Tag: Susanna Mälkki
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Monday Link Roundup: July 27, 2015
Start your week right by getting caught up on the news: WPA President Liane Curtis was able to attend a performance of Ethel Smyth’s The Wreckers at Bard Summerscape. Read her review here. And, in case you missed it, listen to the story about The Wreckers broadcast on NPR’s All Things Considered. Conductor Susanna Mälkki, who will soon be…
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News Round Up
Here are some headlines worth paying attention to: Though the LA Philharmonic didn’t promote Saariaho’s world premiere, it received an excellent review in the LA Times: The performance was strong. Dudamel remained constantly attuned to Saariaho’s vastly changeable instrumental colors, a cosmic sonic background for Finley, who handled each song with operatic intensity, part of a…
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The New York Phil: In Search of a Conductor
The Internet (or, at least, the classical music enthusiast part of the Internet) was a-buzz on Friday with the surprise announcement by Alan Gilbert. After a eight years at the helm, Gilbert will be leaving the New York Philharmonic. And among all of the gasps of dismay, as well as criticisms of his conducting style…
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More on Mälkki’s New Position
We recently shared the news that Susanna Mälkki was named the chief conductor for the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Reuters just published an article and interview with Mälkki which address all of the to be expected questions about being a “woman conductor”. To her credit, Mälkki responded with grace: “Maybe one day we will have reached a point where we…