Joe Horowitz
“Cheapening Freedom by Over-Praising It”
The journal H-Diplo Review, addressing scholars of diplomacy, foreign relations, and international history, has graciously published a little something I
Yunchan Lim and the Scent of Nostalgia
I am old enough to remember a time when famous pianists were great pianists. It is a topic I rehearse
Lexo’s Journey
A new CD pays tribute to Alexander Toradze and his father, the composer David Toradze. For those of us who
Bernstein and Shostakovich — A Rosetta Stone?
The new online issue of “Prelude, Fugue, and Riffs,” the newsletter of the Leonard Bernstein Office, publishes an essay of
What’s An Orchestra For? – Mulling Salonen’s Resignation and a Dispiriting San Francisco Sequel
Esa-Pekka Salonen Among my most-read blogs is “What’s An Orchestra For?” – Mulling Esa-Pekka Salonen’s Resignation from the San










