Composer Oliver Knussen’s Performance At Tanglewood Canceled Because of Visa (Or Lack Of One)

Visa problems have resulted in the cancellation of another artist’s visit to Tanglewood. Earlier this season it was tenor Gwyn Hughes Jones, who had been slated to perform in Act I of “Tosca.” Now, the composer and conductor Oliver Knussen has been forced to cancel his appearance at the Festival of Contemporary Music, where he was to conduct a keenly anticipated memorial program in honor of the composer Gunther Schuller, featuring premieres by Schuller and Charles Wuorinen, on Thursday evening.