The Chicago Symphony has named Teng Li as its principal viola. She presently holds that seat in the Los Angeles Philharmonic, which she joined in 2018.
Li succeeds Charles Pikler who served as Chicago’s principal viola from 1986 until 2017.
Li, born in Nanjing, China, studied at Curtis. She joined the Toronto Symphony before moving to LA.
The post Chicago snatches principal viola from Los Angeles appeared first on Slippedisc.
The NY Times reports the death of Jean-Philippe Allard, founder of the jazz division at PolyGram France (now Universal). Allard revived the careers of two generations of sidelined jazz artists, having first failed at a […]
As deputy principal viola of the BBC Symphony Orchestra from the 1950s, Eric Sargon was a familiar face on the London concert stage for 43 years. He often freelanced in the recording studios, earning his […]
Three new Shakespeare productions opened this week. Nicholas Hytner’s Richard II livened up London’s Bridge. Tom Hiddleston shed his shirt in Much Ado About Nothing at Theatre Royal Drury Lane. And Rupert Goold directed a revised Hamlet with […]
%20and%20Schyler%20Vargas%20(Norman)%20on%20the%20Yellowstone%20River,%20August%202025%20Photo%20by%20Charlotte%20Mae%20Ellison.jpg?w=160&resize=160,160&ssl=1 "A River Runs Through It: Opera Montana is celebrating the 50th anniversary of Norman Maclean’s beloved elegy to family and fly fishing in Montana with a new opera by Zach Redler")
