André Raphel
@andreraphel.bsky.social
Conductor, Principal Conductor of Hudson Valley Symphony Orchestra, Conductor Laureate of Wheeling Symphony Orchestra, Actor, Dad
On Nov. 15th w/the Hudson Valley Symphony Orchestra, “Beethoven’s 4th & Sussmann.” Concert in Poughkeepsie, NY features Arnaud Sussmann playing Mozart. Looking forward to conducting works by Vaughan Williams and Beethoven. Here’s an article from Chronogram Magazine www.chronogram.com/arts/music/h...
November 4, 2025 at 1:35 PM
On Nov. 15th w/the Hudson Valley Symphony Orchestra, “Beethoven’s 4th & Sussmann.” Concert in Poughkeepsie, NY features Arnaud Sussmann playing Mozart. Looking forward to conducting works by Vaughan Williams and Beethoven. Here’s an article from Chronogram Magazine www.chronogram.com/arts/music/h...
Looking forward to leading Beethoven’s 4th Symphony w/the Hudson Valley Symphony Orchestra (NY) in November. Arnaud Sussmann, violin will be soloist. The 11/15 program features works by Mozart & Vaughan Williams. #music Tickets @ the link: www.hudsonvalleysymphony.org/events
October 16, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Looking forward to leading Beethoven’s 4th Symphony w/the Hudson Valley Symphony Orchestra (NY) in November. Arnaud Sussmann, violin will be soloist. The 11/15 program features works by Mozart & Vaughan Williams. #music Tickets @ the link: www.hudsonvalleysymphony.org/events
#TBT A glimpse into “the process” in Berlin of presenting Uri Caine The Passion of Octavius Catto. The work & words from Uri about the piece, couldn’t be more timely! Rehearsal video @ the link from DSO Berlin, Andre Raphel, conductor. A thrilling European premiere! m.youtube.com/watch?v=nTSM...
September 18, 2025 at 3:33 PM
#TBT A glimpse into “the process” in Berlin of presenting Uri Caine The Passion of Octavius Catto. The work & words from Uri about the piece, couldn’t be more timely! Rehearsal video @ the link from DSO Berlin, Andre Raphel, conductor. A thrilling European premiere! m.youtube.com/watch?v=nTSM...
For all those beautiful souls we lost on 9/11/2001. In tribute. A day of remembrance. Never Forget.
September 11, 2025 at 11:09 AM
For all those beautiful souls we lost on 9/11/2001. In tribute. A day of remembrance. Never Forget.
Patients are flooding New York City medical practices with reports that they are experiencing Covid symptoms amid a late-summer surge of coronavirus infections and the appearance of a new variant. Many are also asking if they qualify for a vaccine after the FDA released new restrictions.
N.Y.C. Covid Cases Appear to Be Rising. So Are Inquiries on Vaccines.
Patients are flooding medical practices with reports of the telltale signs of Covid and questions about whether they will be able to get vaccinated.
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August 29, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Happy 150th Birthday to the composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor! Born on this day August 15, 1875. An important Afro-British composer! Here’s a video clip from Coleridge-Taylor’s charming Petite Suite de Concert. Boston Symphony Orchestra, André Raphel, conductor
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BSO NOW | André Raphel conducts Coleridge-Taylor
YouTube video by Boston Symphony Orchestra
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August 15, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Happy 150th Birthday to the composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor! Born on this day August 15, 1875. An important Afro-British composer! Here’s a video clip from Coleridge-Taylor’s charming Petite Suite de Concert. Boston Symphony Orchestra, André Raphel, conductor
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5bD...
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Reposted by André Raphel
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting said Friday that it would shut down next year, effectively ending its half-century role as a backer of NPR, PBS, and local radio and TV stations across the U.S.
Corporation for Public Broadcasting Will Shut Down
The company is among the first casualties of a vote to strip roughly $500 million in federal funding from NPR, PBS and local stations across the country.
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August 2, 2025 at 12:00 AM
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting said Friday that it would shut down next year, effectively ending its half-century role as a backer of NPR, PBS, and local radio and TV stations across the U.S.
