Timothy Tsukamoto is one of many foreigners who departed in the xenophobic clearout of the Malaysian Philharmonic in the past decade.
The American general manager has been luckier than others. A correspondent finds him working as director of artistic planning with the excellent Hong Kong Philharmonic.
This is a reminder that the Malyasian Phil is still under an international musicians’ boycott.
Don’t go there.
Astonishing Chopin, in 1929.
Irving Berlin
Mel Tormé
Jay Livingston
Jonny Marks
Noel Regner/Gloria Shayne
Bet Zubin never learned the words.
Irony died in 2019. Text, picture and misspellings below are from the institution’s website:
Four new faces at the Melbourne Conservatorium in 2020
2020 promises to be an exciting year at the Melbourne Conservatorium, with milestone anniversaries, an incredible array of public performances, and teaching, research and music-making at the new Ian Potter Southbank Centre. We introduce you to four of the new staff bringing their vision and talents to the Conservatorium in the new year.
Wenhong Luo. Image supplied.
Violist Wenhong Luo is the third prize winner at the 12th Lionel Tertis Viola competition and the 19th Johnnes Brahms competition. She joins the Melbourne Conservatorium as Lecturer in Viola in early 2020….
Director of the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music Professor Richard Kurth says Luo will bring a remarkably diverse and rich musical training and experience, acquired from acclaimed teachers and artists in China, Britain, and the US.
She may also have learned an inch or two from our pal Yuja.
See full length picture here.
Stephane Lissner, director of the Opéra which has been closed by national pension strikes since December 5, estimated today that the box-office loss alone will amount to ‘at least’ 12 million Euros by the end of the month – and with no end in sight.
‘There will be consequences,’ he warned.
Madani Younis, who quit two months ago as artistic director of London’s stuffed-up South Bank, has been named chief executive producer of New York’s go-ahead Shed.
He will work there in tandem with the Shed’s chief executive and artistic director Alex Poots, former head of the Manchester International Festival.
In New York there are mutterings about Brits taking over the best arts jobs. In London, it’s hard to see anyone else on the over-subsidised South Bank crew who would make the shortlist of an international search.
One of the greats, hardly noticed any more.
It is reported that the homeless orchestra wants to embed itself in ‘a diverse community.’
The move will happen in May.
The Opéra national du Rhin in Strasbourg has named Alain Perroux as its next director. He succeeds Eva Kleinitz who died in May.
Perroux has been dramaturg at the Grand Théâtre de Genève and the Aix-en-Provence festival.
Saimir Pirgu called in sick yesterday morning on La Bohème at the Vienna State Opera.
No standby was available. They flew in Stefan Pop from Italy. He landed two hours before curtain-up and made it just in time.
Over at the Teater an der Wien, Corinne Winters pulled out of the title role in Moniuszko’s Halka. A sub from Warsaw, Ewa Wesin, instantly stole the show.
