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.
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Who was the real Vincent Van Gogh? 135 years ago this week, on 29th July 1890, one of the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art died. He was only 37 […]
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The Hollywood composer made en emotional return to Japan after a 30-year access. The post John Williams conducts Seiji Ozawa’s Japan orchestra appeared first on Slippedisc.
