Ahead of the arrival of Cristian Macelaru as music director, musicians in the Cincinnati Symphony have agreed a new wage deal. The basic salary will rise almost a quarter over the next five years, the kind of security not many employees enjoy in other sectors.
CSO CEO Jonathan Martin said it would enable the musicians to be ‘100% focused’ on the organisation’s relaunch.
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The Georgian-Russian music conductor Vakhtang Machavariani, head of the Georgian State Symphony Orchestra in Tbilisi since 1996, has died at the age of 74. In 1990 he created the Soviet Festival Orchestra while also conducting […]
The UK’s Northern Chamber Orchestra, headless for the past two years, has named a leading duo. Zöe Beyers (pictured right), concertmaster of the BBC Philharmonic, will be artistic director. Sarah Brandwood-Spencer, former Halle Orchestra violinist […]
From Dani Cubero in Barecelona: Hi Norman. I couldnt flight today with British Airways Barcelona to London flight BA 483 because they wouldnt let me go with my viola. They say my viola its 82 […]
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