The Italian conductor Daniele Gatti, new chief of the Staatskapelle Dresden, has taken another job as ‘artistic partner’ of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. The announcement has yet to be made.
HK Phil lacks a music director at present, following the departure of Jaap Van Zweden.
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Alarming news from AGMA, the union representing chorus singers in San Francisco. We, the members of the San Francisco Symphony Chorus, write to you with a deep sense of pride in our collective accomplishments and […]
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It’s reported that the board of Toulon Opera voted yeserday to dismiss its permanent chorus. Twenty-five singers will lose their jobs. Economic circumstances are given as the reason. The opera house is presently under renovation. […]
