New York Phil calls in ex-assistant to replace Dutoit
mainIt has been communicated that Joshua Weilerstein, Alan Gilbert’s assistant conductor from 2011 to 2014, will take over from Charles Dutoit in four Ravel concerts on January 17-20.
Weilerstein, 30, is artistic director of the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra.
Dutoit relinquished the concerts for reasons well documented.
PC choice.Clean slate,dull as ditchwater
PC would have to be at least a transgender person of colour.
Interestingly, no response/sign of panic from the NHK symphony orchestra. One assumes that this is where Dutoit will continue working.
His concerts are already over this season, early in December and it’s not certain whether he can continue.
Shameful how previous commentators make light of sexual assault. Weilerstein a worthy choice, both musically and morally.
Is ‘worthy’ a tainted description?
Heh heh… you said “taint,” heh heh…
How do you know he is ‘morally’ a good choice? For all you know, he is a sex maniac. Neighbors thought John Gacy and Ed Gein were nice guys.
Worked with Weilerstein. He is a mediocre talented conductor , nothing to compare with younger conductors like Rouvali, Hrusa, Urbanski and the young italian Andrea Battistoni. Comparing to them Weilerstein is still a student. Scandalous how peoples, like Dutoit, lives are broken with unproven attacks. Obviously this is a kind of a new fashion when one person is sreaming something than another one follows and so on. Ok, Dutoit was a womanizer , but so what….
Can’t afford to be a womanizer or “manizer” today or crucifiction by public opinion may follow maybe decades later. Remember the “swinging 60s” and the “sexual revolution?” History. Things “unproven” are no longer necessary. There is trial and sentence that no longer needs a court for proof. Over a million people “follow” a celebrity. If he/she says “I was raped” then good enough for them. Let us return to the Salem witch trials, this time by Twitter.
My thoughts….
Spot on….couldn´t agree more.Like in 30s germany,some very mediocre talents get a big chance thanks McCarthy like hysteria now….
Morally,yes(which doesn´t have any impact on the performance).Musically,no.
How do you know what he is morally? Are you his father confessor? He might be a pervert…..
Good luck to Joshua Weilerstein. What a break!