From a vast and mysterious opera rehearsal stage (Gustav Mahler's "home away from home" for much of his life), San Francisco Symphony Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas (MTT) introduces us to the ...

Tbilisi’s Philharmonic Auditorium shimmered with a rare energy on October 31— an evening that became both a centennial ...

When Gustav Mahler said a symphony "must be like the world. It must embrace everything," I suppose he meant embracing accordions, too. Gustav Mahler's sprawling Ninth Symphony is a 90-minute journey ...

KALISTE, CZECH REPUBLIC — I slept very well in the house where Gustav Mahler was born, waking in the morning to the bright sound of chirping birds in the trees outside my window. Once a shop and ...

Leonard Bernstein wrote an influential article for the magazine High Fidelity in 1967 titled “Mahler: His Time Has Come,” which he later revised and published in his collection “Findings” (1982). It ...

Mahler is not an easy composer to love, much less understand. Few neophyte listeners immediately take to Mahler’s sound-world—somewhere between the anxiety-driven and the sheer gargantuan, ...

On April 18, the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra presented their season finale concert of Gustav Mahler’s 2nd Symphony, “Resurrection.” The orchestra was led by Benjamin Zander featured soprano Miah ...

In 1897, after months of intrigue and negotiation, during which Mahler converted to the Roman Catholic faith, he was installed as the Music Director of the Vienna Opera House. This was arguably the ...