Gustavo Dudamel starts a new era as music director of the New York Philharmonic in September, and he wants it to feel bold and modern.

Carnegie Corp. of New York's 2025 class of Great Immigrants, Great Americans include composer and conductor Tania León, last year's Nobel Prize winner in economics Simon Johnson, and Voto Latino CEO Maria Teresa Kumar.

A heartfelt Patti LaBelle praised her lifelong friend Gladys Knight.

It’s going to be a “Beautiful Day” for the band U2 and four other artists when they receive this year’s Kennedy Center Honors in December.