December 13, 2021, New York - Mannes School of Music at The New School’s College of Performing Arts (CoPA) is honored to announce the appointment of Leila Josefowicz to the Mannes faculty, serving as ...

Minneapolis’ Orchestra Hall was the setting for a different kind of homecoming concert on Thursday and Friday. The Minnesota Orchestra welcomed back not a musician whose career began here, but a piece ...

For someone who’s been ahead of her time for years, it seems the world might be catching up to Leila Josefowicz. The American-Canadian violinist is internationally acclaimed for performing ...

Roaming into Sunday afternoon’s San Diego Symphony concert in the (still) sensational-sounding Jacobs Music Center, I would have guessed that, if the concert satisfied, it would be because of ...

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Violinist Leila Josefowicz and British composer Oliver Knussen have been close friends since their first meeting nearly a decade ago. As part of the Kennedy Center’s weeklong Crosscurrents series, she ...

Violinist Leila Josefowicz, who will perform in The Syracuse Orchestra’s Feb. 15 Masterworks concert, used two adjectives to describe herself in a phone interview last week: “adventurous” and ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Even dark musical clouds have silver linings. In the same breath with which it announced the unfortunate cancellation of one highly anticipated guest soloist this weekend at ...

When Steven Mackey began composing his most recent commission for violinist Leila Josefowicz, he intended to write a barn burner for her. A couple of months into the project, he took a new direction: ...

Violinist Leila Josefowicz came to national attention after receiving the Avery Fisher Career Grant in 1994. Known for her virtuosity and fresh approach to the repertoire, Josefowicz collaborates with ...

And the LSO under Susanna Mälkki didn’t disappoint in any regard: this was a great night in the Barbican hall. I came across the black American composer Julia Perry (1924-1979) a few years ago, but ...

"Americana" from Leila Josefowicz (LEE-lah joh-SEF-oh-wits). She's our studio guest this hour and we'll hear an appetizer from her new CD. She's joined by pianist John Novacek (NOH-vah-chek) for an ...