Anthony Carl Tommasini (born April 14, 1948) is an American music critic and author who specializes in classical music.[1] Described as "a discerning critic, whose taste, knowledge and judgment have made him a must-read",[2] 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.
^Ceriani 2016, para. 1.
^Cite error: The named reference NYT1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
Anthony Carl Tommasini (born April 14, 1948) is an American music critic and author who specializes in classical music. Described as "a discerning critic...
Tohill, Gaelic footballer Anthony Tolliver, American basketball player AnthonyTommasini, American music journalist and author Anthony Trollope, English novelist...
Establish Herself as a Brand". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 May 2013. AnthonyTommasini, "With Surgery, Soprano Sheds a Brünnhilde Body," New York Times,...
("for inspiration to young musicians") from Young Concert Artists. AnthonyTommasini wrote in The New York Times in 2016: "The aspiring singers in the...
January 2, 2017, at the Wayback Machine by AnthonyTommasini, The New York Times, January 21, 2016 Tommasini, Anthony. "Beverly Sills, All-American Diva With...
Hugh Canning, "Everything but the girl". The Times, March 11, 2007. AnthonyTommasini, "Dreiser's Chilling Tale of Ambition and Its Price". New York Times...
Tommasini is a surname of the following people: AnthonyTommasini (born 1948), chief music critic for The New York Times and author Muzio Tommasini (1794–1879)...
Concertante for piano quartet. The New York Times' chief music critic AnthonyTommasini, who ranked Schubert as the fourth greatest composer, wrote of him:...
Williams might have composed in the Cambridge branch of Dunkin' Donuts". AnthonyTommasini described Whitacre's "Leonardo Dreams of His Flying Machine" in 2005...
The New York Times. AnthonyTommasini (June 27, 2004). "Music; The First Spaghetti Western". The New York Times. AnthonyTommasini (November 24, 2004)...
Paris Opera reported an average age of 48. New York Times critic AnthonyTommasini has suggested that "companies inordinately beholden to standard repertory"...
Chopin's four scherzi and three impromptus, was released in late 2004. AnthonyTommasini of the New York Times praised this recording for Yundi's "white-hot...
Interview". Playbill Arts. playbillarts.com. Retrieved 16 January 2013. AnthonyTommasini (5 November 2007). "Musical Days of Berlin (the City ... and the Irving)"...
Carmelites. It seems they can only sing tonal music." Music critic AnthonyTommasini has commented on the opera: "Poulenc's subtle and intricate tonal...
first time the year previously in Rome in a production of Norma. AnthonyTommasini wrote that Corelli had "earned great respect from the fearsomely demanding...
"Review: A Tenor Reaches 18 High C's at the Metropolitan Opera" by AnthonyTommasini, The New York Times, February 8, 2019 Interview, Larry King Live,...
Plessix Gray (22 September 2003). "Out of Siberia". The New Yorker. AnthonyTommasini (22 November 2017). "Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Silver-Maned Baritone From...
Helfgott is known for his unusual platform manner. In 1997, critic AnthonyTommasini noted that Helfgott "stares into the hall and renders a nonstop commentary...
critical in subtle ways." Reviewing the premiere for the New York Times, AnthonyTommasini described the music variety of Blanchard's score: "Restless vocal...
2020. AnthonyTommasini (13 April 2012). "Star Pianist Establishes the Tempo of the Night". The New York Times. Retrieved 31 January 2016. Anthony Tommasini...
Leroy Anderson: Tuneful Blade Runner (Wall Street Journal, 1995) AnthonyTommasini: Tuneful Gems from a Master: Leroy Anderson (New York Times, 1996)...
Global Information