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2022-10-13 16:43:13
MONTREAL, Oct. 13, 2022 /CNW/ – The board of directors of the Orchestre Métropolitain (OM) is pleased to announce the appointment of Fabienne Voisin as the organization’s new president and CEO. As such, she succeeds Jean R. Dupré, who has held the position for the last 10 years. Ms. Voisin will assume her new duties [...]
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2022-10-13 10:55:27
The Orchestre Métropolitain of Montreal has replced its... The post New French boss for Yannick’s orchestra appeared first on Slippedisc.
Norman Lebrecht - Slipped disc
2022-08-26 21:57:39
The Orchestre Métropolitain of Montreal has announced the... The post Yannick mourns a principal oboe appeared first on Slippedisc.
2022-05-01 17:47:00
Joshua Kosman had a fine column the other day in the SF Chronicle, about the several upcoming concerts at San Francisco Symphony that are conducted by women, namely, Xian Zhang, Karina Canellakis, Nathalie Stutzmann, and Ruth Reinhardt. This reminded me of my response, back in 2007, to a truly godawful profile of Marin Alsop, by Anthony Tommasini. Among other things, he had the nerve to say that "The dearth of leading female conductors is ultimately inexplicable," which, of course, it's not. (This is here to remind you that the NY Times paid him to be their chief classical music critic for quite a few years, years during which the women who were writing regularly for the classical music section failed to be hired as full-time employees and then largely disappeared from its pages. I'm sure that this is inexplicable too.) Joshua goes on to write the following about conductor Talia Ilan on the […]