Alan Gilbert: ‘I wasn’t looking for a new place’

Alan Gilbert: ‘I wasn’t looking for a new place’

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norman lebrecht

June 23, 2017

The new chief conductor of the NDR Elbphilharmonie, named this morning, says he was planning to take a break after the NY Philharmonic but the new hall in Hamburg offers him the space to innovate.

‘It’s about embracing the new,’ he said.

In English.

Just like the Berlin Philharmonic.

UPDATE: When were you last excited by a new music director?

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