The Chicago Symphony has announced that Esteban Batallán is returning as its principal trumpet, ‘following the conclusion of a one-year leave from the Orchestra’.
What is doesn’t say is that Batallán joined the Philadelphia Orchestra, with a blazing fanfare, but things did not turn out well.
Neither orchestra is saying another word.
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We have been informed of the death of Brian Buggy, influential music director of the Sydney Youth Orchestra. The post Australian conductor dies appeared first on Slippedisc.
Message received: After two and a half years of construction, the renovation and modernization of the Theater an der Wien has been completed and we are looking forward to celebrating the grand opening on October […]
Magical encounters This is a lovely short video from the Metropolitan Museum in New York. It was just an ordinary day for Met Security Officer Armia Malak Khalil, born in Egypt but a New York resident for many […]
