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What Spatial Audio Can and Cannot Do for Classical Music

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What Spatial Audio Can and Cannot Do for Classical Music

Immersive audio formats, while newer for pop, have been used by composers for decades. But not all works call for spatial treatment.

By Seth Colter Walls

For Riccardo Muti, a Grand Sort-of-Finale in Chicago

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For Riccardo Muti, a Grand Sort-of-Finale in Chicago

The eminent maestro is ending an acclaimed 13-year run at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. But with his successor not yet named, he’s sticking around.

By Zachary Woolfe

Audiences Are Coming Back to Orchestras After a ‘Scary’ Fall

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Audiences Are Coming Back to Orchestras After a ‘Scary’ Fall

“It seemed like a switch flipped right before Thanksgiving,” the leader of the Chicago Symphony said.

By Zachary Woolfe

Classical Music to See and Hear in Spring 2023

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Classical Music to See and Hear in Spring 2023

This spring, Gustavo Dudamel, the Philharmonic’s next music director, conducts the big deal symphony, the Met Opera stages Terence Blanchard’s “Champion”; and in Chicago, Riccardo Muti says farewell.

By Zachary Woolfe