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The Chicago Symphony has named Teng Li as its principal viola. She presently holds that seat in the Los Angeles Philharmonic, which she joined in 2018. Li succeeds Charles Pikler who served as Chicago’s principal […]

The Finnish chief of the BBC Symphony has been named Artisi=tic Partner of the Gürzenich Orchestra. He will conduct two subscription concerts a year in Cologne and some tours. Oramo, 59, is contracted to the […]

The new pressure group has published a list of a couple of hundred signees. Only half a dozen are familiar names: Jordi Savall (pic) Sean Shibe Laurence Cummings Christina Pluhar Sophie Daneman Michael Barenboim Vera […]