The Danish National Symphony Orchestra has received 612 applications from young conductors for the 2021 Malko Competition. Among them, 69 are from the US.
At least with Fabio Luisi chairing the jury the contest will be clean.
The US violinist has posted this message on…
The Dutch conductor, ousted after a six-year spell…
English National Opera has rolled out plans for…
Laura Samuel, Leader of the BBC Scottish Symphony…
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The greatest challenge in the competition is understanding what the Danes are talking.
cleanliness ahead of musicianship can make for dull, unmemorable, non-entity podium peacocks
Very true.
By “clean” Norman means “not corrupt” ….
Desperate? since when participating in competition is an act of desperance MR. Lebrecht?
^asks one desperate conductor.
The word “desperate” applies to pretty much every young conductor, LOL (and not a few of the older ones).
Over €30000 in application fees alone…
Hilarious headline as always, Mr. Lebrecht. As one of these “desperate” conductors, it might be nice to see a little more support and appreciation from cynical boomers such as yourself and many readers of this cesspool of a website. If you want this special art form survive, you should be happy to see 600+ musicians still hoping to make a positive impact for the future, no matter how bleak it may look.
no need to surf the site if its a cesspool, I appreciate Mr Lebrecht’s dry with and sharing interesting current affairs in the music world
This would seem to show strength in classical music which is own seen on its deathbed.