New York Philharmonic music director Jaap van Zweden performs at David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center on Sept. 20, 2018 in New York City. Don Emmert/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
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Anthony Roth Costanzo takes opera to unlikely places, including NPR Music's Tiny Desk. Morgan Noelle Smith/NPR hide caption
Renée Fleming, photographed singing the national anthem during Super Bowl XLVIII, will sing at the memorial service for the late Sen. John McCain at Washington's National Cathedral. Rob Carr/Getty Images hide caption
Jamie Bernstein watches her father, Leonard Bernstein, conduct the New York Philharmonic at a rehearsal for one of his Young People's Concerts, circa fall 1962. Bob Serating /New York Philharmonic Leon Levy Digital Archives hide caption
Composer George Walker takes a bow at a performance of his Pulitzer winning piece, Lilacs, in California in1996. Luis Sinco/LA Times/Getty Images hide caption
Leonard Bernstein conducting at London's Royal Festival Hall in 1963. Evening Standard/Getty Images hide caption
American composer, conductor and pianist Leonard Bernstein, in 1970, at a London press conference. Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images hide caption
A still from The Unchanging Sea. Bill Morrison hide caption
A stained glass window depicting former South African President Nelson Mandela at Regina Mundi church in Soweto, South Africa. Carl De Souza/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
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Daniele Gatti has been fired from his post as chief conductor of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam. Pablo Faccinetto hide caption
The Philadelphia Orchestra is adding music by Anna Clyne to its upcoming season. Javier Oddo/Boosey & Hawks hide caption
Christian Tetzlaff's new album features the two Violin Concertos by Béla Bartók. Giorgia Bertazzi hide caption
Conductor and composer Oliver Knussen, seen here in 1994, died July 8 at the age of 66. Frans Schellekens/Redferns via Getty Images hide caption
Elisabeth Moss stars in a new short film directed by George Belfield, with music by Max Richter. George Belfield hide caption
Violist Jonah Sirota, in this premiere video by Anthony Hawley, finds strength through sadness. Anthony Hawley/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Yannick Nézet-Séguin leads the Philadelphia Orchestra, one of two leading American orchestras offering no music composed by women in the upcoming season. Jan Regan/Philadelphia Orchestra hide caption
Russian conductor Gennady Rozhdestvensky, rehearsing in 1966 at an unknown location. He died Saturday at age 87. Erich Auerbach/Getty Images hide caption
Mezzo-soprano Aleks Romano performs in Carmen in Concert at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. on April 21, 2018. Shannon Finney/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Composer Thea Musgrave, at 90, is still composing music. Kate Mount/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Thea Musgrave, The 90-Year-Old Composer With 80 Players In The Bullpen
Sheku Kanneh-Mason performs for millions at the royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. YouTube hide caption
'Cello Bae' Sheku Kanneh-Mason Wins Worldwide Fans After Royal Wedding
Saoirse Ronan plays newlywed Florence in On Chesil Beach, in theaters now. Bleecker Street hide caption
Classical Music Captures A Young Wife's Anxiety In 'On Chesil Beach'
Birgit Nilsson (ca. 1960) as Isolde, in Wagner's opera Tristan und Isolde. Louis Melançon /Metropolitan Opera Archives hide caption