Editing Boston Symphony Orchestra (section)

===Levine and Nelsons===
In 2004, [[James Levine]] became the first American-born music director of the BSO. Levine received critical praise for revitalizing the quality and repertoire since the beginning of his tenure, including championing contemporary composers.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://bostonphoenix.com/boston/music/other_stories/multi_1/documents/04551268.asp | title=Stretching exercises: The BSO challenges the audience and itself | work=[[The Phoenix (newspaper)|The Boston Phoenix]] | first=Lloyd | last=Schwartz | date=March 2005 | access-date=April 2, 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930181511/http://bostonphoenix.com/boston/music/other_stories/multi_1/documents/04551268.asp | archive-date=September 30, 2007 | url-status=dead }}</ref> During Levine's tenure, by February 2009 the BSO had performed 18 world premieres, 12 of them conducted by Levine.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/7aced680-f792-11dd-81f7-000077b07658.html?ftcamp=rss |last=Loomis |first=George |title=Boston Symphony Orchestra/Levine, Symphony Hall, Boston |work=[[Financial Times]] |date=February 10, 2009 |access-date=November 5, 2009 |archive-date=February 9, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240209140348/https://www.ft.com/content/7aced680-f792-11dd-81f7-000077b07658?ftcamp=rss |url-status=live }}</ref> To fund the more challenging and expensive of Levine's musical projects with the orchestra, the orchestra established an "Artistic Initiative Fund" of about $40 million. (As of March 2013, the Boston Symphony also claimed an endowment of $413 million, the largest of any orchestra in the world.)<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.bso.org/brands/bso/press/press-releases/archived-press-releases/031213/pr_andris-nelsons-music-director.aspx|url-status=dead|title=Boston Symphony Orchestra Appoints Andris Nelsons as Its 15th Music Director Since Its Founding in 1881|publisher=Boston Symphony Orchestra|last=Horgan|first=Bernadette| date=May 13, 2013 | access-date=April 8, 2014 | archive-date=June 16, 2013 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130616050900/http://www.bso.org/brands/bso/press/press-releases/archived-press-releases/031213/pr_andris-nelsons-music-director.aspx}}</ref> Levine suffered from recurring injuries and health problems during his BSO tenure,<ref>{{cite news | first=Jeremy | last=Eichler | author-link=Jeremy Eichler | title=The opening movement | url=http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2009/02/22/the_opening_movement/?page=full | work=The Boston Globe | date=February 22, 2009 | access-date=February 24, 2009 | archive-date=June 17, 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090617091626/http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2009/02/22/the_opening_movement/?page=full | url-status=live }}</ref> which led to his resignation as BSO music director as of September 1, 2011.<ref>{{cite news | first=Geoff | last=Edgers | title=Andris Nelsons named new music director of BSO | url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2013/05/16/andris-nelsons-new-music-director-bso/Y1sFhymMmz2s19a8OoPqIO/story.html | work=The Boston Globe | date=May 16, 2013 | access-date=May 16, 2013 | archive-date=September 4, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180904121201/https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2013/05/16/andris-nelsons-new-music-director-bso/Y1sFhymMmz2s19a8OoPqIO/story.html | url-status=live }}</ref>

In the wake of Levine's resignation, [[Andris Nelsons]] made his first guest-conducting appearance with the BSO in March 2011, as an emergency substitute for Levine at Carnegie Hall in Mahler's [[Symphony No. 9 (Mahler)|Symphony No. 9]].<ref name="mahler">{{cite news| last=Oestreich| first=James R.| title=A Fresh Face Confronts a Seasoned Mahler| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/19/arts/music/boston-symphony-orchestra-at-carnegie-hall-review.html| work=The New York Times| date=March 19, 2011| access-date=May 19, 2013| archive-date=August 4, 2019| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190804051245/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/19/arts/music/boston-symphony-orchestra-at-carnegie-hall-review.html| url-status=live}}</ref> He subsequently guest-conducted the BSO at Tanglewood in July 2012,<ref name="oestreich">{{cite news| last=Oestreich| first=James R.