On Viktor Ullmann’s music criticism from Terezin.
The New Yorker
A profile of the German violin soloist Christian Tetzlaff.
After the end of history, listening to Shostakovich’s art of witness.
Searching for the memory of a forgotten catastrophe.
Learning from Proust – and his fictional composer – about Beethoven’s Late Quartets and the power of listening.
What we seek – and what we find – on a journey to Mahler’s alpine composing huts. The first of two essays.
Reconnecting Mahler’s music to the landscapes that nourished his life and art. The second of two essays.
Inside a great Violin Concerto, a palimpsest of history and memory.
The New York Times
Mstislav Rostropovich looks back on Soviet musical life, and the ghosts who linger.