Blog Archive

May 2023
- May 7, 2023 Johannes Brahms turns 190 May 7, 2023
April 2023
- Apr 4, 2023 Ludwig Thunders Home Apr 4, 2023
March 2023
- Mar 21, 2023 Under the Spell of A Druid Priestess Mar 21, 2023
February 2023
- Feb 27, 2023 Profile in American Essence Feb 27, 2023
January 2023
- Jan 29, 2023 Carmelites, Conscience, and Consequence Jan 29, 2023
December 2022
- Dec 12, 2022 Concert Video of Schubert "Great" Symphony Dec 12, 2022
November 2022
- Nov 4, 2022 Numbering Schubert's Symphonies Nov 4, 2022
October 2022
- Oct 3, 2022 Who Wrote the Chopin Concerti? Oct 3, 2022
September 2022
- Sep 23, 2022 The Answer to All Your Questions is… Sep 23, 2022
August 2022
- Aug 19, 2022 Ready for Rachmaninoff Aug 19, 2022
July 2022
- Jul 7, 2022 The Tangled Path of Composers' Revisions Jul 7, 2022
June 2022
- Jun 28, 2022 Video from Shostakovich Livestream Jun 28, 2022
May 2022
- May 3, 2022 On Mendelssohn, Dostoevsky, and Suffering May 3, 2022
April 2022
- Apr 17, 2022 Don Carlo(s?) Apr 17, 2022
March 2022
- Mar 19, 2022 Moderating for the Common Sense Society Mar 19, 2022
- Mar 2, 2022 Messiaen's luminous Vingt Regards Mar 2, 2022
February 2022
- Feb 16, 2022 Shostakovich in Cambridge & London Feb 16, 2022
- Feb 1, 2022 Live Not By Lies Feb 1, 2022
January 2022
- Jan 29, 2022 Shostakovich in Philadelphia Jan 29, 2022
- Jan 17, 2022 Tracking Michelangelo’s text Jan 17, 2022
- Jan 15, 2022 Shostakovich's Last Word Jan 15, 2022
- Jan 7, 2022 Michelangelo and Shostakovich, Part 3 Jan 7, 2022
December 2021
- Dec 6, 2021 Michelangelo and Shostakovich, Part 2 Dec 6, 2021
November 2021
- Nov 12, 2021 Reverse Immortality Nov 12, 2021
- Nov 8, 2021 Bernard Haitink, 1929–2021 Nov 8, 2021
October 2021
- Oct 3, 2021 Michelangelo and Shostakovich Oct 3, 2021
September 2021
- Sep 26, 2021 Will Classical Music be Canceled? Sep 26, 2021
August 2021
- Aug 4, 2021 Beethoven's Inner Life Aug 4, 2021
July 2021
- Jul 20, 2021 Listen: Brahms Symphony No. 2 Jul 20, 2021
June 2021
- Jun 2, 2021 VIRTUAL PHILADELPHIA CONCERT Jun 2, 2021
May 2021
- May 11, 2021 Tempi in Mozart Finales May 11, 2021
April 2021
- Apr 29, 2021 Teaching Shostakovich Apr 29, 2021
- Apr 5, 2021 Musical Jewelbox in Philadelphia Apr 5, 2021
March 2021
- Mar 5, 2021 Любовь к двум сонатам Mar 5, 2021
- Mar 3, 2021 Performing and Discussing Prokofiev Mar 3, 2021
February 2021
- Feb 28, 2021 Going Home Feb 28, 2021
- Feb 21, 2021 Tending the Gardens of Music Feb 21, 2021
- Feb 11, 2021 LISTEN: Music, Truth, and Hope for the Future Feb 11, 2021
- Feb 8, 2021 WATCH: PROKOFIEV SONATAS 7 & 8 Feb 8, 2021
January 2021
- Jan 13, 2021 LISTEN: Podcast with Pioneer Institute Jan 13, 2021
- Jan 3, 2021 Happy New Year! Jan 3, 2021
December 2020
- Dec 16, 2020 LUDWIG 250 Dec 16, 2020
