By Daniel Felsenfeld, eMusic ContributorAlan Gilbert, the conductor of the New York Philharmonic, is on a mission. He wants to be The Voice on behalf of a neglected composer, as Leonard Bernstein was for Mahler, and he's chosen one… more »
By Seth Colter Walls, eMusic ContributorThe story most often told about composer Pierre Boulez is the one about the youngster who rages against the classical music machine, the kid who declared any composer not persuaded by Schoenberg's serial method "USELESS"… more »
By Jayson Greene, Managing EditorThe esteemed Finnish composer Magnus Lindberg has traveled a long, itinerant path to his current post as composer-in-residence for the New York Philharmonic. After finishing his classical studies in the early 1980s, he found his… more »
By Justin Davidson, eMusic ContributorBernstein overflowed with so much musical energy and he distributed pleasure so widely that only a man of his yawning ambition could be disappointed in himself. But he signaled his insecurities so persuasively that the… more »