Peter Dobrin is a classical music critic for The Inquirer. Since 1989, he has written music reviews, features, news and commentary for the paper, covering such topics as the Philadelphia Orchestra's 64-day strike in 1996, the development of a new performing arts center in Philadelphia, changes in the classical-recording industry and the finances of Philadelphia's arts organizations.
He has also covered the Philadelphia Orchestra's tours in Asia, South America and the United States. Dobrin was a French horn player. He earned an undergraduate degree in performance from the University of Miami, and received a master's degree in music criticism from the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University, where he studied with Elliott Galkin. His work has also appeared in the Baltimore Sun and the Washington Post.
Read his blog "ArtsWatch" to find out who's making news, noise and splash in the Philadelphia arts world and beyond.
Email Peter at pdobrin@phillynews.com
- eighth blackbird to Curtis Institute
- eighth blackbird to Curtis Institute
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The pianist who puts the blogger in the shade
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Musicians today are writing and blogging, speaking directly to their public, involving readers in, yes, process - but also gathering up fans and a cache of personal investment that may or may not have anything to do with the music itself. Does it really matter what the pianist had for breakfast? Friend me, the classical world pleads.
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Encouraging progress in orchestra fund-raising
- But much depends on musicians' staying, and Nézet-Séguin excitement.The Philadelphia Orchestra Association has made incremental but encouraging progress in the campaign to finance its reorganization and operations for several years beyond an expected exit from bankruptcy. But it still has a "mountain of money" to raise.
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Academy of Music keeps its party right at home
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For as long as anyone can remember, the last Saturday night in January has played out in the same slightly paradoxical way for Philadelphia's Grand Old Lady of Locust Street.
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An evening of Beethoven, quiet power
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In an age that seems perpetually restless, where silence for some is an unnatural state of being, everyone deserves to experience the peace that arrived Thursday night in the second movement of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3.
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Pension fund, orchestra seek deal
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Millions are sought to cover benefits as the Philadelphia Orchestra withdraws from a union pension fund.
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A higher musical purpose
- A Curtis graduate has chosen a different musical path, cultivating young talent from poorer areas of the city.Last in a series: A Curtis graduate has chosen a different musical path, cultivating young talent from poorer areas of the city. "I sit on the trolley and I think: All of those kids could fall in love with the orchestra...." says Stanford Thompson.
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Curtis is playing to the world, and thriving
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Second of a three-part series: In a tough economy, Curtis reaches out and thrives, adding a building, technology, and more foreign students and donors.
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Judge approves Phila. Orchestra plan to turn over pension plans to U.S. agency
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The judge in the Philadelphia Orchestra's bankruptcy case has approved the orchestra's request to turn over two of its pension plans to an agency of the federal government.
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