Cell phone disruptions at concerts are so, well, last month. (And after all, Alan Gilbert’s stopping the New York Philharmonic for a patron’s cell phone alarm was merely the most recent iteration of an ongoing theme.) Even variations on the Nokia ring tone are passe; the violist Lukas Kmit, whose improvised coda on the ubiquitous phrase went all over YouTube in January (see below), was echoing something I heard Nigel Kennedy do at a house party in Switzerland a good twelve years ago, back when that Nokia ring tone was one of the ONLY ring tones. Read full article > >

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Old-fashioned interruption at the NSO

The New York Philharmonic concertgoer whose marimba tone interrupted a performance, resulting in its stoppage, says he hasn’t slept in days.

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Ringing Finally Ended, but There’s No Button to Stop Shame

The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra is “safe and well” while UK embassy staff are investigating the situation on the ground after a massive earthquake hit Japan.

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BBC orchestra ‘safe’ after quake

The New York Philharmonic is growing frustrated as it awaits word on permission from Washington to travel.

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Philharmonic Renews Effort on Cuba

To prepare for the composer Magnus Lindberg’s “Kraft,” members of the New York Philharmonic have scoured a junkyard in Staten Island for pieces of metal to play.

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From Heaps of Junk, a Melodious Clang

The departure of Zarin Mehta, the Philharmonic’s chief executive and president, will mark a generational shift.

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N.Y. Philharmonic Executive to Leave