A brilliant actor, poet and musician! The tragic accidental death of Malcolm-Jamal Warner has left me in shock. ‘Mal’ and I only met a few years ago, but we had a wonderful collaboration. For the program w/the Minnesota Orchestra he was commissioned to write a poem about Juneteenth. Powerful! R.I.P.
July 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
A brilliant actor, poet and musician! The tragic accidental death of Malcolm-Jamal Warner has left me in shock. ‘Mal’ and I only met a few years ago, but we had a wonderful collaboration. For the program w/the Minnesota Orchestra he was commissioned to write a poem about Juneteenth. Powerful! R.I.P.
This is not good! The Department of Education not only manages federal loans for college, but also enforces civil rights laws in schools. “Only Congress has the power to abolish the department,” Justice Sotomayor wrote in dissent. #Education www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/u...
Supreme Court Clears the Way for Trump’s Cuts to the Education Department
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July 15, 2025 at 2:53 PM
This is not good! The Department of Education not only manages federal loans for college, but also enforces civil rights laws in schools. “Only Congress has the power to abolish the department,” Justice Sotomayor wrote in dissent. #Education www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/u...
On this July 4th, here’s a “Patriotic Medley” w/the wonderful Jevetta Steele, vocalist. Hear America the Beautiful & more at the link. Minnesota Orchestra, André Raphel, conductor. #Happy4th #music m.youtube.com/watch?v=phub...
July 4, 2025 at 11:57 AM
On this July 4th, here’s a “Patriotic Medley” w/the wonderful Jevetta Steele, vocalist. Hear America the Beautiful & more at the link. Minnesota Orchestra, André Raphel, conductor. #Happy4th #music m.youtube.com/watch?v=phub...
Berlin review from Taz. “The concert marks conductor Andre’ Raphel’s debut with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin. He leads both Montgomery and Mendelssohn without a score. Thanks to his clear and dynamic direction, the Reformation Symphony feels anything but worn out.”
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Konzert in der Berliner Philharmonie: Der Mord am Wahllokal
Klassische Musik wird vielfältig – wie am Sonntagabend in der Berliner Philharmonie, als u.a. Jessie Montgomerys „Hymn for Everyone“ aufgeführt wurde.
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June 23, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Berlin review from Taz. “The concert marks conductor Andre’ Raphel’s debut with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin. He leads both Montgomery and Mendelssohn without a score. Thanks to his clear and dynamic direction, the Reformation Symphony feels anything but worn out.”
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For the Juneteenth holiday, celebrating the life & work of Octavius Catto. A civil & voting rights activist, with Frederick Douglass, Catto helped recruit men for the Civil War. At the link, a performance of Uri Caine’s Passion of Octavius Catto w/DSO Berlin @ 1:21.
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LIVE: Raphel & Caine
André Raphel dirigiert das Deutsche Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
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June 19, 2025 at 10:56 AM
For the Juneteenth holiday, celebrating the life & work of Octavius Catto. A civil & voting rights activist, with Frederick Douglass, Catto helped recruit men for the Civil War. At the link, a performance of Uri Caine’s Passion of Octavius Catto w/DSO Berlin @ 1:21.
www.radiodrei.de/programm/sch...
www.radiodrei.de/programm/sch...
This weekend on Sunday, June 15th, works by Jessie Montgomery, Mendelssohn, and Uri Caine. Concert at Philharmonie Berlin will be broadcast live on Radio 3 at 8:00 pm CET, 2:00 pm EST. Looking forward! Further info at the link. www.radiodrei.de/programm/sch...
June 13, 2025 at 9:05 PM
This weekend on Sunday, June 15th, works by Jessie Montgomery, Mendelssohn, and Uri Caine. Concert at Philharmonie Berlin will be broadcast live on Radio 3 at 8:00 pm CET, 2:00 pm EST. Looking forward! Further info at the link. www.radiodrei.de/programm/sch...
