The Beethoven Orchestra Bonn has extended its general music director Dirk Kaftan to 2032, by which time he will have put in 15 years.
That will see them covered for the Beethoven bicentenary in 2027.
Kaftan, 54, was previously GMD at Graz Opera.
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