The Director of the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) Jean Davidson has announced she was exiting her position as the executive director of the NSO on Friday, the Hill reports, citing frustrations with President Trump’s controversial changes that have caused recent turmoil at the Kennedy Center. “It’s no secret that this has been a really hard year,” Davidson told The New York Times on Friday. “I started looking for a new opportunity several months ago.”
The Hill reported that, although some of his dictatorial measures are being challenged in court,Trump has, since his inauguration in January 2025:
· ended the terms of multiple members of the performing arts center’s board and named himself the chair of a new board composed of his allies.
· renamed the center “The Donald J. Trump and the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts,” which is being challenged in court. He then tiled his own name on the outside of the building alongside John F. Kennedy’s.
