Musicians in Cologne’s Gurzenich orchestra have been told that the contract of their French chief conductor, François-Xavier Roth, will be ended this month, a year ahead of schedule.
Roth, 52, has gone into purdah after being accused of sending unwanted pictures to female orchestra players.
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The Freiburg Chamber Orchestra has replaced its founding conductor Laurent Gendre with Philipp Bach. Gendre has led the orchestra since its inception in 2009. The post Swiss orchestra drops baton appeared first on Slippedisc.
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