Crib news: Maestro cancels due to imminent childbirth

Crib news: Maestro cancels due to imminent childbirth

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norman lebrecht

May 24, 2018

John Axelrod has pulled out of the Maggio Musicale in Florence as his wife Anastasia is expecting a happy event.

He told the orchestra: ‘While I so wanted to celebrate Bernstein’s centenary and direct the fourth symphony of the Shostakovich cycle, the birth of my son is one of those moments that absolutely require my presence.’

Comments

  • Sharon says:

    Good for him!

  • Horace says:

    Will he be missed?

  • Old Man in the Midwest says:

    They should do Shost 4 without a conductor.

    Even Orpheus hasn’t done that.

  • Anon says:

    John still has a career?

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