Christoph Eschenbach has cancelled his second week in Israel after falling unaccountably unwell.
The Philharmonic are using his withdrawal to make a huge fuss of a young Israeli substitute.
Rotem Nir, 26, is head of music at the Israeli Opera and assistant conductor at a couple of orchestras.
Next week he gets a crack at Beethoven’s fifth as his Philharmonic debut.
Lahav Shani thinks highly of him.
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