02/07/2026
Thank you, Philip Kennicott for attending yesterday's concert and writing this during a difficult week for The Washington Post. We never take any journalist's work for granted and this is why powerful writing and criticism is so important. We need more not less. It is also a testament to the incredible work done by Gianandrea Noseda and, as the Maestro calls them, the artists of National Symphony Orchestra. We hope everyone reads this. A short excerpt: "A decade ago, before the arrival of Gianandrea Noseda as music director in 2017, the NSO was a respectable regional orchestra. Today, under Noseda, it is playing better than the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic. So now, as it becomes an internationally important ensemble, it faces an existential crisis, years of homelessness and the collateral damage of the audience boycott of the center."
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