The Minnesota Orchestra, which is losing its prez to Dallas, has offered the job on an interime basis to the veteran Brent Assink.
He was executive director of the San Francisco Symphony with Michael Tilson Thomas for 18 years, retiring in 2017.
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Maria Mot’s boutique London-based management has signed the in-demand Russian mezzo-soprano Ekaterina Gubanova. Formerly with Hilbert in Munich, Gubanova now shares an agent with Lise Davidsen, Ruxandra Donose and Gerald Finley. In other moves, Askonas […]
The Vienna Philharmonic, on its first Beijing visit for 11 years, gave the audience just what they came for – Johann Strauss II’s Tritsch-Tratsch Polka and one of Josef’s waltzes. ‘Chinese classical music enthusiasts know […]
Message received: Serbian cellist Maja Bogdanović had a brush with the law when passing through Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport. Her bag triggered a red alert at security and within seconds she was surrounded by five policemen. […]
