The former music director of English National Opera, Martyn Brabbins, has been named chief conductor of Malmö Symphony Orchestra in Sweden.
Brabbins, 64, resigned from ENO last year over cuts to the orchestra and chorus enforced by Arts Cancel England (ACE).
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