- Dec 14, 2020 Two Book Launch Events Dec 14, 2020
November 2020
- Nov 17, 2020 Between Two Millstones released Nov 17, 2020
October 2020
- Oct 30, 2020 My WSJ op-ed reprinted in Russia and Australia Oct 30, 2020
- Oct 24, 2020 My op-ed in the Wall Street Journal Oct 24, 2020
September 2020
- Sep 2, 2020 My new Introduction to Warning to the West Sep 2, 2020
August 2020
- Aug 4, 2020 Spotlight Interview with Ignat Solzhenitsyn tonight at 7.30 Aug 4, 2020
July 2020
- Jul 17, 2020 My audiobook reading of The Gulag Archipelago Out in USA Jul 17, 2020
June 2020
- Jun 25, 2020 Editing during COVID Jun 25, 2020
May 2020
- May 4, 2020 Orchestras Looking Beyond Canceled Concerts May 4, 2020
April 2020
- Apr 1, 2020 Remembering Dinu Lipatti Apr 1, 2020
March 2020
- Mar 6, 2020 PREVIEW: UPCOMING RESIDENCY AT BENEDICTINE COLLEGE Mar 6, 2020
February 2020
- Feb 10, 2020 Preview: Lecture-Recital at Tanglewood Feb 10, 2020
January 2020
- Jan 27, 2020 REVIEW: Norman Lebrecht on Beethoven 8 Jan 27, 2020
December 2019
- Dec 12, 2019 PREVIEW: Clemenza di Tito at the Bolshoi Dec 12, 2019
November 2019
- Nov 16, 2019 REVIEW 2: Shostakovich on the West Coast Nov 16, 2019
- Nov 14, 2019 REVIEW: Shostakovich on the West Coast Nov 14, 2019
October 2019
- Oct 24, 2019 PREVIEW: Final Hong Kong Concert Tonight Oct 24, 2019
September 2019
- Sep 17, 2019 LISTEN: Busoni Violin Sonata No. 2 Sep 17, 2019
August 2019
- Aug 6, 2019 PREVIEW: Brahms Symphony No. 2 in Manchester Aug 6, 2019
July 2019
- Jul 7, 2019 WATCH: Et la lune descend sur le temple qui fut Jul 7, 2019
June 2019
- Jun 13, 2019 LISTEN: Brahms Op.120/1 Jun 13, 2019
May 2019
- May 13, 2019 REVIEW: Should dry concert halls be amplified? May 13, 2019
- May 4, 2019 WATCH: Beethoven Op. 96 & Op. 97 May 4, 2019
April 2019
- Apr 24, 2019 REVIEW: Brahms Complete Sonatas for Piano & Violin Apr 24, 2019
March 2019
- Mar 26, 2019 LISTEN: Debussy Images, Book II Mar 26, 2019
- Mar 11, 2019 WATCH: Mozart Sonata K. 533/494 Mar 11, 2019
February 2019
- Feb 28, 2019 INTERVIEW with RTN Feb 28, 2019
- Feb 27, 2019 WATCH: Scarlatti Sonata in D minor, K. 64 Feb 27, 2019
January 2019
- Jan 29, 2019 Interview with Eric Metaxas Jan 29, 2019
- Jan 11, 2019 INTERVIEW: Встреча со слушателями СПб-Филармонии Jan 11, 2019
- Jan 8, 2019 INTERVIEW with Libertad Digital Jan 8, 2019
- Jan 7, 2019 INTERVIEW with BBC World Service Weekend Jan 7, 2019
- Jan 6, 2019 WATCH: Video of my 92Y reading/recital from 19 Nov 2018 Jan 6, 2019
- Jan 3, 2019 Review: Solzhenitsyn and Kremer in St. Petersburg Jan 3, 2019
December 2018
- Dec 15, 2018 Review Roundup: One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich at the Bolshoi Dec 15, 2018
- Dec 14, 2018 Review 3: Премьера "Ивана Денисовича" на камерной сцене Большого театра Dec 14, 2018
