The former Birmingham music director Mirga Gražinte-Tyla made an acclaimed debut with the Gewandhaus on Friday night, conducting works by Silvestrov, Kissine, Debussy and Ravel.
The event had a sentimental dimension. Mirga spent her early student years at the Leipzig conservatoire.
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Martin Hébert is stepping down after 19 years as Principal Oboe of the Oregon Symphony. His replacement will be Harrison Linsey of the National Symphony Orchestra. Not a bad time for a musician to be […]
The Orchestre de Paris has plucked Sarah Nemtanu from the Orchestre National de France as its new first solo violin. She succeeds the late Philippe Aïche and the retired Roland Daugareil, having held the #1 […]
Opera Theater of St. Louis has named international soprano Patricia Racette as its next artistic director. Racette, 59, is still singing major roles in Italy. The post St Louis picks Patricia appeared first on Slippedisc.
