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Dallas Symphony Welcomes New Players

Since the pandemic, quite a number of new musicians have joined the Dallas Symphony, including former Atlanta Symphony principal trumpet Stuart Stephenson, succeeding the late Ryan Anthony in that role with the DSO. Also new are associate … »
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NY Phil & Boston Symphony Tap New Players

The New York Philharmonic and the Boston Symphony Orchestra have welcomed new musicians and administrative staff in anticipation of their upcoming 2022-23 seasons. In New York three violinists are the first musicians to join the orchestra … »
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Heidelberg's GMD Will Exit at Season's End

Elias Grandy, general music director of the City of Heidelberg, inclusive of its opera and philharmonic, will step down at the end of the season after eight years in the job. Grandy, 42, has been taking on increasing guest conducting jobs of late … »
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New Artist of the Month: Cellist Jonathan Swensen

Like many young cellists, Jonathan Swensen fell in love with the instrument during a performance of the Elgar concerto. He was six at the time. It was therefore a dream come true when, 14 years later, he made his concerto debut playing the same … »
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New Biopic Chevalier Spotlights 18th-century Virtuoso

The new film Chevalier , directed by Stephen Williams and written by Stefani Robinson, shines a light on Chevalier de Saint-Georges—born Joseph Bologne in Guadeloupe in 1745—who became a musical prodigy in the court of King Louis XVI … »
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Borodin Quartet Gets a New Member

The Borodin Quartet, in existence since 1945, has selected a new first violinist in as Nikolai Sachenko, a former gold medalist at the International Tchaikovsky Competition in 1998. He succeeds the retiring Ruben Aharonian, with the quartet since … »
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Kronos Quartet Taps New Cellist

The Kronos Quartet’s membership has remained remarkably consistent since its founding in 1973--save for the cello. As of February, it will replace Sunny Yang with Brooklyn-based multi-genre composer/cellist Paul Wiancko, one of the many … »
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Pletnev, Dropped by Mother Russia, Forms a New Orchestra Elsewhere

Having essentially been dropped as artistic director of the Russian National Orchestra (RNO), the group he founded in 1990 with the support of the then-Soviet Union President Mikhail Gorbachev, Russian conductor/pianist/composer Mikhail Pletnev, … »
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Three New Conductors

British conductor Matthew Halls is to succeed Santtu-Matias Rouvali as chief conductor and artistic director of Finland’s Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra, as of fall 2023. Rouvali, now principal conductor of the London Philharmonic, will … »
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SFSymphony Names CEO

Following his year-long stint as interim, Matthew Spivey has been named CEO of the San Francisco Symphony, an organization he joined in 2015 as director of artistic planning under now laureate Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas. He was made … »
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