AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTYou have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load.After months of uncertainty, and without an approved budget or secured venue, the orchestra has been unable to schedule its next season.Listen · 10:09 min Gianandrea Noseda, music director of the National Symphony Orchestra, conducting a performance featuring the Washington Chorus in January. The orchestra’s next season is facing uncertainties.Credit...Caroline Gutman for The New York TimesJune 4, 2026Updated 1:19 p.m. ETThe National Symphony Orchestra is struggling to secure its next season — and working to calm supporters worried about its future — as it faces financial pressures and the temporary loss of its home at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.Since President Trump took over the Kennedy Center at the start of his second term, the orchestra has seen audiences diminish, artists cancel and key staff members depart. Now, the most pressing issue is Mr. Trump’s plan to close the center for a two-year renovation, a decision that forced the orchestra to find other concert halls for its season starting in the fall.Taken under the wing of the Kennedy Center in the 1980s amid financial challenges, the orchestra has its budget overseen by the center, which covers its deficit each year.But for more than two months, the orchestra has been waiting for its budget to be approved by the center’s leadership, led by its board chairman, Mr. Trump. As a result, the orchestra has been unable to secure venues or lock in guest performers, according to three people with knowledge of the organization’s affairs who were not authorized to speak publicly.The size of the budget request has not been disclosed, but it was $42 million in the fiscal year that ends in September.Despite the lingering uncertainty, the orchestra’s board released a statement after a meeting on Wednesday in which it expressed optimism that the organization would be able to navigate a difficult period. The statement said it would announce plans for next season “soon.”Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and log into your Times account, or subscribe for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber? Log in.Want all of The Times? Subscribe.AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENT