“This is not a job — it is a mission,” the new conductor of the New York Philharmonic said, starting a month of performances before taking the orchestra on a European tour.
Franz Welser-Möst, the Cleveland Orchestra’s music director, takes us on a tour through the handwritten score of Mahler’s “Resurrection” Symphony.
Chad Smith, the orchestra’s president, admitted missteps in terminating Andris Nelsons’s contract but stood by the decision and won’t step down.
Gustavo Dudamel’s last concerts at Walt Disney Concert Hall as the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s maestro were a symbol of his impact after 17 years.
Elim Chan has been named the symphony’s next music director. She joins a small field of female conductors at American orchestras, as San Francisco rebuilds after Esa-Pekka Salonen.
He conducted his final concert with the San Francisco Symphony in April 2025 and died at his home in San Francisco, spokesperson Connie Shuman said.
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A galvanizing force in classical music as a conductor, composer, pianist and evangelist, he spent 25 years as music director of the San Francisco Symphony.
At a challenging time for American orchestras, the question of what a community wants from a music director has become more urgent.
As the conductor prepares to leave the Los Angeles Philharmonic for the New York Philharmonic, he says, “I am in two waters.”