The Hungarian conductor Adam Fischer turned 75 this week.
By way of a birthday present, the Düsseldorfer Symphoniker renewed his contract as chief conductor by five more years, to 2023.
Adam is the elder brother of Budapest Festival conductor Ivan Fischer.
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