| title=Tanglewood Tries Out a New Face: Andris Nelsons Conducts Boston Symphony at Tanglewood| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/17/arts/music/andris-nelsons-conducts-boston-symphony-at-tanglewood.html?_r=0| work=The New York Times| date=July 16, 2012| access-date=May 19, 2013| archive-date=December 25, 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225224113/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/17/arts/music/andris-nelsons-conducts-boston-symphony-at-tanglewood.html?_r=0| url-status=live}}</ref> and made his first appearance with the BSO at Symphony Hall in January 2013. In May 2013, the BSO named Nelsons as its 15th music director, effective with the 2014–2015 season. His initial contract was for 5 years, with 8–10 weeks of scheduled appearances in the first year of the contract, and 12 weeks in subsequent years. Nelsons held the title of Music Director Designate for the 2013–2014 season.<ref>{{cite press release| url=http://www.bso.org/brands/bso/press/press-releases/archived-press-releases/031213/pr_andris-nelsons-music-director.aspx| title=Boston Symphony Orchestra Appoints Andris Nelsons as Its 15th Music Director Since Its Founding in 1881| publisher=Boston Symphony Orchestra| date=May 16, 2013| access-date=May 19, 2013| archive-date=June 16, 2013| archive-url=https://archive.today/20130616050900/http://www.bso.org/brands/bso/press/press-releases/archived-press-releases/031213/pr_andris-nelsons-music-director.aspx| url-status=dead}}</ref> In August 2015, the BSO announced the extension of Nelsons' contract as music director through the 2021–2022 season, with a new contract of 8 years to replace the initial 5-year contract, and which also contains an evergreen clause for automatic renewal.<ref>{{cite press release | url=http://www.bso.org/brands/bso/features/2015-16-bso-season/andris-nelsons-contract-extension.aspx | title=Boston Symphony Orchestra and Andris Nelsons Announce Extension of Mr. Nelsons' Contract as BSO Music Director Through 2022! | publisher=Boston Symphony Orchestra | date=August 3, 2015 | access-date=August 3, 2015 }}{{Dead link|date=October 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> In October 2020, the BSO announced a further extension of Nelsons' contract as music director through August 2025, with an evergreen clause for automatic renewal.<ref>{{cite press release | url=https://a5974837ba.site.internapcdn.net/images/press-releases/bso/20-21/20201005.pdf | title=Boston Symphony Orchestra and Andris Nelsons Announce Three-Year Extension of Mr. Nelsons' Contract as BSO Music Director Through August 2025, With an Evergreen Clause in Place Reflecting a Mutual Intent for a Long-Term Commitment Well Beyond the Years of the New Contract Extension | publisher=Boston Symphony Orchestra | date=October 5, 2020 | access-date=October 6, 2020 | archive-date=July 31, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230731095042/https://a5974837ba.site.internapcdn.net/images/press-releases/bso/20-21/20201005.pdf | url-status=dead }}</ref> In January 2024, the BSO announced the conversion of Nelsons' contract as its music director to a rolling evergreen contract.<ref>{{cite press release | url=https://dgpuo8cwvztoe.cloudfront.net/uploads/Press-Releases/BSO-Announces-Andris-Nelsons-Contract-Extension-Carlos-Simon-as-Composer-Chair-and-Establishment-of-Humanities-Institute_2024-01-25-192409_kaov.pdf | title=BSO Announces Andris Nelsons Contract Extension, Carlos Simon as Composer Chair, and Establishment of Humanities Institute | publisher=Boston Symphony Orchestra | date=25 January 2024 | access-date=2024-01-26 | archive-date=January 26, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240126142817/https://dgpuo8cwvztoe.cloudfront.net/uploads/Press-Releases/BSO-Announces-Andris-Nelsons-Contract-Extension-Carlos-Simon-as-Composer-Chair-and-Establishment-of-Humanities-Institute_2024-01-25-192409_kaov.pdf | url-status=live }}</ref>

