Day: December 1, 2015

Robert Craft (1923-2015): An improbable life

Igor Stravinsky (left) and Robert Craft in Australia in 1961. Photo: ABC Archives.

American conductor and musicologist Robert Craft passed away on November 10 at the age of 92. Craft was best known as the advisor and close friend of Igor Stravinsky from 1948 until Stravinsky’s death in 1971; at times, he even lived in the Stravinsky home. But Craft was also a tastemaker in American classical music during…Continue Reading Robert Craft (1923-2015): An improbable life