Anthony Tommasini
@TommasiniNYTFormer chief classical music critic for The New York Times (2000-2021). His book, "The Indispensable Composers: A Personal Guide" (Penguin) is in paperback.
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The death at 58 of the composer Harold Meltzer is terribly sad news. I eagerly anticipated chances to review performances and recordings of his inventive, well-crafted pieces and was never disappointed. A Meltzer recording made my 2010 Times gift guide. nytimes.com/2010/11/26/art…
A Pilgrimage to Verdi-land nytimes.com/2023/12/29/art… I wanted to make this trip for decades. I finally did, in October. It was exciting and moving.
Best Classical Music Albums of 2023 nytimes.com/2023/12/21/art… A richly varied and enticing selection of outstanding recordings from 2023
An essay I wrote for the Atlantic, my favorite magazine these days, just posted an essay I wrote ("The Case for Challenging Music"), in response to the estimable Harvey Sachs's recent book "Schoenberg: Why He Matters." Schoenberg sure matters to me! theatlantic.com/books/archive/…
Patrick Macki's MOZART IN MOTION was on the cover of @nytimesbooks this weekend! Read @TommasiniNYT's review here: nyti.ms/3OzbfPw
Tony Bennett, Champion of the Great American Songbook, Is Dead at 96 nytimes.com/2023/07/21/art… A momentous passing, the incomparable Tony Bennett has died
Masterpieces Galore: When Mozart Met the Enlightenment nytimes.com/2023/06/10/boo… A poet explores Mozart, his music and his times. Here’s my take
Kaija Saariaho, Pathbreaking Composer of Singular Colors, Is Dead at 70 nytimes.com/2023/06/02/art… A momentous loss for classical music, the distinctive, visionary and essential composer Kaija Saariaho has died
In his last Commencement address before retiring, YSM Dean Robert Blocker told graduates, "You have changed my life." Read about the School's 2023 graduation ceremony—and join us in congratulating our most recent alums! bit.ly/3Wx7igo
Here's the news report from the Yale School of Music about the commencement ceremony on Monday, at which I received the Sanford Medal for service to classical music music.yale.edu/news/commencem…
I'm honored to say that at the Yale School of Music's commencement ceremony today I was awarded the Sanford Medal, the school's highest honor, for service to music, the first critic to be chosen. Ben joined me and here we are with Dean Robert Blocker of the school.
Review: ‘Champion,’ at the Met Opera, Spars With History nytimes.com/2023/04/11/art… Zachary Woolfe's review of "Champion" at the Metropolitan Opera, which makes it two seasons in a row for Terence Blanchard operas at the Met, after "Fire Shut Up in my Bones," an audience favorite
It was great to return to Yale on Friday for this moderated conversation with my friend and colleague Alex Ross, attended by lots of eager, informed and impressive students communications.yale.edu/poynter/alex-r…
The numbers say it all
CEO of @nytimes Meredith Kopit Levien's 2022 paycheck: $7.6 million Years without a @NYTimesGuild contract: two Amount of patience we have left: zero Sign our letter to tell New York Times execs that enough is enough. bit.ly/twoyearsnyt
5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now nytimes.com/2023/03/30/art…
The Philharmonic’s New Season: What We Want to Hear nytimes.com/2023/03/21/art… Jaap van Zweden's final season as music director of the New York Philharmonic has just been announced and NY Times critics helpfully highlight some enticing programs
Lewis Spratlan, 82, Dies; Took Winding Route to Music Pulitzer nytimes.com/2023/03/16/art… An excellent NY Times obit of an important, admired American composer, Lew Spratlan, including a vivid account of the three-decade effort it took to get his Pulitzer Prize-winning opera staged
Michael Tilson Thomas Revels in the Present With the New York Phil nytimes.com/2023/03/10/art… The inspiring, fearless, supremely musical Michael Tilson Thomas is back with the New York Philharmonic leading a recent, engrossing work of his own and an eloquent Schubert Ninth
Jessye Norman Rejected These Recordings. Should They Be Released? nytimes.com/2023/02/23/art… Zachary Woolfe’s insightful probing of a complex question
5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now nytimes.com/2023/02/23/art…
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