BSO

Ozawa exerted enormous influence over the BSO during his tenure.

“I will continue to expect integrity and commitment to excellence from every BSO employee.”

After a speedy bow swap with violinist and orchestra leader Amyn Merchant, the show — under the baton of the BSO's chief conductor Kirill Karabits — went on.

Los Angeles Philharmonic chief executive Chad Smith will leave America’s most successful orchestra to become president of the BSO.

The BSO, a storied American orchestra, has a popular music director in Andris Nelsons, but the orchestra has struggled for a long time to maintain a strong artistic profile and to regain its former vibrancy as a cultural institution in a city that is both culturally conservative but also youth oriented and full of digital start-ups.