The former Covent Garden and Kennedy Center director has a new job – as interim executive director of the San Antonio Symphony.
He may prove hard to dislodge.
Kaiser with Trump’s DeVos
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A comedown all but in name. It’s a long long way, in more ways than one, from CG to Betsy DeVos to San Antonio.
Executive Director of the San Antonio Symphony? I’d rather be the cruise director on the Titanic.
Why?
Because I’d have a much greater chance for success!
I say this as a former (two year) senior staff member of the San Antonio Symphony.
San Antonio are starting next season with that well-known pianist Andre Watts. Michael Kaiser explains “you don’t save Arts organisations by cutting budgets, you save them by exciting audiences.”