Stuttgart appoints Israeli as its general music director

Stuttgart appoints Israeli as its general music director

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norman lebrecht

December 24, 2013

The Stuttgart Philharmonic has appointed Dan Ettinger to be the city’s GMD, succeeding Gabriel Feltz.

A former assistant of Daniel Barenboim’s at the Berlin State Opera, Ettinger, 41, is presently music director in Mannheim, and chief conductor with the Tokyo Philharmonic and the Israel Symphony Orchestra.

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Comments

  • Diana Johnson says:

    Why do you write Israei? What does it matter where he comes from?

  • Gerhard says:

    After you have followed this blog for a certain while, it will become clear why.

  • Oh gee whiz. If the appointee had come from Japan, France, Britain, or the U.S. that would have been noteworthy, too. Kudos to Dan!

  • Michael S says:

    Agreed Andrew, ditto to your kudos to Dan. And while we’re at it, “Tokto” Philharmonic is mentioned in the maestro’s conductor credits, dare I ask location thereof?

  • David H. says:

    How come the PC Schutzstaffel is not calling out the blatant discrimination of women this time? The Stuttgart Phil never ever has hired a woman as chief conductor yet. That makes them look worse than the Vienna Phil. We demand answers. But Stuttgart Phil, you got one thing right, you didn’t hire a non-dissident Russian at least, phew…

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