James Levine
James Levine does a masterful job conducting from a chair
By adamg - 1/8/11 - 12:45 pmMike Ball reviews the BSO's opening performance of Stravinsky and Bartok, conducted by a chair-bound James Levine:
When I first saw his fancy office chair on his little dais, I was thinking he'd been immobilized. His staggering on-stage leaving heavily on a cane reinforced that sense.
Forget that. Come baton-waving time, he was if anything liberated by his chair, which became yet another tool instead of a limitation. If anything, he was more active last night than when he stood on two feet.
James Levine cancels all Tanglewood appearances this summer
By adamg - 6/14/10 - 11:35 amJoel Brown reports.
James Levine needs immediate back surgery
By adamg - 9/29/09 - 12:39 pmJoel Brown reports on the BSO conductor's latest medical issue.
