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The Roundtable

Tanglewood Music Center's Contemporary Music Festival 8/5-8

By Joe Donahue
Published August 3, 2022 at 11:45 AM EDT
Ellen Highstein - white woman wearing eyeglasses and a yellow rain jacket stands, background is leaves
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Ellen Highstein stepped down earlier this year as director of The Tanglewood Music Center after 25 years in the post, but she is back this summer overseeing the summer institute for promising young artists as well as the Festival of Contemporary Music, which runs August 4-8.

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