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The Dudamel era kicks off in New York, a down-to-the-wire strike in San Francisco, and more

September 14: This week in classical music

By Alix Haywood

Reading time estimated : 4min read

Op-eds on program notes and all-powerful teachers, updates on the National Symphony Orchestra and Boston Symphony seasons, and more

September 7: This week in classical music

By Alix Haywood

Reading time estimated : 3min read

Salzburg: Where the stars come to play

At the Salzburg Festival, tradition and reinvention are inseparable. From Mozart and Richard Strauss to today’s star conductors, singers and directors, James Jolly explores why this singular gathering remains the…

By James Jolly

Reading time estimated : 8min read

An autograph Mahler score travels to Cleveland, fashion designers turn to ballet, Renée Fleming sings folk songs, and more

August 17: This week in classical music

By Alix Haywood

Reading time estimated : 3min read

Drama at Bayreuth, Lorenzo Da Ponte in America, a rare chord change in Halberstadt, and more

August 10: This week in classical music

By Alix Haywood

Reading time estimated : 4min read

Bach as a feminist, musical performance as an athletic endeavour, opera as the answer to ailing societies, and more

July 27: This week in classical music

By Alix Haywood

Reading time estimated : 4min read

A very Hollywood-centric week: Pedro Pascal plays a cellist, Gustavod Dudamel and the NYPhil at the World Cup final, Anne Hathaway name drops Maria Callas, and more

July 20: This week in classical music

By Alix Haywood

Reading time estimated : 3min read

Sir Anthony Hopkins’s classical album, a Wagnerian thought experiment, the Palais Garnier’s five-year renovation project and more

July 13: This week in classical music

By Alix Haywood

Reading time estimated : 3min read

Herbert Blomstedt at 99

At 99, Herbert Blomstedt is still showing the musical world how it’s done — with clarity, humility and an authority that never needs to raise its voice. James Jolly explores…

By James Jolly

Reading time estimated : 8min read

Sir Stephen Hough at The Leeds, Hillary Clinton at Carnegie Hall, and more

July 6: This week in classical music

By Alix Haywood

Reading time estimated : 3min read

Catch up on the latest medici.tv replays

Daniel Harding conducts Schubert's Third and Mahler's First ("Titan")

The Quatuor Danel performs Shostakovich and Weinberg — With Elisabeth Leonskaja

Yaroslav Shemet conducts Mahler's Symphonies Nos. 1 and 10

James Carter celebrates 100 years of John Coltrane

Laurence Equilbey conducts Beethoven — With Sunwook Kim

Julian Rachlin conducts Mozart's Requiem

Maria Callas, a life of opera—With Roberto Alagna, Aleksandra Kurzak, Marina Rebeka...

Orchestra Seating: A Tribute to Maria Callas

Riccardo Minasi conducts Haydn, Vasks, and Mozart — With Pablo Ferrández