The Boston Symphony Orchestra does this, too, at select “Casual Fridays” concerts, in certain designated seats. Some observers suggest that the restrictions on audience behavior are snobbish, elitist, or even manifestations of white privilege. Mutter, the German violinist who stopped mid-concerto, said she was in favor of sealing phones at concerts. Mutter said that she had grown distracted as she played the first movement of Beethoven’s Violin Concerto because a woman in the first row was holding up her phone and filming her. “The first movement is over, and I’m trying to concentrate and stay calm,” Ms.

Source: New York Times October 06, 2019 20:48 UTC