June 2012
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May 2012
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May 31st
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Tangled Tongues
Soprano Emalie Savoy talks about the challenges of learning Catalan for this week’s performances of selections from Manuel de Falla’s rarely heard Atlantida with the New York Philharmonic. A woman of many languages, Ms. Savoy recently performed in Czech for the first time in the Metropolitan Opera’s Makropulos Case; for Atlantida she had to track down a Catalan specialist to...
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Listen(Not) Lost in Translation? The season’s final...
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urkraft: Last night we saw the NY Philharmonic play Debussy’s ‘La Mer’ Suite and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4. It was absolutely amazing!  It was SO worth waiting on a long line for those free tickets. Thank you for joining us! It was a great night for our annual Memorial Day concert, with 2,200 people in attendance, both inside The Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine and outside on the...
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“It has been a real win-win situation for both of us.”
– On the eve of his retirement, President and Executive Director Zarin Mehta describes the success of the New York Philharmonic/Credit Suisse partnership as a real highlight of his nine-year tenure. He also reflects on his highly accomplished career in arts administration that brought him Montreal to...
May 21st
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The Buzz
Check out what Philharmonic news had Twitter buzzing this week from coast to coast:
May 18th
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May 18th
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"For our money, the hottest ticket of the season ....
… is the Phil’s pair of concerts at the Park Avenue Armory, where Alan Gilbert supervises a spaced-out program built around a rare outing for Karlheinz Stockhausen’s Gruppen – a modern-day milestone for three separated ensembles.” – Steve Smith, Time Out New York Listen to the man, check out TONY’s top pick, Philharmonic 360.  
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“I would still like to own and run a restaurant serving Indian food with a good...”
– Philharmonic President and Executive Director Zarin Mehta speaks to the Financial Times about his career, his inspirations, and what comes next after this epic chapter of his life.
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Gah.
nicholascohen: Just got back from seeing the NY Phil play Tchaik 4. And going out to a pub with their principal trombonist, Joe Alessi. My life is awesome. We think so too.
May 16th
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May 15th
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WatchWatch
I Spy Check out this video for a sneak peak at Alan Gilbert: A Study, a new app from Credit Suisse that allows you to explore the New York Philharmonic Music Director’s inner sanctum. Download the free app here.
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May 14th
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“The result was a stunning encounter challenging each of us to take apart the...”
– San Francisco’s Examiner.com lauds the Philharmonic’s first concert in Frisco last evening, singing the praises of Magnus Lindberg’s new Piano Concerto with Yefim Bronfman, and Alan Gilbert’s “impeccable senses of both balance and pace,” writing also that...
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