The Oregon Symphony has just told us that CEO Isaac Thompson will be leaving to become president of his hometown orchestra in Minnesota. He starts there in October. Oregon will be run by an interim CEO, board member Paul Snyder.
Thompson has been in Oregon just two years.
Minnesota has been struggling with heavy deficits. Its last prez fled to the Dallas Symphony.
The post Musical chairs: Minnesota finally lands a chief appeared first on Slippedisc.
A group calling itself ‘Jewish Artists for Palestine’ caused a ten-minute break in last night’s Melbourne Symphony concert at the BBC Proms. The group issued a claim to the effect that they had targeted the […]
We think their AI’s gone a bit wrong. Especially the hair. And the Reds scarf. Actually hard to find anything that’s right. Except the coffee machine. The post Recognise this action man in Munich? appeared […]
From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: Fauré is the French composer the world finds hardest to dislike. While Debussy means custard to some tastes and Ravel an acute form of mustard, their senior colleague […]
