The orchestra said Monday that salaries will be restored to a $2,952 weekly minimum starting Sept. 21. After missing the 2020-21 season due to the pandemic, the orchestra split this season largely between Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall (46 concerts) and Jazz at Lincoln Center's Rose Theater (28 concerts).

A symphony orchestra and a philharmonic orchestra: what is actually the difference? It's a commonly asked question, and you might occasionally hear speculations about how it has to do with compositional or numeric differences. The short answer is: there is no difference at all.

Is a philharmonic the same thing? Essentially, a philharmonic and a symphony are the same, the only true difference is the origin of the name. The words originate from the Greek words. Philharmonic means “love of harmony,” while the word symphony means “an agreement of sound.”

It is one of the leading American orchestras popularly called the "Big Five". The Philharmonic's home is David Geffen Hall, at New York's Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. Founded in 1842, the orchestra is one of the oldest musical institutions in the United States and the oldest of the "Big Five" orchestras.