Philharmonic Symphony Society of NY is a nonprofit organization that is an orchestra in New York. The organization is based in New York, NY and managed by Zarin Mehta. Its official home on the web is http://www.nyphilharmon.org
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - If you want to hear one of the world's leading orchestras and taste a menu created by a renowned chef, the New York Philharmonic may have the answer. Beginning early next year the orchestra will host musical suppers -- post-concert meals with menus by chefs including Alain Ducasse, Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Lidia Bastianich and Daniel Boulud. Food critic Mimi Sheraton, who will act as the host at the suppers which are aimed at bringing the audience closer to the... Read Full Story
With help from Beethoven and Brahms, the United States and Vietnam will engage in musical diplomacy this weekend when the New York Philharmonic debuts in the communist nation after a historic visit to Stalinist North Korea last year. The orchestra, one of the world's oldest, is to hold its first concerts in Vietnam Friday and Saturday at the Hanoi Opera House as part of an Asian tour which has taken it to Tokyo and Seoul. "I cannot see a downside to cultural diplomacy, particularly musical... Read Full Story
Name: Rodolfo Fernandez, founder and conductor of the Nevada Chamber Symphony Age: 78 Education: BachelorÕs and masterÕs degrees in music performance, University of Santiago (Chile). Career: Born in Valdivia, Chile, Fernandez grew up listening to classical music on the radio and Victrola. He started playing cello at age 10 and knew by high school it would be his career. In 1961 he received an international grant and left Chile with a suitcase and his cello. He never returned, preferring... Read Full Story
As a youngster, Alan Gilbert had a unique view of the New York Philharmonic. His parents were violinists in the orchestra, and he and his sister would accompany them on international tours. He would stand backstage and watch, astonished at how drenched in sweat the conductor became. After studying at Harvard University, the Juilliard School and the Curtis Institute, and spending eight years as music director with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, Gilbert has come home. On Wednesday night... Read Full Story
The New York Philharmonic said Thursday it was indefinitely postponing concerts planned in the Cuban capital Havana because of the US embargo on the communist-ruled island. Concerts had been penciled in for October 30 to November 2. However, the plan was shelved "due to existing US government restrictions on travel to Cuba which would affect project funders and supporters, without whose financial support the trip is not possible," the orchestra said in a statement. "The New York Philharmonic... Read Full Story
The list is on the White House website and according to ABC news there are 335 guests on the list. I study the list and try to find my Six Degrees of separation and try to make sense of the logic and connections in the list. People I have met IRL Ms. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw Chairman of Biocon and She was termed India's Biotech Queen by The Economist and Fortune , and India's mother of invention by New York Times (Source wikipedia ) She is also a master brewer( The White House list has a typo... Read Full Story
Prospects for Cuban performances by the New York Philharmonic look promising following a tour of concert halls and meetings with music officials on the island, orchestra president Zarin Mehta said Sunday. Mehta said a final decision will be made by the Philharmonic's board of directors. Eric Latzky, the orchestra's vice president for communications, said an official announcement could be as much as a month off. But Mehta said the trip looks promising, with tentative plans for performances on... Read Full Story
Prospects for Cuban performances by the New York Philharmonic look promising following a tour of concert halls and meetings with music officials on the island, orchestra president Zarin Mehta said Sunday. Mehta said a final decision will be made by the Philharmonic's board of directors. Eric Latzky, the orchestra's vice president for communications, said an official announcement could be as much as a month off. But Mehta said the trip looks promising, with tentative plans for performances on... Read Full Story
Estonian-American conductor Neeme Jarvi is to take the helm of Estonia's National Symphony Orchestra three decades after fleeing Soviet rule in the Baltic state. "The Estonian national symphony orchestra is the flagship of Estonian music and culture and I am really moved to return in front of the orchestra where my career started," Jarvi told reporters Monday after signing a contract which begins in 2010. Jarvi, now 72, won renown after joining the orchestra in 1963, when Estonia was still a... Read Full Story
HAVANA (Reuters) - The head of the New York Philharmonic met with Cuban officials and toured facilities in Havana on Saturday ahead of a possible visit to the communist-led island by the orchestra later this year. Orchestra president Zarin Mehta told Reuters he was encouraged by what he saw and heard on the island and noted that Cubans appeared to appreciate classical music. But he said a final decision on the proposed concert trip still lay ahead. "It has to be done soon. We have to go and... Read Full Story
