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Berlin Philharmonic concertmaster quits to join Leipzig

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norman lebrecht

February 09, 2017

Andreas Buschatz, concertmaster of the Berlin Philharmonic since 2010, will join the Leipzig Gewandhaus in that position from next season. The difference? In Berlin, he was one of four concertmasters. In Leipzig he will be one of three.

First of the Rattle crew to jump ship?

Maybe he just likes Andris Nelsons…

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