Bonn ends its music director standoff
mainPlayers in the Beethoven Orchestra of Bonn voted 98-2 in favour of Jun Märkl as their next music director, only to be overruled by a committee of three, including Nike Wagner, who chose Marc Piollet.
Both sides stepped back and let in Christoph Prick for an interim season.
Now they have agreed on a mutually acceptable, quite promising candidate. Bonn’s next music director will be Dirk Kaftan, 45, presently at Graz Opera.
Ahhhh, Democracy……
Another reason why this artform needs an update, or a place in ghe museum. Oh wait…its already there
Have you ever been to Bonn? the opera? a museum?
Two votes for Piollet? so many?!
The Bonn opera is worth a yearly visit for the rarity, this year it’s Reznicek’s Holofernes.
Not only for the rarity…the new Intendant has managed to put together a varied and interesting season with very good quality (and without “Euro-Trash”), despite recurring budget cuts from the city government!
In the US, the gentleman is known as Christoph Perick. No doubt he didn’t want to be seen as a walking metaphor.
I didn’t dare ask!