Alex Ross
Alex Ross has been The New Yorker’s music critic since 1996. He is the author of “ Wagnerism: Art and Politics in the Shadow of Music .”
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musical events ·
In a new video series, the members of the orchestra play together for the first time since lockdown began, Alex Ross writes.
profiles ·
Alex Ross on Igor Levit, who, during Germany’s shutdown, streamed more than fifty performances from home and is questioning what a concert can be.
onward and upward with the arts ·
Alex Ross on Antonio Salieri, who was falsely cast as Mozart’s murderer and music’s sorest loser but is now getting a fresh hearing.
a critic at large ·
Alex Ross on the actor-director of “Citizen Kane” fame, and on the biographies of him.
letter from budapest ·
In Hungary, Iván Fischer is shaking up music and politics.
profiles ·
How Joyce DiDonato, of Prairie Village, Kansas, conquered opera.
musical events ·
John Adams and Peter Sellars create an atomic opera.
profiles ·
Alex Ross profiles the Icelandic pop star.
a critic at large ·
What happened to German music?
books ·
The newest Grove Dictionary tries to bring it all together.
profiles ·
PROFILE of contemporary classical Californian composer John Adams, 53. . . Writer compares the juxtapositions in Adams's music to the landscape of …
a reporter at large ·
Alex Ross on following Bob Dylan on tour and the timelessness of his infamous album “Blood on the Tracks,” which features the song “Tangled Up in Blue.”
comment ·
Signed comment about musical influences... Something odd occurs toward the end of "Odelay," a new album by the young artist known simply as Beck. As …