- Dec 13, 2018 Review 2: Премьера "Ивана Денисовича" на камерной сцене Большого театра Dec 13, 2018
- Dec 12, 2018 WATCH: Interview with Leonid Parfenov Dec 12, 2018
- Dec 12, 2018 Review 1: Премьера "Ивана Денисовича" на камерной сцене Большого театра Dec 12, 2018
- Dec 11, 2018 Listen: в гостях у “Комсомольской правды” Dec 11, 2018
- Dec 10, 2018 "Последний адрес"—размещение таблички на Никольской, 17 Dec 10, 2018
- Dec 9, 2018 INTERVIEW: Беседа с газетой "Труд" Dec 9, 2018
- Dec 8, 2018 WATCH: "Вести в субботу" побывали на премьере очень необычной оперы Dec 8, 2018
- Dec 7, 2018 Preview: Solzhenitsyn's son back in Russia with opera for centenary Dec 7, 2018
- Dec 7, 2018 WATCH: В "Главной роли" с Макаровым Dec 7, 2018
- Dec 6, 2018 WATCH: TV reports on tomorrow's Ivan Denisovich première Dec 6, 2018
- Dec 6, 2018 Preview: TASS on upcoming opera première Dec 6, 2018
- Dec 3, 2018 WATCH: Bolshoi Theatre "trailer" for upcoming première Dec 3, 2018
November 2018
- Nov 29, 2018 WATCH: Interview with Matthew Rojansky Nov 29, 2018
- Nov 17, 2018 Solzhenitsyn Centennial Commemorations Nov 17, 2018
- Nov 16, 2018 Preview: Recital & Reading at the Y Nov 16, 2018
- Nov 9, 2018 With three US Ambassadors at the Library of Congress Nov 9, 2018
- Nov 3, 2018 WATCH: Dan Mahoney and I reflect on my father's artistic legacy Nov 3, 2018
October 2018
- Oct 30, 2018 New book out today Oct 30, 2018
- Oct 2, 2018 LISTEN: "One Day" opera at the Bolshoi Oct 2, 2018
September 2018
- Sep 10, 2018 Preview: The Best Things to Do in New York This Fall Sep 10, 2018
August 2018
- Aug 8, 2018 Preview: Shostakovich at Marlboro Aug 8, 2018
July 2018
- Jul 30, 2018 Preview: Hindemith at Marlboro Jul 30, 2018
- Jul 27, 2018 Review: Mozart and Schubert at Kinhaven Jul 27, 2018
June 2018
- Jun 12, 2018 A Reflection on Vermonters in Classical Music Jun 12, 2018
May 2018
- May 30, 2018 Preview: Return to Kinhaven May 30, 2018
March 2018
- Mar 31, 2018 Review: Tolstoy and Beethoven in New York Mar 31, 2018
January 2018
- Jan 26, 2018 PREVIEW: Firebird at Yale Jan 26, 2018
- Jan 23, 2018 Review 3: Philadelphia recital Jan 23, 2018
- Jan 20, 2018 Review 2: Philadelphia recital Jan 20, 2018
- Jan 16, 2018 Review 1: Philadelphia recital Jan 16, 2018
December 2017
- Dec 19, 2017 Preview: La Clemenza di Tito in Moscow Dec 19, 2017
- Dec 17, 2017 Review: Shostakovich and Schubert Dec 17, 2017
- Dec 16, 2017 Preview: Recital tonight at Mariinsky Theatre Dec 16, 2017
- Dec 7, 2017 LISTEN: Radio Interview with VPR Dec 7, 2017
November 2017
- Nov 22, 2017 Review: New Criterion on Beethoven in NY Nov 22, 2017
September 2017
- Sep 26, 2017 Preview: Tolstoy and Beethoven in New York Sep 26, 2017
July 2017
