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LenoxYo-Yo Ma and Renaud Capuçon perform Brahms and Fauré

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Fauré, Brahms
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Samy Rachid; Renaud Capuçon; Yo-Yo Ma; Berkshire Lyric Chorus; Jack Brown

LenoxOpen Rehearsal: Yo-Yo Ma, Arooj Aftab, Karen Ouzounian, and Christine Lee perform Tavener, Kalhor, and Golijov

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Tavener, Kalhor, Golijov
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Anna Handler; Samy Rachid; Yo-Yo Ma; Karen Ouzounian; Christine Lee

LenoxAn American Journey with Yo-Yo Ma and Friends

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Copland, Ives, Herbert
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Teddy Abrams; Ken-David Masur; Yo-Yo Ma; Aoife O'Donovan; Jennifer Kreisberg

LenoxYo-Yo Ma, Arooj Aftab, Karen Ouzounian, and Christine Lee perform Tavener, Kalhor, and Golijov

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Tavener, Kalhor, Golijov
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Anna Handler; Samy Rachid; Yo-Yo Ma; Karen Ouzounian; Christine Lee

LenoxCopland Appalachian Spring, Beethoven Symphony No. 7, and Rountree For Martha (Variations on a Theme of Leonard Bernstein)

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Rountree, Copland, Beethoven
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Anna Handler; Unknown; Martha Graham Dance Company

LenoxOpen Rehearsal: Beethoven Symphony No. 9, Ode to Joy

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Beethoven
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Gustavo Gimeno; Mané Galoyan; Zoie Reams; Ben Bliss; Soloman Howard
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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 many faces of Abraham Lincoln at Tanglewood

Zachary James, Philip Glass and Karen Kamensek with the Boston Symphony © Hilary Scott, courtesy of the BSO
As the United States marks its 250th anniversary, the Boston Symphony presents a program dedicated to Abraham Lincoln, including the belated world premiere of Philip Glass’ Symphony no. 15
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A Evgeny Kissin tour de force in Boston

Evgeny Kissin and the Boston Symphony Orchestra © Hilary Scott
Andrey Boreyko makes an impressive debut with the Boston Symphony, where Evgeny Kissin performs in not one, but two piano concertos. 
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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.