US orchestras are falling behind Europe’s best Orchestrasnorman lebrecht July 29, 2026From a new post by Joseph Horowitz:… Back to orchestras – today’s best, many would say, is the Berlin Philharmonic. When it was picked up by Norman Lebrecht’s slippedisc, the headline read: “Will America Have Orchestras in 2076?” Norman continued: “Classical music [in the US] is now in retreat on most fronts. Apart from raging Dudophilia in Los Angeles and New York, there are few manifestations of classical music as a limelight of American civilisation. Classical music has been eradicated from public education.