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LondonBoston Symphony Orchestra: Beethoven Piano Concerto No 2 & Firebird

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Amid turmoil, the Boston Symphony delivers a stirring Dvořák 8

Randall Goosby, Thomas Wilkins and the Boston Symphony Orchestra © Hilary Scott, courtesy of the BSO
A program of Bernstein, Price, Saint-Saëns and Dvořák comes hours after BSO musicians authorize their first strike in history. 
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Yo-Yo Ma curates a polyglot program at Tanglewood

Yo-Yo Ma and Arooj Aftab © Hilary Scott, courtesy of the BSO
The collaborative, multicultural spirit of Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Project imbues his Tanglewood program, featuring young cellists Christine Lee and Karen Ouzounian.
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Andris Nelsons’ penultimate Tanglewood season closes on a high note

Joshua Bell and Andris Nelsons © Hilary Scott, courtesy of the BSO
The outgoing BSO Music Director receives a warm reception, conducting a program of Schumann, Bruch and Sarah Kirkland Snider.
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Salonen and Bronfman sustain musical momentum at Tanglewood

Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts the Boston Symphony Orchestra © Hilary Scott
Wagner’s suspended longing, Sibelius’ continuous transformation and Beethoven’s expansive rhetoric unfold with clarity and purpose. 
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Sedate Chopin and Brahms from Fabio Luisi and Eric Lu at Tanglewood

Fabio Luisi, Eric Lu and the Boston Symphony Orchesta © Hilary Scott, courtesy of the BSO
2025 Chopin Competition laureate and Massachusetts native Eric Lu makes his debut at the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s summer home in the Berkshires. 
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Familiar Tchaikovsky, freshly compelling at Tanglewood

Patrick Yocum, Viktorina Kapitonova and the Boston Symphony Orchestra © Hilary Scott, courtesy of the BSO
Seong-Jin Cho, Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony bring refinement, dramatic cohesion and a touch of ballet to an all-Tchaikovsky gala.
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The crisis facing US classical music: Douglas McLennan

President Trump at the Kennedy Center © Daniel Torok | The White House
Longtime music journalist and founder of ArtsJournal talks about the multiple crises facing orchestras and arts organisations in the United States, amid the damage wrought by the second Trump administration.

Flight of the phoenix: Samy Rachid’s journey from the Arod Quartet to the Boston Symphony

Samy Rachid © Theresa Pewal
In 2021, Samy Rachid left the Arod Quartet and won Second Prize in the Tokyo International Conducting Competition. Since then, his conducting career has taken off. Meet an artist with an astonishing career path.