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An exterior perspective on Seiji Ozawa Hall at dusk, with luminous light glowing from inside and with an audience on the lawn outside.

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The Tanglewood Music Center in 2025, with Director Ed Gazouleas

The former Boston Symphony violist and current Director of the TMC describes the growing strengths of the legendary summer academy in the Berkshires and its most significant challenges and opportunities.

Cody Fry wears a velvet green suit and stands in an ornate mansion. He looks at the camera with a subtle smolder.

Cody Fry, with the Boston Pops!

On WCRB In Concert with the Boston Pops, hear the songs of a masterful storyteller cast in lush and cinematic orchestrations as Fry makes his debut with the Pops. The first half of the concert features the winners of the Fidelity Investments Young Artists Competition.

All four men wear dark jeans and turtlenecks. They smile and laugh together on a street in New York City, all while carrying their instruments.

Newport Classical Presents the Isidore String Quartet

On WCRB In Concert, the ISQ, founded in 2019 at the Juilliard School, performs the music of Haydn and Mendelssohn at The Breakers Mansion in Newport, RI.

Erin Morley's Boston Baroque Debut

On WCRB In Concert with Boston Baroque, the renowned coloratura soprano performs concert arias by Mozart, bookended by Mozart’s Haffner Symphony and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 2.

From left to right: ACO Director and violinist Richard Tognetti, and oud virtuoso Joseph Tawadros.

"The Four Seasons," Reimagined with the Australian Chamber Orchestra

On WCRB In Concert with Celebrity Series of Boston, Egyptian Australian musicians Joseph and James Tawadros join the ACO for an exhilarating reimagining of Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons."

Frank Peter Zimmerman holds his violin close to him and glances to the left of frame. He wears a silky black concert shirt. He has dark hair and light blue eyes.

Elgar’s Violin Concerto with Frank Peter Zimmermann

The Boston Symphony Orchestra and violinist Frank Peter Zimmermann perform Elgar, and Dima Slobodeniouk returns to conduct Hailstork and Stravinsky.

Clockwise from left: Dima Slobodeniouk, Jack Swanson, Avery Amereau, Morris Robinson, and Erin Morley

Mozart’s Requiem with Dima Slobodeniouk and the BSO

The Boston Symphony Orchestra performs Mozart’s stunning final work with the Tanglewood Festival Chorus and a collection of sensational soloists.

The perspective of this photo is from the risers on stage. You see what the H+H Chorus members see: other singers surround you with black binders full of sheet music, Harry Christophers conducts you from an otherwise empty stage, and a sea of audience members stretch back into the darkness of Symphony Hall. This concert appears to be completely sold out.

Hildegard, Aleotti, Haydn, and Mozart, with H+H

On WCRB In Concert with the Handel and Haydn Society, mystically beautiful works by Hildegard von Bingen and Raffaela Aleotti are framed by Haydn's Symphony No. 49 and Mozart's "Coronation" Mass.

A collage of Carlos Simon, Edwin Outwater, Terence Blanchard, and John Coltrane.

John Coltrane’s Symphonic Legacy, with Terence Blanchard and the BSO

The Boston Symphony Orchestra premieres a re-framing of John Coltrane’s legendary jazz compositions, curated by Composer Chair Carlos Simon.

Teddy Abrams has glasses and short curly hair. He stands in front of a wall painted with peach and pink stripes and smiles softly at the camera. Dashon Burton has an afro and a beard. He stands outside in the sun and smiles widely at the camera. Ray Chen wears his black hair in a quiff, and stands holding his violin in the playing position. He poses in front of ornate, golden wallpaper, and stares down the camera.

Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto & Bernstein's Symphonic Dances from "West Side Story"

Ray Chen plays Tchaikovsky’s beloved Violin Concerto, and the BSO performs Bernstein’s love letter to New York: the Symphonic Dances from "West Side Story."