The viola player Brett Dean took a risk that paid off when he left the orchestra to become a full-time composer.

Update from the Berlin Philharmonic below (The last sentence, presumably, means: Yelling, but no fist-fights) and at this link: Voting for Chief Conductor of the Berliner Philharmoniker Brings No ...

Everyone takes notes when the Berlin Philharmonic is in town. On Tuesday night, Chicago Symphony musicians — scores of them — were, for once, part of the audience rather than the main attraction.

BERLIN — The conductor Simon Rattle stepped onto his podium here last month and gave the downbeat. But the orchestra in front of him was not his mighty Berlin Philharmonic — not exactly. One of the ...

Perhaps you’ll take it as an admission of naiveté if I begin this review with a confession: Until this week, I’ve never heard the Berlin Philharmonic live. And yet. I couldn’t possibly begin an ...

On Monday, the musicians of the Berlin Philharmonic gathered at the Jesus Christus Kirche, in the Berlin suburb of Dahlem, to pick a new chief conductor. Unlike most ensembles of its kind, the ...

Tyshawn Sorey’s tribute to the Rothko Chapel, a vintage Pavarotti concert and a release from the Berlin Philharmonic are among our selections. Standouts included the soprano Lise Davidsen and the ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

For 60 years the role of the renowned Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra during the period of Nazi power has remained in obscurity. In Hitler’s Third Reich the orchestra was known as the “Reichsorchester” ...

BERLIN (AP) — The Berlin Philharmonic on Monday named Siberian-born Kirill Petrenko as its next chief conductor — one of the most prestigious jobs in the world of classical music. Petrenko, currently ...

Your tickets please? Follow me. Jeff Spurgeon: How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Lots of people practice, but if that doesn't work for you, you can always take the subway or a taxi or a walk down 57th ...