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A new account of Langgaard’s first symphony, a refreshing perspective on Reynaldo Hahn and sweeping contemporary programs are among the highlights.

Failure was not an option when Léon arrived in New York, a determined 24-year-old pianist from Cuba. At nearly 80, she says some things haven't changed.

The tight-knit troupe, whose unique training has been at least as influential as its form-bending work, ends its 30-year run in a typically unlikely way: with a take on A Christmas Carol.

Composer Sarah Cahill discusses her Future is Female project; the parallel between her brilliant but oppressive father and 19th-century composer Felix Mendelssohn; and the problematic phrase “artists who happen to be women.”

Failure was not an option when Léon arrived in New York, a determined 24-year-old pianist from Cuba. At nearly 80, she says some things haven't changed.

As the new concert season gets underway, composers and orchestra administrators say they are feeling a shift in whose music gets heard.

Gleefully trampling across genre boundaries, the composer-vocalist and the percussion group deliver a nimble range of styles<strong><br></strong>

Negrón performs Tuesday with DSO musicians as part of the Women in Classical Music symposium. She'll also join the free Arts Access panel at the Symposium, "Breaking Through: Power Structures and Paths to Progress."

Steve Reich — one of our greatest living composers, with a recognizably pulsing sound and a place in the pantheon of minimalist pioneers — r

At 86, this eminent composer takes a surprising but still searching direction in his music, while recent projects look back on six decades of work.