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4 Objects That Explain the History of Carnegie Hall

A new podcast explores an array of items from the 133-year-old hall’s archive, like Ella Fitzgerald’s glasses and an opening-night ticket.

Audiences Are Returning to the Met Opera, but Not for Everything

The Met is approaching prepandemic levels of attendance. But its strategy of staging more modern operas to lure new audiences is having mixed success.

Mitsuko Uchida Says What She Thinks

The star pianist sat for a candid, occasionally tense interview in which she discussed creativity, the pandemic and why she doesn’t conduct Beethoven.

Jaap van Zweden’s Brief, Fraught Time Atop the New York Philharmonic

He arrived on a mission to reshape the ensemble as its music director. Now, as he departs, he’s still making sense of his pandemic-interrupted tenure.

After Outcry, Concertgebouw Will Allow Jerusalem Quartet to Perform

The Dutch concert hall reversed course after facing criticism for canceling performances by the Israeli ensemble because of security concerns.

Barbara Hannigan, Daring Singer and Maestro, to Lead Iceland Symphony

Hannigan, the rare artist to have a career as a soprano and a conductor, will assume a full-time conducting post for the first time.

Tyshawn Sorey Wins Pulitzer for Composing an ‘Anti-Concerto’

The composer and instrumentalist was honored for “Adagio (For Wadada Leo Smith),” an unconventional concerto written for saxophone and orchestra.

Coming Soon to Little Island: An Arts Festival With Powerful Backers

The mogul Barry Diller, who paid for the park, will finance a summer season of music, dance, theater and more, shaped in part by the...

2 Players Sue Philharmonic, Saying They Were Wrongfully Suspended

Matthew Muckey and Liang Wang said they were sidelined without cause by the New York Philharmonic after a recent magazine article detailed allegations of misconduct...

Kim Noltemy, Orchestra Veteran, Is Tapped to Lead L.A. Philharmonic

Noltemy, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s chief executive, will take the helm of the Philharmonic as it searches for its next music director.