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Renowned US composer Philip Glass has become the latest artist to sever ties with Washington’s Kennedy Center following its takeover by President Donald Trump, withdrawing a major new work from the institution as political controversy continues to engulf the once-nonpartisan venue.

Glass announced he would pull “Symphony No. 15: ‘Lincoln’” from a planned June world premiere by the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO), a decision that adds weight to a growing artist backlash against changes made under Trump’s leadership of the arts complex. (..)

Glass, 88, is seen as the greatest living US composer and perhaps the most influential in the post-World War II era, shattering long-held linear conceptions of classical music and enthusiastically incorporating non-Western forms (..)

... the musical Hamilton, actress and writer Issa Rae, banjo player Bela Fleck, opera soprano Renee Fleming, recital group Vocal Arts DC, The Brentano Quartet, Seattle Children’s Theatre, The Martha Graham Dance Company, The Washington National Opera, and singer-songwriter Sonia De Los Santos.

Others are the composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz, jazz musicians The Cookers and Chuck Redd, Doug Varone and Dancers, folk musicians Magpie, Kristy Lee and Rhiannon Giddens, Philadelphia rock and roll band Low Cut Connie and the Puerto Rican band Balun.

VseslavBotkin schreef: ↑06 mar 2026 21:00 Oeps, verkeerde topic. Gênant!