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Cellist Seth Parker Woods makes his NY Phil debut, October 17 and 18, performing the New York Premiere of Nathalie Joachim’s cello concerto “Had To Be.” Written for Woods, the concerto honors the evolution of Black diasporic fashion, spotlighting the “Black dandyism” movement known for infusing striking African influences to upend and reinvent conventional Western menswear. Seth Parker Woods‘s debut is part of the New York Philharmonic’s exploration of Afromodernism, celebrating Black creators a