- Jul 29, 2017 Preview: Beethoven and Brahms in Manchester Jul 29, 2017
April 2017
- Apr 6, 2017 Preview: Shostakovich at the LA Chamber Orchestra Apr 6, 2017
- Apr 5, 2017 Review: Rachmaninoff with the Florida Orchestra Apr 5, 2017
- Apr 3, 2017 Review Roundup: La Clemenza di Tito at Moscow Chamber Opera Apr 3, 2017
- Apr 2, 2017 REVIEW 4: премьера Милосердия Тита в театре Покровского Apr 2, 2017
March 2017
- Mar 21, 2017 REVIEW 3: премьера Милосердия Тита в театре Покровского Mar 21, 2017
- Mar 14, 2017 REVIEW 2: премьера Милосердия Тита в театре Покровского Mar 14, 2017
- Mar 12, 2017 REVIEW 1: премьера Милосердия Тита в театре Покровского Mar 12, 2017
- Mar 11, 2017 REVIEW: Видео-сюжеты о премьере Милосердия Тита Mar 11, 2017
- Mar 7, 2017 INTERVIEW: В "ГЛАВНОЙ РОЛИ" С ЮЛИАНОМ МАКАРОВЫМ Mar 7, 2017
January 2017
- Jan 14, 2017 WATCH: my lecture on Shostakovich Fifth Symphony and absolute music Jan 14, 2017
December 2016
- Dec 21, 2016 Preview: December Evenings Festival Dec 21, 2016
November 2016
- Nov 23, 2016 Review: Solzhenitsyn, Orchestra give voice to Beethoven, Shostakovich Nov 23, 2016
- Nov 9, 2016 Review: Solzhenitsyn Plays Beethoven Nov 9, 2016
October 2016
- Oct 21, 2016 LISTEN: Sibelius 5 Oct 21, 2016
- Oct 10, 2016 With James Conlon in Los Angeles Oct 10, 2016
- Oct 7, 2016 Review: Mozart in New York Oct 7, 2016
September 2016
- Sep 1, 2016 Review: Darkness and joy contrast at festival closing Sep 1, 2016
August 2016
- Aug 19, 2016 Preview: Solzhenitsyn explores 'creative journey' at festival Aug 19, 2016
- Aug 18, 2016 Preview: Beyond their fences Aug 18, 2016
- Aug 12, 2016 Preview: Salt Bay Chamberfest Full of Star Power Aug 12, 2016
June 2016
- Jun 7, 2016 Review: Shostakovich’s Piano Quintet Crowns a Challenging Season with Consummate Quality Jun 7, 2016
May 2016
- May 27, 2016 Review: Two quintets with Haydn in the middle May 27, 2016
April 2016
- Apr 27, 2016 Preview: "Classical music page-turners turn the page into the modern era" Apr 27, 2016
- Apr 7, 2016 Review: Two Views of Mendelssohn’s Symphonic Scotland Apr 7, 2016
- Apr 6, 2016 Review: Chamber Orchestra of Phila. Balances Contemplative Bartok, Flawless Mendelssohn Apr 6, 2016
March 2016
- Mar 26, 2016 Another 26th of March Mar 26, 2016
- Mar 25, 2016 Eli, Eli, lama asabthani? Mar 25, 2016
- Mar 17, 2016 Interview: "Интервью с Игнатом Солженицыным" Mar 17, 2016
February 2016
- Feb 11, 2016 Bewitched, bothered… Feb 11, 2016
January 2016
- Jan 9, 2016 Listen: Beethoven Sonata, Op. 26 I Jan 9, 2016
December 2015
- Dec 15, 2015 "Новости культуры" о моем выступлении позавчера на "Декабрьских вечерах" Dec 15, 2015
November 2015
- Nov 21, 2015 Review: "Rachmaninoff's First" Nov 21, 2015
