A dark horse at the Berlin Philharmonic?
mainAndrew Powell, a well-informed voice in Munich, has been sounding out players on the Berlin Philharmonic election. In a blog for Musical America, Andrew confirms our assessment that Christian Thielemann has the largest, best organised group of supporters in the orchestra but is still probably short of an outright majority.
However, if the Thielemann bloc holds firm in subsequent ballots there is no standout candidate who could rally support from all factions. Except one, perhaps.
He’s Russian, lives in Berlin, and will be conducting there the night before the election.
His name has not been mentioned before as a candidate.
He might just be a contender.
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