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Yannick Nézet-Séguin, wearing a double-breasted dinner jacket with a dragonfly print, leads the orchestra during the Great Stages Gala concert, honoring Marian Anderson, in the newly rededicated Marian Anderson Hall at the Kimmel Center.

Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin’s fashion symphony

The orchestra is not just for the "rich, white, and elite," the 49-year-old says. He tells this story through fashion.

Elizabeth Wellington

"He made me look good on the dance floor," a friend said of Mr. Jordan in a tribute. "Any champagne he poured tasted expensive."

William J.D. Jordan, longtime investment financier and community arts and cultural leader, has died at 77

A painting of Marian Anderson made by a local Danbury artist, Betty Ann Medeiros, a scene of her at the Lincoln Memorial performing in 1939, seen inside the Danbury Music Centre in Danbury, Conn., on Thursday, May, 23, 2024.

Philadelphia will get its first major building named for Marian Anderson. In Danbury, Conn., she’s everywhere

Elizabeth Wellington

This image of Mr. Carol, by Michael Mally, appeared on the cover of The Inquirer's Sunday Entertainment section on July 31, 1994.

Norman Carol, violin prodigy, retired concertmaster for the Philadelphia Orchestra, and music teacher, has died at 95

Cellist Yo-Yo Ma and pianist Kathryn Stott performing Friday night at the Kimmel Center.

Yo-Yo Ma was his spirited self Friday at the Kimmel. But what was up with the audience?

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