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2020-2021 Annual Report

2020-2021 Year in Review

As a generous donor to the Boston Symphony, Boston Pops, and Tanglewood, you make everything you see here – and more – possible. This Year in Review exemplifies just a few of the ways that your support shares the joy of orchestral music. Thank you for all you do to keep the music playing!

Concerts Return to Tanglewood

BSO Welcomes Gail Samuel as President and CEO

BSO NOW Launches, Sharing Music Worldwide
Mavis Staples, Keith Lockhart, and John Batiste perform at Tanglewood

A Tanglewood Fourth of July
A view of the middle aisle in-between seats from the stage perspective

BSO Receives $10 Million COVID Relief Grant
Andris Nelsons conducting at Symphony Hall, Boston,

Andris Nelsons Extends Contract as BSO Music Director
Piano and strings rehearse in the Linde Center.

Linde Center Earns Prestigious Architecture Award
Album cover with Andris Nelsons

BSO and Andris Nelsons Continue Shostakovich Recording Cycle

Bill T. Jones Shares a Life in Art at Tanglewood Learning Institute
Four people in video frames

Artists of Color Curate New Video Series
A man with a sheet of lyrics sings in a recording studio

Boston Pops and Dropkick Murphys Team Up for Mother’s Day
Seiji Ozawa conducting, ca. 1983.

BSO and City of Boston Celebrate Seiji Ozawa’s 85th Birthday
An usher and ticket taker greet a member of the audience at the door of Symphony Hall

BSO Earns Health and Safety Accreditations for Symphony Hall
John Williams (left) conducts Ann-Sophie Mutter during the premiere of John Williams' new song at Tanglewood.

John Williams and Anne-Sophie Mutter Premiere New Concerto

Rising Star Canellakis Makes Tanglewood Conducting Debut

Festival of Contemporary Music Showcases New Work
People on lawn chairs enjoy music outdoors

Tanglewood in the City Returns to Pittsfield
A man with drumsticks and a drum

Days in the Arts Program Engages Middle-Schoolers Online

Rakitina Earns Rave Reviews in Long-Awaited Debut
The Pops plays on the Symphony Hall stage, wearing all black and sitting far apart to socially distance. The hall is lit with red and green lights and garlands decorate the stage.

Holiday Pops Shares Season of Joy Online

Byron Stripling Invigorates Reunion Tanglewood Family Concert
A brass band performs in front of a duck boat.

Rolling Recitals Bring Music to Our Neighbors
Andris Nelsons leading a conducting class at Tanglewood Music Center

Tanglewood Music Center Returns to On-Campus Mentorship