Paris drops its pilot

Paris drops its pilot

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norman lebrecht

May 27, 2016

At a time of great cultural and political uncertainty in France, we hear that the Orchestre de Paris has parted company with Didier de Cottignies, its artistic advisor.

Apparently, the incoming music director Daniel Harding wants someone younger and ‘less bourgeois’.

Didier has the biggest personal contacts book in classical music. He’s an indispensable asset, not easily replaced.

didier de cottignies

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