Maestro move: French conductor crosses London
mainThe conductor Ludovic Morlot has switched to Intermusica for worldwide management.
He was previously with AskonasHolt.
Morlot has been without a music director title since leaving the Seattle Symphony last year.
is a music director (or more than one) title really the must-have it once was? there are plenty of excellent conductors without them. you could claim title collectors just want safe pay cheques
Well who doesn’t?
And there are plenty of non excellent conductors with titles.
Yes, and not for the reasons you state.
It’s not just the conductors who benefits from being a “music director.” Theoretically, at least, the orchestra also benefits because it develops a long-term musical/artistic relationship with said conductor who is also involved with hiring/firing of players and who is a public “face” to the community.
What does management have to do with anything, why is it of any interest to anyone? It only affects people in the business side, which has nothing to do with music.
Ludovic is a great conductor who surely will find a new great orchestra to call home