In September 2015, the orchestra announced a new artistic collaboration with the [[Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra]], of which Nelsons was appointed as its next Gewandhauskapellmeister, effective with the 2017–2018 season.<ref>{{cite news | author=Michael Cooper | title=Andris Nelsons Named Music Director of Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/10/arts/music/andris-nelsons-named-music-director-of-leipzig-gewandhaus-orchestra.html | work=The New York Times | date=September 9, 2015 | access-date=September 10, 2015 | archive-date=December 28, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191228110928/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/10/arts/music/andris-nelsons-named-music-director-of-leipzig-gewandhaus-orchestra.html | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite press release | url=https://www.gewandhausorchester.de/fileadmin/user_upload/05_medien/Pressemitteilungen/en/Alliance.pdf | title=Under the leadership of Andris Nelsons, the Gewandhausorchester and the Boston Symphony Orchestra enter into a new alliance | publisher=Gewandhausorchester Leipzig | date=September 9, 2015 | access-date=July 31, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801004628/https://www.gewandhausorchester.de/fileadmin/user_upload/05_medien/Pressemitteilungen/en/Alliance.pdf | archive-date=August 1, 2017 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

====Unequal-pay lawsuit====
On July 2, 2018, BSO principal flautist [[Elizabeth Rowe (flutist)|Elizabeth Rowe]] filed a lawsuit in the Superior Court of [[Suffolk County, Massachusetts]], claiming pay discrimination on the basis of gender. Rowe said she was paid much less than principal [[oboist]] John Ferrillo since 2004 and was seeking more than $200,000 in unpaid compensation from the orchestra.<ref>{{cite news |last=Eichler |first=Jeremy |author-link=Jeremy Eichler |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/2018/07/05/bso-principal-flutist-sues-for-equal-pay/Mx9KncUJ0P2wXqOUaTJUlJ/story.html |title=The BSO's principal flutist says she is paid far less than the man who is the principal oboist |newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]] |date=July 6, 2018 |access-date=July 6, 2018 |archive-date=July 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180707011113/https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/2018/07/05/bso-principal-flutist-sues-for-equal-pay/Mx9KncUJ0P2wXqOUaTJUlJ/story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The BSO tried to discredit Rowe's claim that she was being discriminated against because of the unequal pay compared to Ferrillo by saying in a court filing that the two wind instruments were not comparable.<ref>Ryan, Greg. [https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2018/10/03/boston-symphony-sounds-off-on-female-flutist-s.html "Boston Symphony sounds off on female flutist's unequal-pay claim"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129044814/https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2018/10/03/boston-symphony-sounds-off-on-female-flutist-s.html |date=January 29, 2023 }}, ''[[Boston Business Journal]]'', October 3, 2018. Retrieved on October 4, 2018.</ref> After mediation,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.wbur.org/artery/2018/12/12/equal-pay-case-bso-flutist |title=Making the Case for Equal Pay, a Flutist Enters Mediation with the BSO |work=[[WBUR]] |date=December 12, 2018 |access-date=November 17, 2019 |first=Amelia |last=Mason |archive-date=November 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191116204053/https://www.wbur.org/artery/2018/12/12/equal-pay-case-bso-flutist |url-status=live }}</ref> the case was settled out of court in February 2019 for an undisclosed amount.<ref>{{cite news|title=Star Flutist Settles Pay Equity Suit Against Boston Symphony|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=February 21, 2019|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/21/arts/music/boston-symphony-elizabeth-rowe-settlement.html|access-date=November 17, 2019|first=Jennifer|last=Schuessler|archive-date=November 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107232418/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/21/arts/music/boston-symphony-elizabeth-rowe-settlement.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2019/02/14/bso-flutist-settles-equal-pay-lawsuit-with-orchestra/0iRyJCdjtu1BLWCAoqfQDL/story.html |title=BSO Flutist Settles Equal Pay Lawsuit with Orchestra |work=[[The Boston Globe]] |date=February 14, 2019 |access-date=November 17, 2019 |first=Malcolm |last=Gay |archive-date=November 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191116203123/https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2019/02/14/bso-flutist-settles-equal-pay-lawsuit-with-orchestra/0iRyJCdjtu1BLWCAoqfQDL/story.html |url-status=live }}</ref>