- Nov 17, 2015 Review: "Fort Worth Symphony Concert Honors Victims of Paris Attack" Nov 17, 2015
October 2015
- Oct 26, 2015 Arrau on Brahms Oct 26, 2015
September 2015
- Sep 20, 2015 Final stage of illumination Sep 20, 2015
August 2015
- Aug 18, 2015 Listen: Mozart Rondo in A minor, K. 511 Aug 18, 2015
June 2015
- Jun 12, 2015 Review: "Our Neighbor in Montclair, George Walker" Jun 12, 2015
- Jun 9, 2015 Review: "Pairing Beethoven With George Walker at Mannes College" Jun 9, 2015
May 2015
- May 25, 2015 Preview: The New Yorker—Cultural Clicks May 25, 2015
- May 19, 2015 Review: "The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia Celebrates Fifty Years on Stage" May 19, 2015
- May 17, 2015 Review: "A Celebratory Chamber Orchestra Milestone" May 17, 2015
- May 14, 2015 Review: "A Cathartic Schnittke from the Brentanos and Solzhenitsyn" May 14, 2015
- May 9, 2015 Watch: Prokofiev & Shostakovich Sonatas May 9, 2015
April 2015
- Apr 3, 2015 Listen: Haydn Seven Last Words—Earthquake Apr 3, 2015
March 2015
- Mar 30, 2015 Watch: в программе "Культурный код" Mar 30, 2015
- Mar 13, 2015 Listen: Liadov Kikimora, Op. 63 Mar 13, 2015
February 2015
- Feb 9, 2015 Listen: Tchaikovsky Romeo & Juliet Fantasy Feb 9, 2015
January 2015
- Jan 21, 2015 Review: Solzhenitsyn Plays Prokofiev Jan 21, 2015
December 2014
- Dec 14, 2014 new Prokofiev album Dec 14, 2014
- Dec 2, 2014 Interview: "Going Beyond the Baton: A Conversation with Ignat Solzhenitsyn" Dec 2, 2014
November 2014
- Nov 13, 2014 Review: "Solzhenitsyn Plays Beethoven" Nov 13, 2014
October 2014
- Oct 29, 2014 Review: "Ignat Solzhenitsyn Is Stellar in Utah Symphony Debut" Oct 29, 2014
- Oct 24, 2014 Preview: "So far, so good, says Solzhenitsyn of Utah Symphony gig" Oct 24, 2014
September 2014
- Sep 23, 2014 A flawless Susanna Sep 23, 2014
August 2014
- Aug 19, 2014 Secret Signs Aug 19, 2014
June 2014
- Jun 2, 2014 Десять суток Jun 2, 2014
April 2014
- Apr 12, 2014 Review: "Warm Reunion for Chamber Orchestra" Apr 12, 2014
- Apr 7, 2014 Interview: Вновь в "Главной роли" с Юлианом Макаровым Apr 7, 2014
March 2014
- Mar 27, 2014 Review: "Prokofiev's 'War Sonatas' in a landmark concert" Mar 27, 2014
- Mar 25, 2014 Review: "Solzhenitsyn Plays Prokofiev" Mar 25, 2014
- Mar 20, 2014 Preview: "What's Russian for 'music to our ears'?" Mar 20, 2014
- Mar 14, 2014 Preview: "Контрасты двух титанов" Mar 14, 2014
February 2014
- Feb 28, 2014 Watch: Игнат Солженицын в передаче "Царская ложа" Feb 28, 2014
January 2014
- Jan 16, 2014 Review: "Ignat Solzhenitsyn Lights Up Toronto’s 10th Mozart Festival" Jan 16, 2014
December 2013
- Dec 15, 2013 new Beethoven CD Dec 15, 2013
November 2013
- Nov 2, 2013 Review: "Штурм русской музыкой" Nov 2, 2013
October 2013
- Oct 15, 2013 Review: "Guest Conductor Good for Mariinsky" Oct 15, 2013
