Legendary French composer/conductor Pierre Boulez, still vital and idealistic at 75, is throwing his musical and fundraising weight behind the London Symphony Orchestra’s ongoing residency in New York. “The American connection is an important and logical one, since the LSO was the first British orchestra to tour the United States–that 1912 visit nearly didn’t happen, as the band had originally been booked to sail on the Titanic–and has maintained a link through close collaboration with Bernstein, Copland, Previn and, more recently, Michael Tilson Thomas.” – London Times