Dimitri Mitropoulos News

The New York Philharmonic has revealed its 2024–25 season. Learn more about the season!

The Orchestra Now opens Sight & Sound Series at Met Museum with “Copland, Culture & Politics In The 1930s” on Dec. 3.

The Onassis Foundation announced the full schedule of events comprising the multi-disciplinary, multi-venue 'Archive of Desire': A Festival Inspired by the Poet C. P. Cavafy, which is presented in collaboration with National Sawdust and takes place April 28 through May 6, 2023, with special offerings throughout April.

The Minnesota Orchestra announced today that Danish conductor Thomas Søndergård will succeed Osmo Vänskä to become the 11th music director to lead the Orchestra in its 120-year history.

Take a virtual visit to Central Park set to the second and third movements of Mahler's Symphony No. 3, in partnership with Central Park Conservancy which was recorded almost exactly one year ago.

The Premiere of the video of composer Joel Feigin's opera Outcast at the Gate will take place on Tuesday, December 1 @ 7:45 PM. Outcast at the Gate, an opera in development, was presented by Center for Contemporary Opera on June 14, 2019 at Symphony Space's Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre in New York, NY

Posh, the critically acclaimed dark comedy from Olivier Award winning writer Laura Wade, today announces full casting for its 2019 UK tour. Tyger Drew-Honey (TV's Outnumbered) who makes his stage debut in the role of 'Alistair Ryle', leads a cast of 14: Ollie Appleby as 'Hugo Fraser-Tyrwhitt', Chris Born as 'James Leighton-Masters', Matthew Entwistle as 'Toby Maitland', Isobel Laidler as 'Rachel', Jamie Littlewood as 'Dimitri Mitropoulos', Peter McNeil O'Connor as 'Chris', Taylor Mee as 'Ed Montgomery', Adam Mirsky as 'Guy Bellingfield', Ellie Nunn as 'Charlie', George Prentice as 'Miles Richards', Simon Rhodes as 'Jeremy', Joseph Tyler Todd as 'George Balfour', Jack Whittle as 'Harry Villiers', with understudies Andy Owens and Louis Palmer.

This summer, the Bard Music Festival celebrates its 30th anniversary season with a two-week, in-depth exploration of 'Korngold and His World.'

Music Director Jaap van Zweden will conduct the New York Philharmonic in Mahler's Symphony No. 6, Thursday, April 11, 2019, at 7:30 p.m.; Friday, April 12 at 11:00 a.m.; and Saturday, April 13 at 8:00 p.m.

The New York Philharmonic announces the first broadcasts of The New York Philharmonic This Week to feature performances from Jaap van Zweden's inaugural season as Music Director. Highlights include the World Premiere of Conrad Tao's Everything Must Go; Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7, Leningrad; Beethoven's Symphony No. 7; and Brahms's Ein deutsches Requiem, featuring The Mary and James G. Wallach Artist-in-Residence Matthias Goerne. The broadcasts will feature conversations with Jaap van Zweden and others. Additional broadcasts featuring Jaap van Zweden's inaugural season will be announced at a later date. The award-winning national and international weekly radio series hosted by Alec Baldwin is currently in its 15th season.

Osmo Vanska announced plans today at the Minnesota Orchestra's annual meeting to conclude his tenure as Music Director of the Minnesota Orchestra in August 2022. The 2021-22 season, his final as music director, will mark his 19th year at the helm of the Minnesota Orchestra, capping what is widely considered one of the great musical partnerships in Minnesota Orchestra history. Beyond 2022, Mr. Vanska and the Minnesota Orchestra will maintain their musical relationship, with Mr. Vanska returning for ongoing concert engagements.

On Today, September 26 at 7 pm, in partnership with the Princeton Public Library, Princeton Symphony Orchestra (PSO) presents a multi-media presentation exploring Leonard Bernstein's ground-breaking music directorship and legacy at the New York Philharmonic. NY Philharmonic Archives Manager Gabryel Smith will give the talk, placing special emphasis on the Bernstein treasures found in the Philharmonic's archival collections. Attendees will have an opportunity to ask questions following the presentation.

On Wednesday, September 26 at 7 pm, in partnership with the Princeton Public Library, Princeton Symphony Orchestra (PSO) presents a multi-media presentation exploring Leonard Bernstein's ground-breaking music directorship and legacy at the New York Philharmonic. NY Philharmonic Archives Manager Gabryel Smith will give the talk, placing special emphasis on the Bernstein treasures found in the Philharmonic's archival collections. Attendees will have an opportunity to ask questions following the presentation.

The NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project has announced the digital publication of the Leonard Bernstein Residence at the Osborne Apartments to its online map, a dynamic continually-evolving catalogue of geographic locations significant to LGBT history.

The New York Philharmonic has named Barbara Haws Archivist and Historian Emeritus for her leadership role in the creation, curation, and expansion of the Philharmonic's extensive Archives for almost 34 years. She will retire from the Philharmonic in August 2018 and pursue a doctorate in musicology when she matriculates at New College, University of Oxford, in October.

Edo de Waart will replace Christoph von Dohn nyi in concerts featuring the World Premiere-New York Philharmonic commission of Bent S rensen's Evening Land; Emanuel Ax as soloist in Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 20 (replacing the previously announced Mozart Piano Concerto No. 27); and Brahms's Symphony No. 2.

New York Philharmonic announces a new concert seriest led by the premiere of Bent S rensen's 'Evening Land'.

Andr s Schiff will return to the New York Philharmonic to conduct and perform J.S. Bach's Piano Concerto in A major, BWV 1055, and Schumann's Piano Concerto; he also conducts Haydn's Symphony No. 80 and Bart k's Divertimento for String Orchestra.

Edo de Waart will replace Christoph von Dohn nyi in concerts featuring the World Premiere-New York Philharmonic commission of Bent S rensen's Evening Land; Emanuel Ax as soloist in Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 20 (replacing the previously announced Mozart Piano Concerto No. 27); and Brahms's Symphony No. 2.

The New York Philharmonic's Marie-Josee Kravis Composer-in-Residence Esa-Pekka Salonen and Mary and James G. Wallach Artist-in-Residence Leif Ove Andsnes will both launch their 2017-18 Philharmonic residencies in a Scandinavian-themed program led by Paavo Jarvi.