It just got weirder in Fort Worth

It just got weirder in Fort Worth

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norman lebrecht

July 14, 2017

Having announced Placido Domingo a few days ago as chief artistic advisor, the board have suddenly produced two more rabbits from the hat.

Joe Illick, 58, music director since 2002, has been named artistic director. Fair enough.

But there is also a new general director. He is Tuomas Hiltunen, 45, an adjunct lecturer in the Finnish studies at Columbia University and previously head of admin director for the Barenboim-Said Foundation USA, which operates out of Columbia.

He is from Rovaniemi, in the Finnish Arctic Circle.

More here.

 

Comments

  • AMetFan says:

    Yes, this is just perfect now. I’m a FW native, having long worked in the classical music industry in NY. Now is the time to place your bets, cowboys…

  • Amy Hutchison says:

    Because Texans just love Europeans telling them what to think??!?!!?!!!

  • Maliani Oft says:

    Be careful Texas, this is a well known racist creature…

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