Jean-Louis LeRoux started out as principal oboe of the San Francisco.

He went on to become conductor of the San Francisco Ballet.

The he founded a contemporary music ensemble and a chamber orchestra.

Jean-Louis has died, aged 89. Obit here.

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This is him, sharing a programme of Webern and Varese with the eclectic Mr Zappa.

 

 

The hard-pressed former industrial city is increasing its cultural offer with a decision to increase spending on music in the next three years.

The Leipzig Opera’s subsidy will increase from the present 47 million Euro to almost 52 mllion in 2020 (that’s about four times what English National Opera gets).

The Gewandhaus gets a more modest increase, from 19 million Euros now to 20.6 million in 2020.

More here.

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Our artsjournal.com pal Doug McLennan thinks they might be.

There’s been a change in the news coming out of symphony orchestras over the past summer. Usually there’s a background drumbeat of struggle as orchestras fight to stay alive. But for months now, the beat has shifted, and we’re hearing about orchestras that are not only surviving but thriving.

Read his analysis here.

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