Why Orchestras Need To Solve The New Music Problem

“With each passing generation, composers fall in and out of fashion, and the core orchestral canon shifts to accommodate changing tastes. But somewhere along the line, we stopped drafting new composers into the mix of regulars, and unless we change that, and soon, it means that when tastes change again, there may not be anything an orchestra can play that will sound remotely interesting to the next generation of listeners.”