The talented Ariane Matiakh, who lasted less than half a season in her first job at Halle, has renewed for a second three-year term at the Württembergischen Philharmonie Reutlingen. Good for her, good for them.
Matiakh, 44, is steadily building an impressive career across western Europe.
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