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Pandemic Woes Lead Met Opera to Tap Endowment and Embrace New Work

Facing tepid ticket sales, the company will withdraw up to $30 million from its endowment and stage more operas by living composers, which have been...

Scarred by War, a Ukrainian Children’s Choir Finds Hope in Music

Members of the Shchedryk Children’s Choir have emerged from conflict determined to sing, including at Carnegie Hall this weekend.

New York Philharmonic Was Once All-Male. Now, Women Outnumber Men.

The New York Philharmonic, which was an all-male bastion for most of its 180 years of existence, currently has 45 women and 44 men.

Daniel Barenboim, a Towering Maestro Held Back by Illness

The pianist and conductor turns 80 soon, but deteriorating health has kept him from the celebrations he had long planned.

David Geffen Hall Reopens, Hoping Its $550 Million Renovation Worked

The New York Philharmonic’s Lincoln Center home was gutted and rebuilt to try to fix the acoustic woes that have long plagued it. To inaugurate...

A Pioneering Orchestra Boss Had ‘Unfinished Business,’ So She Returned

Deborah Borda led the New York Philharmonic in the 1990s, and was frustrated by its subpar hall. After a 17-year run in Los Angeles, she...

A Star Maestro, Fighting Brain Cancer, Finds Peace in Music

Michael Tilson Thomas, who returned to Tanglewood, where his career first took off, refuses to be confined by his illness.

An Orchestra Supports Ukraine, and Reunites a Couple Parted by War

“I don’t have a gun, but I have my cello,” a musician says as he joins the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra, which is made up of...

Teodor Currentzis and MusicAeterna Face Scrutiny Over Russian Ties

Teodor Currentzis and the ensemble MusicAeterna have faced backlash in the West over their partnership with a state-owned bank in Russia.

Amid Ukraine War, Orchestras Rethink ‘1812 Overture,’ a July 4 Rite

Some ensembles have decided not to perform Tchaikovsky’s overture, written as commemoration of Russia’s defeat of Napoleon’s army.
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