Young maestro, 27, is named principal guest
mainThe BBC Philharmonic in Manchester has given a title to the sought-after Ben Gernon.
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Lovely chap, and a really engaging talent. Colin Davis rates him highly. He’s worked extremely hard to get this far – good call by the BBC Phil. Do we know of any other former tuba players in conducting positions?
Bramwell Tovey, music director of Vancouver Symphony comes to mind!
There are probably not many of us left on this earth that remember the French tubist-conductor Jean-Baptiste Mari. He played with the Paris Opera Orchestra and taught at the Paris Conservatory. As a conductor, he was incredible; his music-making was sheer emotion. His career was unfortunately thwarted by pathological performance anxiety and the fact that he looked like he was half-crazy when he was on the podium.
Sorry, *rated*.
Jacomo Bairos – a former tuba player is Music Director of Amarillo Symphony in Texas, as well as Director and co-founder of a successful ensemble called NuDeco based in Miami. He came to guest conduct some programs here in Atlanta and several other orchestras around the US.
What is it with the tuba? Maybe all that free time to learn scores?
James Gourlay springs to mind.
Jacomo Bairos in the US is a former tuba player. He is currently Music Director of the Amarillo Symphony in Texas and is a frequent guest conductor with major American orchestras…