Videos | February 1, 2011

Video: conductor Alan Gilbert has shaken things up at the New York Philharmonic

Conductor Alan Gilbert ’89 has shaken things up at the New York Philharmonic. In this video selection, see how.

From The March-April 2011 Issue

In "Pizzazz on the Podium," from the March-April 2011 issue, Richard Dyer writes that New York Philharmonic conductor Alan Gilbert ’89 "has shaken things up at an orchestra that had grown a bit stodgy" under previous conductors.

One example: a set of three lighthearted YouTube videos promoting Ligeti's avant-garde opera Le Grand Macabre, which turned out to be the unexpected hit of Gilbert's first season with the Philharmonic. View the videos:

Watch an interview in which Gilbert discusses Le Grand Macabre:

See video of Gilbert conducting Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 in Tokyo:

Published in the March-April 2011 print issue under the headline “Eating Ice Cream with the Devil,” in the section.

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