Donald Rosenberg

Donald Rosenberg (born 1952[1]) is an American musician, music critic and journalist.

Biography

Rosenberg was born in New York City and educated at the Mannes College of Music and the Yale School of Music. He is a horn player, who participated in the Aspen Music Festival and Marlboro Music Festival.[2]

Rosenberg wrote for the Akron Beacon Journal from 1977–89,[1] then for The Pittsburgh Press (1989–92) and Cleveland's The Plain Dealer from 1992.[2] The Cleveland Orchestra Story (ISBN 1-886228-24-8), his 700-page book on the history of the Cleveland Orchestra, was published in 2000.[3] He was removed from his position as principal classical music critic of The Plain Dealer in 2008, reportedly for his criticism of Franz Welser-Möst, the music director of the Cleveland Orchestra.[1][4] Rosenberg took legal action against The Plain Dealer and The Cleveland Orchestra as a result, and was unsuccessful in this lawsuit.[5][6] Rosenberg was laid off from The Plain Dealer in 2013.[4]

Rosenberg served four terms as president of the Music Critics Association of North America.[2] In March 2014, he was named editor of EMAg (Early Music America Magazine).[7] He was a visiting teacher at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music from 2011-18.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c Wakin, Daniel J. (September 24, 2008). "Music Critic vs. Maestro: One Loses His Beat". The New York Times. Retrieved May 10, 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d "Oberlin College – Rubin Institute for Music Criticism – Donald Rosenberg". Rubin Institute for Music Criticism. Oberlin College. 2014. Archived from the original on May 12, 2014. Retrieved May 10, 2014.
  3. ^ Rosenberg, Donald. "Book Excerpt: The Cleveland Orchestra Story". Gray & Company, Publishers. Archived from the original on February 26, 2014. Retrieved May 11, 2014.
  4. ^ a b Ng, David (August 2, 2013). "Critic Donald Rosenberg among layoffs at Cleveland Plain Dealer". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on May 12, 2014. Retrieved May 10, 2014.
  5. ^ Daniel J. Wakin (August 6, 2010). "Cleveland Critic Loses in Suit Over Job Change". The New York Times. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
  6. ^ David Ng (August 6, 2010). "Donald Rosenberg, ousted Plain Dealer classical-music critic, talks about court loss". The Los Angeles Times (Culture Monster Blog). Retrieved January 2, 2023.
  7. ^ "EMA Welcomes Donald Rosenberg as Editor of Early Music America Magazine". Early Music America (Press release). March 13, 2014. Retrieved May 10, 2014.{{cite press release}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
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