“It’s been a wonderful 8 years working with Kennedy Center president Deb Rutter, fellow artistic advisor Renee Fleming, NSO artistic administrator Justin Ellis, and the entire NSO staff, encouraging thousands of fresh new audiences to appreciate the symphonic music.
The Kennedy Center, long considered a powerful tool in US cultural diplomacy, oversees both the National Symphony Orchestra and the Washington National Opera.
“Given the developments at the Kennedy Center, effective today I’m resigning as artistic advisor to the NSO.
President says he will make Kennedy Center ‘a very special and exciting place’.
Singer-songwriter Ben Folds resigned as artistic adviser to the National Symphony Orchestra, a position he had been appointed to in 2017.
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