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British GMD quits German job

British GMD quits German job

The city of Aachen woke up this morning to discovber that its general music director is leavin g. Christopher Ward, whose contract expires this year, has turned down a renewal and is on his way out.

Ward, 44, has been GMD since 2018. He has insitugated a record revival of the music of Leo Blech and generally energised the sleepy theatre, where Herbert von Karajan was once GMD.

 

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