The Juilliard Journal

David Afkham Makes His New York Debut

By EVAN FEIN

At 28, award-winning German conductor David Afkham is one of the fastest-rising stars of the concert podium. Juilliard’s orchestral season opens on October 10 with Afkham’s highly anticipated New York debut, in which he will direct performances of Brahms’s monumental Second Piano Concerto and Tchaikovsky’s beloved Fourth Symphony. More...

A Jazz Studies First With Jane Monheit

By CECELIA HOBBS GARDNER

Juilliard Jazz continues its 10th-anniversary celebration with something new: on October 25, Grammy-nominated Jane Monheit will be the first vocalist to appear in a full-length concert with the Juilliard Jazz Orchestra. This concert, called the “Great American Songbook,” will be conducted by alum and new faculty member James Burton III. More...

All My Sons Launches Drama Season

By BENJAMIN LAUDE

For its first production of the season, the Drama Division will present Arthur Miller’s classic All My Sons featuring fourth-year actors. Industry veteran Harris Yulin will return to Juilliard to both take the role of the patriarch, Joe Keller, and also direct the play. It opens on October 19. More...

Connections, Contradictions, and Beauty: Axiom’s Season Opener

By TONI MARIE MARCHIONI

Programming works by Gérard Grisey, Harrison Birtwistle, and Magnus Lindberg might seem arbitrary, but Jeffrey Milarsky, who has done just that for the opening concert of the Axiom ensemble’s seventh season—on October 13—hopes this combination will allow “audiences and performers alike to find connections, contradictions, and beauty in these three seemingly disparate works.” More...

Settling In: New Students Arrive and Thrive at Juilliard

On August 29—after the fierceness of Hurricane Irene had come and gone, pushing the start of orientation week back a full day—248 new students began to settle in to Juilliard. Most arrived unscathed; others were exhausted from travel plans gone amok. More...