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Pierre Boulez at 100: What Is His Legacy Today?

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Pierre Boulez at 100: What Is His Legacy Today?

The legacy of this composer and conductor may not be in his rarely performed works, but in how we think about music itself.

By Joshua Barone

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Esa-Pekka Salonen: A Conductor at the Top, and at a Crossroads

Salonen, who will soon be a free agent for the first time in decades, could do pretty much anything at this stage. What will it be?

By Joshua Barone

Discord at the Symphony: Losing a Star, San Francisco Weighs Its Future

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Discord at the Symphony: Losing a Star, San Francisco Weighs Its Future

The struggles of one of the nation’s finest orchestras show the difficulties facing classical music in the United States.

By Robin Pogrebin and Javier C. Hernandez

Review: A Conductor Surprises by Embracing the Ordinary

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Review: A Conductor Surprises by Embracing the Ordinary

Esa-Pekka Salonen is known for unusual, ambitious projects. But at the New York Philharmonic this week, he succeeded with standard repertory works.

By Zachary Woolfe