Sick-list: Franz cancels Munich
mainFranz Welser-Möst has pulled out of this week’s three concerts with Bavarian Radio.
His replacement is Karl-Heinz Steffens.
Er? Music Director of the Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz.
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Just because Norman hasn’t heard of him doesn’t mean he’s not much more than competent – in fact rather good!!
He’s one of the worst conductors I ever had the misfortune to hear! But he is rather well known and not only in Germany. He will be the new boss at the norwegian national opera.
I simple Wiki search would have shown this…
http://www.karlheinzsteffens.com/
See his Kalendar at the above site. He is one busy dude. I heard him in concert three years ago and was not unimpressed. But his workload now suggests he is a Zubin Mehta type, doing anything, everything, in the same perfunctory way — i.e. not interesting.
Former principal clarinet of the Berlin Philharmonic: thought everyone knew that? It’s not nothing.
And before joining Berlin Phil he had been principal clarinet for several years with this very same Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.
I’m happy that someone knows what is going on here! Thank you! Steffens is a wonderful musician and a joy to work with.
==Just because Norman hasn’t heard of him
In fact Steffens has been mentioned several times in Slipped Disc. A quick search can show that KhS is not a total unknown !!