How Gustavo Dudamel’s Mahler festival grooves for young and old

Some months before beginning his six-week Mahler Project in 2012, a 30-year Gustavo Dudamel said he was studying like crazy. Just before the first concert on Jan. 13 that year, he said, “It’s crazy,” the craziness being that he was about to attempt something beyond reason: performing all nine completed Mahler symphonies and the first … Read more

How to watch the 2025 Oscars and everything else you need to know

The 2025 awards season is (finally) approaching its end. The 97th Academy Awards will be held Sunday at the Dolby Theatre, where Hollywood’s biggest stars will assemble to celebrate this awards cycle’s best films and performances one last time. Is Sean Baker’s “Anora” a shoo-in for the evening’s top prize, as many awards prognosticators believe? … Read more