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Pandemic could make classical music healthily more local

The pandemic could have a healthy effect if it makes classical music more local in focus, cutting back the wasteful jet-setting culture in which conductors guest-conduct in ten places per season for hefty fees, so that music directors instead concentrate their careers in one place and build ties to the surrounding community.

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Alex Ross

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Why not really concentrate your career in one place, work on building ties to the community immediately around you, and forget about this global marketplace?

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Alex RossConversations with Tyler
Created: 6/13/2026, 12:04:38 AM

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