The LA Phil has appointed Mitch Bassion to be Chief Philanthropy Officer from February. Bassion is presently in the same post at the Philadelphia Orchestra Association.
A generous offer, presumably.
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We have been notified of the death of the international Japanese conductor Kazuyoshi Akiyama, at the age of 84. Music director of the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra for four decades, 1964 to 2004, he was transformational […]
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