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Major DC Performing Arts Org Will Skip Kennedy Center for New Season
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Major DC Performing Arts Org Will Skip Kennedy Center for New Season
Washington Performing Arts will present Yo-Yo Ma, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and Midori at other venues instead.
WRITTEN BY ANDREW BEAUJON | PUBLISHED ON MAY 22, 2025
Photograph by Jeff Elkins
Washington Performing Arts “will not utilize The Kennedy Center” for performances in its upcoming season, the organization announced Thursday. Instead, it says, it will use venues like the Music Center at Strathmore and Lisner Auditorium.
The season’s highlights include Sigourney Weaver and the Pacifica Quartet at Sixth and I for WPA’s annual Ruth Bader Ginsburg Memorial Concert, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at Strathmore, Yo-Yo Ma at Strathmore, and Midori at Sixth and I.
A spokesperson for WPA says the presenter works to “thoughtfully match artists and their work with venues that best serve the art, the audience, and the moment.” In that light, the spokesperson says, “we assessed the variety of artists and performances we have in this upcoming season and decided it was best to explore new spaces that offer fresh possibilities.”
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Major DC Performing Arts Org Will Skip Kennedy Center for New Season
Washington Performing Arts will present Yo-Yo Ma, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and Midori at other venues instead.
WRITTEN BY ANDREW BEAUJON | PUBLISHED ON MAY 22, 2025
Photograph by Jeff Elkins
Washington Performing Arts “will not utilize The Kennedy Center” for performances in its upcoming season, the organization announced Thursday. Instead, it says, it will use venues like the Music Center at Strathmore and Lisner Auditorium.
The season’s highlights include Sigourney Weaver and the Pacifica Quartet at Sixth and I for WPA’s annual Ruth Bader Ginsburg Memorial Concert, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at Strathmore, Yo-Yo Ma at Strathmore, and Midori at Sixth and I.
A spokesperson for WPA says the presenter works to “thoughtfully match artists and their work with venues that best serve the art, the audience, and the moment.” In that light, the spokesperson says, “we assessed the variety of artists and performances we have in this upcoming season and decided it was best to explore new spaces that offer fresh possibilities.”
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