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Day 2 of the Wien-Nelsons Carnegie Concert on 2.28.2026. The opening code was Petite Musique Solenelle, composed in 1988 by György Kurtág, who turned 100 this year. This homage to Pierre Boulez, who turned 100 this year, is an eloquent musical tribute. The piece we heard was

Wien and Nelsons came to Carnegie Hall on February 27, 2026. The opening piece was Bartók's Piano Concerto No. 3, with Lang Lang at the solo piano, who brought out its soul, breaking it down note by note. He rounded off the rhythmic corners, giving it an improvisational,

Finnish conductor Klaus Mäkelä, who turned 30 this January, arrived at Carnegie Hall with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. I'd enjoyed Chicago since hearing with Daniel Barenboim in the 2000s and with Riccardo Muti until last year, but the new master breathed new life into a living tradition. The

The shaggy-haired conductor Santtu-Matias Rouvali made his debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra. I attended the third performance on 2.14.2026. American violinist Hilary Hahn also made a long-awaited comeback. When Rouvali appeared on stage, he politely greeted concertmaster Kim, showing respect as a seasoned leader. The

2.6.2026 Budapest Festival Orchestra and conductor Iván Fischer's Mahler's Symphony No. 3 at Carnegie Hall. Mahler described this piece as "a work the world has never heard before. There, nature finds a voice, speaking profound secrets that man can only foresee in his

2.6.2026 Budapest Festival Orchestra and conductor Iván Fischer at Carnegie Hall. The orchestra members come out without instruments with conductor Iván Fischer to the stage, and start to sing Arvo Pärt's Summa (Sum meaning "to sum up" or "to gather"). This world-

The Cleveland Orchestra performed Mozart's Symphony No. 41 and Shostakovich's Symphony No. 11 at Carnegie Hall, 1.21.2026. In his program notes, conductor Franz Welser-Möst asked what constitutes authenticity. Mozart's letters to his father reveal his overwhelming excitement at using 40 violins