This is Teodor Currentzis, the Putin collaborator, conducting Bruckner’s 9th last night in Hamburg.
The orchestra was his own Utopia pickup band.
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The Monteverdi Choir and Orchestras have engaged the Frenchman Christophe Rousset in place of Sir John Eliot Gardiner on their next tour. Gardiner, 81, was fired after a violent incident. Rousset, 63, is a much-recorded […]
In tonight’s Lebrecht Interview on BBC Radio 3, I talk to David Pountney about a career that has involved pivotal roles as director of productions at Scottish Opera and English National Opera, and general director […]
We have obtained confirmation that principal flute Sebastian Jacot will leave the orchestra in November, after failing to ‘pass the probation period.’ An audition for his successor will be held in March. The section also […]
