After a Title IX investigation into his conduct became public last year, conductor Carlos Kalmar is suing the Cleveland Institute of Music, where he served as director of orchestral studies before “enter[ing] into a leave of absence” in September, for between $5 and $260 million in damages.


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… is a freelance writer and editor based in Chicago, with work in the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Reader, Musical America, Opera America, and the New York Times, among other publications.