The Brazilian Alex Klein, dismissed yesterday as principal oboe by the Calgary Philharmonic, has issued a Yotube video describing his struggles with the onset of dystonia. ‘I lost just about everything a person can lose,’ he says.
Klein was fired for allegedly publishing inappropriate messages on social media.
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The Russian-based Greek conductor has been fading from sight since Putin invaded Ukraine. Although Salzburg and Baden-Baden maintain his residencies despite his dependence on Russian funds, Currentzis, 52, has struggled to maintain profile and his […]
HarrisonParrott have nailed down Samuel Lee, Korean winner of the Malko Conducting Competition in Copenhagen. Lee, 34, is Associate Conductor at the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. The post Malko winner gets signed appeared first on Slippedisc.
Among many tributes today to the prolific German composer: Leipzig Volkszeitung: The last great German composer. Michael Haefliger: Wolfgang Rihm, the leader of our Lucerne Festival Academy passed away last night. We are in tears […]
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