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NY Phil: It was Dude who pulled the plug

NY Phil: It was Dude who pulled the plug

Sources in and around the New York Philharmonic are filling in some of the gaps around the abrupt departure of Gary Ginstling as president and CEO, just a year after taking office.

Ginstling, they say, had failed to impose himself on what was still Deborah Borda’s staff and organisation. His relations with players were fraying over minor mishaps and a difficult wages negotiation. And he was not attracting new donors.

All these difficulties might have been overcome, but Ginstling, 57, quickly lost the confidence of the incoming music director Gustavo Dudamel, who – as he showed in Paris at the Opéra – does not hang around when the going gets tough.

A hint and a wink that Dude might leave was enough to put Ginstling on Skids Row.

So who’s next? Philadelphia’s Matias Tarnopolsky, who knew Dude in California, is hotly tipped.

And for Ginstling? There’s timely vacancy in Minnesota.

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