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| Festival Explores China’s Cultural Renaissance
by EVAN FEIN
Thirty years ago, the arts in China stood perilously close to annihilation, the primary victim of the Cultural Revolution. Since the end of that dark chapter of the country’s history, however, Chinese culture has undergone a remarkable renaissance. This fall, Carnegie Hall celebrates this rebirth and some of the artists that define it with Ancient Paths, Modern Voices, a 21-day festival that includes premieres of works by Tan Dun and Chen Qigang (photo) performed by the Juilliard Orchestra. More...
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| Drama Takes on George Bernard Shaw
by AMELIA PEDLOW
George Bernard Shaw himself recognized that his play Arms and the Man “really would not stand … unless the company [performing it] was very fascinating.” Well, a fourth-year company more fascinating than he could have hoped for has been assembled, and this month, the Drama Division launches its mainstage season with his masterpiece, which is set in Bulgaria during the 1885 Serbo-Bulgarian War. Directed by Vivienne Benesch (photo), the production opens on October 21. More...
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| | A Personal Approach
by ALEXANDER GELFAND
If pressed, the musicians who work with Bernard Haitink will attest to the 80-year-old conductor’s graceful baton technique, his attention to detail, and the structural clarity of his interpretations. Juilliard will experience the Haitink effect first-hand in October, when the maestro spends a week rehearsing with the Juilliard Orchestra in preparation for a performance of Mendelssohn’s Hebrides Overture and Brahms’s Second Symphony on October 31 in Alice Tully Hall. More...
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| Introducing Juilliard Baroque
by BENJAMIN SOSLAND
Among the many activities planned during the inaugural year of Juilliard’s newest graduate degree program, Juilliard Historical Performance, the debut of a faculty ensemble will mark the department’s first public performance with a concert featuring the music of J. S. Bach on October 27. The ensemble, Juilliard Baroque, led by Monica Huggett (photo) is comprised of nine sought-after period-instrument specialists, all of whom have recently joined the Historical Performance faculty. More...
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| | Swinging to the Tune of Tradition
by ROGER OLIVER
When the Juilliard Jazz Orchestra takes the stage of the Peter Jay Sharp Theater on October 7, it will perform music associated with one of the true masters of jazz: William “Count” Basie (1904-1984). The orchestra will celebrate his legacy as the leader of the Count Basie Orchestra, an institution that continues to the present day. More...
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