Amsterdam’s Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra has recruited its next artistic director from the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
Elena Dubinets, 55, joined the LPO four years ago from the Atlanta Symphony, after a formative spell with thee Seattle Symphony. She is the author of an academic study titled ‘Russian Composers Abroad: How They Left, Stayed, Returned’.
Moascow born,, she left Russia in 1996.
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