Pierre Boulez Tribute in New York Reviewed

Source: The New York Times.

This city has not done right lately by Pierre Boulez, who turned 90 in March. The New York Philharmonic — of which he was music director from 1971 to 1977, in a tenure now often criticized as recondite in its programming (untrue) and dire in its ticket sales (ditto) — did nothing to honor the birthday. Nor did our other major cultural institutions. It has taken a series of concerts this week at National Sawdust in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, featuring members of the International Contemporary Ensemble and the venerable bassoonist Pascal Gallois, for Mr. Boulez to be the focus of a sustained tribute here.