The death has been made known of Rodolfo Saglimbeni, Principal Conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra of Chile for the past six years. Before that, he was artistic director of the Municipal Symphony Orchestra of Caracas.
Trained at the at the Royal Academy of Music of London, he came second in the 1985 Besancon competition and went on to conduct orchestras in a dozen countries.
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First the concert hall, then the opera chorus, then the Cardiff Singer of the World, now the national museum. Have the Welsh authorities lost all pride and shame? From BBC News this morning: Wales’ leading […]
In a rare descent from symphonic repertoire, the South Korean flagship orchestra is providing a showcase for the country’s major earners. SHINee’s Minho (pic) and Red Velvet’s Wendy are to be featured in “SM Classics […]
Philip Ellis, conductor of Birmingham Royal Ballet, is stepping down in Marech after 35 years. He has conducted the Royal Ballet Sinfonia more than two thousand times. The post Conductor steps down in Birmingham appeared […]