Music based on the hymn as a song form and American history on June 15 with Deutsches Symphonie- Orchester Berlin! Program at Philharmonie Berlin feat Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 5, ‘Reformation’ and Uri Caine’s powerful work, The Passion of Octavius Catto. Looking forward! #music #Berlin #debut
June 5, 2025 at 6:44 PM
So looking forward to making my Berlin debut with Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin on June 15th! Jessie Montgomery’s Hymn for Everyone and Uri Caine’s Passion of Octavius Catto will have their European premieres. Concert @ Philharmonie Berlin. Tickets @ the link www.dso-berlin.de/en/concert/r...
May 28, 2025 at 3:42 PM
So looking forward to making my Berlin debut with Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin on June 15th! Jessie Montgomery’s Hymn for Everyone and Uri Caine’s Passion of Octavius Catto will have their European premieres. Concert @ Philharmonie Berlin. Tickets @ the link www.dso-berlin.de/en/concert/r...
My dressing room for the evening. Celebrating the 95th Anniversary of the Wheeling Symphony Orchestra tonight! On the menu- Ravel’s La Valse. It will be a fun night! #Ravelat150
May 15, 2025 at 2:34 PM
My dressing room for the evening. Celebrating the 95th Anniversary of the Wheeling Symphony Orchestra tonight! On the menu- Ravel’s La Valse. It will be a fun night! #Ravelat150
Looking forward to Saturday’s May 10 season finale “Elgar’s Friends & Ravel at 150” w/the Hudson Valley Symphony Orchestra. Program feat works by Ravel, Shostakovich, and Elgar. John Adams’ Short Ride In A Fast Machine is exhilarating! Ravel’s Mother Goose Suite opens. Seeger Theater, Beacon, NY
May 9, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Looking forward to Saturday’s May 10 season finale “Elgar’s Friends & Ravel at 150” w/the Hudson Valley Symphony Orchestra. Program feat works by Ravel, Shostakovich, and Elgar. John Adams’ Short Ride In A Fast Machine is exhilarating! Ravel’s Mother Goose Suite opens. Seeger Theater, Beacon, NY
A few thoughts on the importance of the Arts and Culture in today’s world.
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Acclaimed conductor, Andre Raphel on why the arts and culture are important to our society
YouTube video by KultureKure Podcast with Kelvin Allen
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May 7, 2025 at 4:01 PM
A few thoughts on the importance of the Arts and Culture in today’s world.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=wnM7...
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A great nation needs the Arts, and its arts organizations need funding from the NEA!
The National Endowment for the Arts withdrew and canceled grant offers to numerous arts organizations around the country on Friday night, sending a round of email notifications out just hours after President Trump proposed eliminating the agency in his next budget.
The National Endowment for the Arts Begins Terminating Grants
The endowment told arts organizations that it was withdrawing or canceling current grants just hours after President Trump proposed eliminating the agency in the next fiscal year.
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May 3, 2025 at 9:27 PM
A great nation needs the Arts, and its arts organizations need funding from the NEA!
Ravel’s La Valse w/the Wheeling Symphony on May 15th. The special 95th Anniversary Celebration concert takes place at the Capitol Theatre. #Ravelat150
April 29, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Ravel’s La Valse w/the Wheeling Symphony on May 15th. The special 95th Anniversary Celebration concert takes place at the Capitol Theatre. #Ravelat150
On the 98th Anniversary of her birth, remembering a special conversation with Coretta Scott King. She was truly a great lady, civil rights leader, and a singer! The wife of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, she shared w/me how she met Dr. King while studying music in Boston. #history #music
April 27, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Looking forward to “Elgar’s Friends & Ravel at 150” w/the Hudson Valley Symphony Orchestra on May 10th. Season finale program features works by Ravel, Shostakovich, John Adams, and Elgar’s gorgeous Enigma Variations. Seeger Theater, Beacon, NY. Tickets @ the link: www.hudsonvalleysymphony.org/events
April 16, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Looking forward to “Elgar’s Friends & Ravel at 150” w/the Hudson Valley Symphony Orchestra on May 10th. Season finale program features works by Ravel, Shostakovich, John Adams, and Elgar’s gorgeous Enigma Variations. Seeger Theater, Beacon, NY. Tickets @ the link: www.hudsonvalleysymphony.org/events