Now 97, Blomstedt is the oldest active major orchestral conductor in the world and a frequent guest conductor with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. This weekend, he leads the orchestra — without a ...
Kids and adults tried their hands at an array of instruments under the supervision ... COVID times,” said Preston, Midcoast Symphony Orchestra concert master and treasurer.
Born in France, she made her Boston Symphony Orchestra ... able to conduct the orchestra.” But as she zoomed around the globe on the strength of her contralto instrument — the lowest classical ...
The founder of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra has conducted more than a thousand concerts over five decades. He has no ...
In 1881, Henry Lee Higginson, the founder of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, wrote of his wish to present in Boston "concerts of a lighter kind of music." The first Boston Pops concert in 1885 ...
LENOX — If you're a musician in the Boston Symphony Orchestra, you're a pro at carrying out a ... an emotional challenge and a physical challenge — "there's not much time to put our instruments down," ...
Even if you're not a classical music aficionado, you can't miss attending one of the Boston Symphony Orchestra's world-renowned performances at Symphony Hall. The BSO began performing in 1881.
This vision was particularly championed by the late Vondal M. Taylor, Jr. (1954-95), who was Vice-Chair of the Cultural Diversity Committee, and an overseer of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. The ...