Английская Википедия:Anthony Tommasini

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Anthony Carl Tommasini (born April 14, 1948) is an American music critic and author who specializes in classical music.Шаблон:Sfn Described as "a discerning critic, whose taste, knowledge and judgment have made him a must-read",[1] Tommasini was the chief classical music critic for The New York Times from 2000 to 2021. Also a pianist, he has released two CDS and two books on the music of his colleague and mentor, the composer and critic Virgil Thomson.

A classical music enthusiast since his youth, Tommasini attended both Yale University and Boston University to study piano, and then taught music at Emerson College. In 1986 he left academia to write music criticism for The Boston Globe. Tommasini joined the Times in 1996 and became their chief classical music critic in 2000 for over two decades. He traveled to cover important premieres of contemporary classical music, encouraged diversity in both classical repertoire and ensembles, and wrote books covering influential operas and composers.

Early life and education

Anthony Carl Tommasini was born in Brooklyn, New York on April 14, 1948.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Efn He grew up in a family of five in Malverne on Long Island, New York.[2]Шаблон:Sfn Though his parents were not musically inclined, Tommasini was interested in classical music from a young age.Шаблон:Sfn Beginning piano lessons in his youth, at 16 years of age he won a piano competition at The Town Hall in Manhattan, performing a Mozart concerto.Шаблон:Sfn From age 15 on, he regularly attended the Metropolitan Opera, with operas by Puccini being particular favorites.Шаблон:Sfn Other impressionable performances included Joan Sutherland as Lucia in Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor; Birgit Nilsson as the title role of Puccini's Turandot; Renata Tebaldi as Mimì in Puccini's La bohème; and Leontyne Price as the title role of Verdi's Aida.Шаблон:Sfn From his teens, Tommasini also cites a performance of Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic in Beethoven's Symphony No. 3 and Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring as particularly inspirational.[3] He was a fan of the pianist Rudolf Serkin, whose recitals he frequently attended, and was overwhelmed by Igor Stravinsky conducting the Symphony of Psalms at the Lincoln Center.[4] A graduate of Saint Paul's School in Garden City, New York,Шаблон:Sfn Tommasini studied piano with Donald Currier at Yale University, receiving a Bachelor of Arts (1970) and a Master of Music (1972).Шаблон:Sfn He subsequently earned a Doctor of Musical Arts (1982) from Boston University, during which he studied with the pianist Leonard Shure.Шаблон:Sfn A decade later, he won the 1998 Boston University School of Music Distinguished Alumni Award.Шаблон:Sfn

Career

Based in Boston, Tommasini taught music at Emerson College from 1978 to 1986, and also led non-fiction writing workshops at Wesleyan University and Brandeis University.Шаблон:Sfn In 1985 at Emerson, he met the composer Virgil Thomson, who became both a friend and mentor.Шаблон:Sfn Tommasini published a survey of Thomson's piano music, Virgil Thomson's Musical Portraits (1986),Шаблон:Sfn which was a revision and expansion of his 1982 DMA dissertation.Шаблон:Sfn He was denied tenure at Emerson College, as the college eliminated his position; Tommasini later noted that although disappointing, "the best thing that ever happened to me was not getting tenure at Emerson, or I might still be there, and none of [my future career] would've happened".Шаблон:Sfn In response, Tommasini turned to music criticism.Шаблон:Sfn He was a freelancer, and wrote for The Boston Globe for a decade, beginning in 1986.Шаблон:Sfn

Tommasini became a staff writer for The New York Times in 1996, and was promoted to chief classical music critic in 2000.Шаблон:Sfn In addition to Thomson, his mentors include Richard Dyer, who was chief classical music critic of The Boston Globe for 33 years.Шаблон:Sfn At the Times, Tommasini traveled for important premieres of contemporary classical music, including Saariaho's L'Amour de loin (2000), Adès's The Tempest (2004) and Turnage's Anna Nicole (2011).[1] He covered certain musicians particularly often, such as Peter Serkin, Leif Ove Andsnes, Michael Tilson Thomas and Esa-Pekka Salonen.[1] Tommasini often advocated for increased diversity in the classical music world;[1] his comment that "American orchestras should think a little less about how they play and a little more about what they play and why they play it" is often quoted.[3] In this regard, his colleagues at the Times described him as "something of a provocateur: challenging the field to take more risks, embrace new music and rethink old, hidebound habits".[1] Tommasini's 2020 article which suggested blind auditions be abandoned so race can be considered to assist in diversifying ensembles was met with "intense debate";[1]Шаблон:Sfn In New Music USA, Maia Jasper White noted that the idea received "heavy backlash".[5] Tommasini stepped down from his post in 2021; with a 21 year tenure he has been chief classical music critic of The New York Times for the longest period since Olin Downes.[1]Шаблон:Efn In April 2022, music critic Zachary Woolfe was named Tommasini's successor as chief classical music critic for the Times.[6]

Tommasini is the author of Virgil Thomson: Composer on the Aisle,Шаблон:Sfn which received the 1998 ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award, and Opera: A Critic's Guide to the 100 Most Important Works and the Best Recordings.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn Also a pianist, Tommasini made two recordings of music by Virgil Thomson for Northeastern Records, Portraits and Self-Portraits and Mostly About Love: Songs and Vocal Works.Шаблон:Sfn Both were funded through grants from the National Endowment for the Arts.Шаблон:Sfn

Tommasini lives on Central Park West in Manhattan, New York City with his husband Ben McCommon, who is a psychiatrist.Шаблон:Sfn[4] After his leave from the Times at the end of 2021, Tommasini said he might return to teaching, and that he has two further book ideas.[3] In 2022 he took up a teaching position at the Juilliard School's Extension Division, launching a new course, "Critical Listening with Anthony Tommasini".[7]

Selected writings

Books

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Discography

Recordings by Anthony TommasiniШаблон:Sfn
Year Album Performers Label
1990 Portraits and Self Portraits
Works by Virgil Thomson 		Anthony Tommasini, piano; and Sharan Leventhal violin Northeastern Records[15][16]
1994 Mostly about Love: Songs and Vocal Works
Works by Virgil Thomson 		Anthony Tommasini, piano; various othersШаблон:Efn Northeastern Records[17][18]

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