As Adès premieres an orchestral work, “The Exterminating Angel” is receiving something rare in contemporary opera: a new production. By Joshua Barone Not everything was an artistic or audience success ...

Germany has many orchestras, just as it should, given the history of music. The No. 1 orchestra in Germany, undoubtedly, is the Berlin Philharmonic. What is No. 2? I will not hazard to rank (beyond ...

Yes, it’s a good move in many ways, even if I can’t be as unreservedly ecstatic as the press at large, which has at least done the classical world the service of giving it a recognition outside the ...

The British have always made much of their musical heroes, promoting them with a vigor that sometimes leaves critics on this side of the Atlantic unconvinced if not downright baffled. If you read ...

This longtime household name has not even reached his prime – and neither is he about to rest on his laurels Sir Simon Rattle turned 70 in January. He would not be the first conductor to come into his ...

Going out on a high: Sir Simon Rattle and the LSO prepare for a tour of South America with symphonic visions of euphoria and damnation© Mark Allan/LSO Having played it several times under the composer ...

The National Portrait Gallery has acquired an unpublished photograph of the British conductor Sir Simon Rattle. Rory Coonan took the portrait in 1982 on film, using a 150-year-old plate camera. The ...

Sir Simon Rattle is a British conductor, internationally revered for his charismatic leadership and innovative interpretations of classical and contemporary repertoire. As the Principal Conductor of ...