra music director James Levine admitted an ulterior, fill-in-the-blank motive: He had never conducted Beethoven’s Fourth Symphony in concert. Because of his surgery, Levine still hasn’t conducted the Fourth, but BSO assistant conductor Julian Kuerti has, twice in the space of one month: First on harpist Ann Hobson Pilot’s farewell ...  

I have only one recording of Hector Berlioz (1803-1869), his most famous work the Symphonie Fantastique. It is one of the many re-releases of the RCA Victor "Living Stereo" recordings, this one featuring the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Charles Munch.The work is a bit autobiographical. It seems that Berlioz had what for a while was a one-sided love affair with an Irish actress, Harriet Smithson. The symphony is a program work (for...  

Ludovic Morlot is guest conductor with the Seattle Symphony Orchestra.Seattle TimesA decade later, Morlot became assistant conductor to James Levine at the Boston Symphony Orchestra. His career rapidly developed, and included appearances ...and more »  

In just a few weeks, November 10th to be exact, Asia's oldest orchestra, the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, will embark on a historic tour of North America, starting at Carnegie Hall in New York City. Under the direction of Maestro Long Yu, the SSO will perform in twelve cities in the US and Canada (listed below) in celebration of the orchestra's 130th anniversary as well as the 60th anniversary of the People's Republic of China. Unfortunately...  

Conductor James Levine out of commission until DecemberLos Angeles TimesJames Levine, the ailing music director of the Metropolitan Opera and the Boston Symphony Orchestra, is having back surgery for a herniated spinal disc this ...Arts, Briefly Replacement Conductors Named for James LevineNew York TimesIn BSO's hour of need, young conductor displays triumphant poiseBoston GlobeCarnegie Hall Opening Night-Boston Symphony Orchestra and James...  

Boston GlobeInnovative new conductors in LA, NY challenge the BSO to do moreBoston GlobeThe Boston Symphony Orchestra should be taking note. Back surgery has recently sidelined BSO music director James Levine, who is now scheduled to return to ...Venezuela's winning system for saving children through musicToronto Starall 13 news articles »  

Brockton Symphony Orchestra kicks off another season on SundayWicked Local Brockton“In those days you didn't get to Boston to hear the symphony and the recordings weren't like they are now,” said Lindsay, 75. So Lindsay has seen first-hand ...and more »  

Arts, Briefly No Beethoven's Fourth for Levine, for NowNew York TimesThat was to have changed with this year's cycle of Beethoven symphonies by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, where he is music director. ...and more »  

On-to-One with Conductor Kent NaganoDeutsche Welle... early professional years were spent in Boston, working in the opera house and as assistant conductor to Seiji Ozawa at the Boston Symphony Orchestra. ...  

Delivering doses of sweet harmonyBoston GlobeAs musicians from the Longwood Symphony Orchestra played selections from Dvorak's “American Quartet,'' 50 Vietnamese immigrants, ...and more »