Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5, Piano Concerto No. 4 and the Coriolan Overture will anchor the opening concert of the season in a program centered on the themes of fate and freedom.

Hector Berlioz was undoubtedly one of the pioneers among the great reformers of music of the 19th century. He was better able than anyone to make use of the potential of the orchestra, was highly ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Some sounds simply can’t be forgotten, no matter the beautiful music that precedes or follows them. Even as the Cleveland Orchestra and guest conductor Alain Altinoglu wooed a ...

A conductor’s relationship to music while performing can roughly be mapped on a spectrum, and great conductors exist at all points on that spectrum. At one extreme is Leonard Bernstein, whose ...

PARIS—The Paris Opera's new production of Gounod's "Faust" got off to a shaky start. After disagreements with star tenor Roberto Alagna, veteran conductor Alain Lombard walked out a week before the ...

The latest edition of the Festival International de Colmar opens with an exceptional performance from the Orchestre Symphonique du Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie de Bruxelles, conducted by Alain ...

The slightly misleading title of Nora Gubisch's new recital, with her conductor-pianist husband Alain Altinoglu, comes from Luciano Berio's 1964 Folk Songs for mezzo-soprano and seven instruments, ...

A new Carmina Burana has to offer a great deal more than spirit to stand out from the crowd these days. There needs to be a touch of the outrageous about it – tempos that are a little dangerous, ...

The Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra (hr-Sinfonieorchester Frankfurt), conducted by Alain Altinoglu, will perform this evening at the Palace Hall as part of the George Enescu International Music ...

In the third, a searching cello line moves up and down the entire range of the instrument, and at the end, the juxtaposition of the ascending cello and descending contrabassoon was captivating. The ...

However, there’s still much to enjoy in Pelly’s staging and Alain Altinoglu, making his debut as La Monnaie’s new music director, romps through Rimsky’s score with glee. Pavlo Hunka’s Tsar Dodon rules ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. After their outstanding Ravel recital disc, Gubisch and Altinoglu explore the folk-inspired work of five classical ...