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10 Years After Eric Garner’s Death, an Opera Honors His Legacy
“The Ritual of Breath Is the Rite to Resist,” part of Lincoln Center’s summer festival, aims to shine light on police violence in the United...

The ‘Converse Conductor’ Fighting Elitism in Classical Music
Jonathon Heyward wears sneakers onstage and embraces genres like jazz as part of his effort to bring more people into the concert hall.

New York Philharmonic Chief Abruptly Steps Down
Gary Ginstling, the orchestra’s president and chief executive, is leaving after just a year on the job.

4 Objects That Explain the History of Carnegie Hall
A new podcast explores an array of items from the 133-year-old hall’s archive, like Ella Fitzgerald’s glasses and an opening-night ticket.

Audiences Are Returning to the Met Opera, but Not for Everything
The Met is approaching prepandemic levels of attendance. But its strategy of staging more modern operas to lure new audiences is having mixed success.

Mitsuko Uchida Says What She Thinks
The star pianist sat for a candid, occasionally tense interview in which she discussed creativity, the pandemic and why she doesn’t conduct Beethoven.

Jaap van Zweden’s Brief, Fraught Time Atop the New York Philharmonic
He arrived on a mission to reshape the ensemble as its music director. Now, as he departs, he’s still making sense of his pandemic-interrupted tenure.

After Outcry, Concertgebouw Will Allow Jerusalem Quartet to Perform
The Dutch concert hall reversed course after facing criticism for canceling performances by the Israeli ensemble because of security concerns.

Barbara Hannigan, Daring Singer and Maestro, to Lead Iceland Symphony
Hannigan, the rare artist to have a career as a soprano and a conductor, will assume a full-time conducting post for the first time.

Tyshawn Sorey Wins Pulitzer for Composing an ‘Anti-Concerto’
The composer and instrumentalist was honored for “Adagio (For Wadada Leo Smith),” an unconventional concerto written for saxophone and orchestra.