Gustavo Dudamel’s Long Goodbye to L.A., and Long Hello to New York

As the conductor prepares to leave the Los Angeles Philharmonic for the New York Philharmonic, he says, “I am in two waters.” ...

With his first 'Missa Solemnis,' Gustavo Dudamel takes on Beethoven's ultimate spiritual challenge

Gustavo Dudamel conducts for the first time Beethoven's epic mass 'Missa Solemnis' for the second program in his Los Angeles Philharmonic Beethoven month.
Robb Report

How to Make a Gin-Gin Mule, the Ginger-Lime Cocktail That Helped People Fall in Love With Gin Again

The Gin-Gin Mule was created as the solution to a problem. Here was the problem: As difficult as it may be for us wizened veterans of the cocktail zeitgeist to understand, the issue, in the year 2000, ...
The Classical Review

With luminous Sibelius and rousing Strauss, Mäkelä and Chicago Symphony prepare to take it on the road

Beyond the challenging works themselves, the program proved notable in other respects. Theodore Thomas and the CSO gave the U.S. premieres of Richard Strauss’s Ein Heldenleben in 1900 as well as the ...
Hour Detroit

Lawrence Mitchell-Matthews’ Journey from 7 Mile to the Detroit Opera

Baritone Lawrence Mitchell-Matthews reflects on his Detroit high school mentor, perseverance, and his front-stage moment.