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Norman Lebrecht - Slipped disc
2021-03-14 12:33:45
New maestro in Seville
The Royal Symphony Orchestra of Seville has chosen the French conductor Marc Soustrot as its new artistic director. Soustrot, 71, will serve for three years. He has led a varied career around the EU with the Beethoven Orchester Bonn, Brabants Orkest Eindhoven, Malmö Symphony Orchestra in Sweden and Aarhus Symphony Orchestra in Denmark.
2018-09-13 07:29:00
In Dicte's Denmark, the music's not so noir...
[…] cuts.” Already he has seen results: “We’ve been very lucky. For the first time a local foundation is sponsoring the full costs of two chairs for the orchestras, and Leif Segerstam’s post as principal guest conductor has been partly funded by a charitable foundation as well.” Segerstam. (Photo: auroramusic.se) Pulling Segerstam aboard for three years seems a significant coup, alongside the recent contractual renewal of Aarhus’s well-liked chief conductor Marc Soustrot, also for three years. “Segerstam is legendary in many ways, and infamous!” Knudsen acknowledges. “But we had him here last year and it was a great experience. It’s going to be really exciting. We’re planning to do some live recordings while he’s here: there are several composers he’s never done on disc before so we’ll see if we can create some exciting live recordings out of that.” One of his hopes is that in […]
Norman Lebrecht - Slipped disc
2018-08-20 11:41:28
Maestro move: Swedes pick US baton
The Malmö Symphony Orchestra has named Robert Trevino as its next music director, starting next year. He succeeds Marc Soustrot. Trevino, 34, is presently head of the Basque National Orchestra.
Norman Lebrecht - Slipped disc
2018-05-02 10:37:17
Wild man of the north grabs new job
The irrepressible Leif Segerstam has been appointed principal guest conductor of Aarhus Symphony Orchestra, in Denmark. Stand by for storms. Leif, 74, composer of 316 symphonies, is prone to concert outbursts (watch here) and generally to conduct matters in his own inimitable way. Aarhus, a quiet place, has recovered from financial difficulties under music director Marc Soustrot […]
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