- Oct 13, 2013 Review: "Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra: A Welcome Invitation" Oct 13, 2013
- Oct 3, 2013 Review: "Anne-Sophie Mutter radiant in CSO debut" Oct 3, 2013
September 2013
- Sep 29, 2013 Congratulations, Anne-Sophie! Sep 29, 2013
July 2013
- Jul 15, 2013 Review: "EMF Presents Stellar Chamber Music at UNC Greensboro" Jul 15, 2013
- Jul 10, 2013 Review: "An Almost All-20th- (& 21st-) Century Concert Lights up the Skies for Independence Week at the EMF" Jul 10, 2013
June 2013
- Jun 12, 2013 Preview: Игнат Солженицын в "Главной роли" с Юлианом Макаровым Jun 12, 2013
May 2013
- May 30, 2013 Review: "Civilized Mozart and Hair-Raising Shostakovich from Gerard Schwarz" May 30, 2013
April 2013
- Apr 13, 2013 Review: "Chamber Orchestra's Fall of the Berlin Wall" Apr 13, 2013
March 2013
- Mar 8, 2013 Watch: Mozart and Salieri Mar 8, 2013
- Mar 7, 2013 Review: "Ignat Solzhenitsyn leads Baltimore Symphony in works by Mozart, Pärt" Mar 7, 2013
February 2013
- Feb 20, 2013 Round and Round... Feb 20, 2013
- Feb 15, 2013 Review: "Solzhenitsyn’s slam-dunk at the MSO" Feb 15, 2013
- Feb 13, 2013 Review: "MSO, Solzhenitsyn present stirring sounds of Russia" Feb 13, 2013
January 2013
- Jan 18, 2013 Mozart Then and Now Jan 18, 2013
August 2012
- Aug 31, 2012 Watch: Conversation with Eugenia Zukerman Aug 31, 2012
- Aug 30, 2012 The Special Magic of Tanglewood Aug 30, 2012
May 2012
- May 23, 2012 Waiting for Superman May 23, 2012
- May 15, 2012 Elvira Madigan Lives May 15, 2012
- May 12, 2012 The Enigmatic Fifteen May 12, 2012
- May 6, 2012 1911 or 1947? May 6, 2012
- May 2, 2012 Elusive Nexus May 2, 2012
April 2012
- Apr 30, 2012 Mommy, What's a Fortepiano? Apr 30, 2012
- Apr 25, 2012 Good Shepherds Apr 25, 2012
March 2012
- Mar 27, 2012 Blind Leaders of the Blind Mar 27, 2012
- Mar 26, 2012 Ludwig the Great, RIP Mar 26, 2012
- Mar 9, 2012 Review: "'Eroica' without the hero worship" Mar 9, 2012
- Mar 8, 2012 Review: "Solzhenitsyn's return to the Chamber Orchestra offers a rich experience" Mar 8, 2012
February 2012
- Feb 29, 2012 Why I Love the "Eroica" Feb 29, 2012
- Feb 24, 2012 Benefit in Honour of Stolypin & Klebnikov Feb 24, 2012
- Feb 20, 2012 Richard III at BAM Feb 20, 2012
- Feb 18, 2012 Re-thinking Ginastera Feb 18, 2012
- Feb 17, 2012 Welcome Aboard, Nephew Seva! Feb 17, 2012
- Feb 16, 2012 Linsanity Everywhere Feb 16, 2012
- Feb 15, 2012 The Great Blondin Returns Feb 15, 2012
- Feb 11, 2012 Curtis Students Shine in Dark Brahms Feb 11, 2012
- Feb 7, 2012 Election Fever Heating Up in Russia Feb 7, 2012
- Feb 5, 2012 No Dog In This Fight Feb 5, 2012
- Feb 2, 2012 Leo Ornstein, 1893-2002 Feb 2, 2012
January 2012
- Jan 31, 2012 Début at Mariinsky Opera Jan 31, 2012