Macron names new music director in Paris
NewsPresident Macron has approved the appointment of Louis Langrée as director of the Théâtre National de l’Opéra Comique in Paris, starting November 1.
Langrée, 60, is music director of the Cincinnati Symphony and of New York’s Mostly Mozart Festival. Originally from Mulhouse, he has held jobs in the US for half his life.
Very good conductor……Paris is never a bad idea…..
This appointment is in the President’s gift? Is that true in other countries?
Think what Trump could have done for Domingo!
If Trump’s musical acuity is in line with the rest of his knowledge and personality, he’d have appointed people like Andrea Bocelli and David Helfgott.
Does he really know who David Helfgott is??
I was thinking more of his other proclivities…musically, he would have promoted Lee Greenwood.
Macron studied the piano at the conservatory in Amiens. At the Elysée, he has organized house concerts with young performers. (Classical music, that is; pop and rock concerts are mostly done in the gardens for a wider audience.)
Lots of detail in this paywalled story, including that other candidates included Marc Minkowski and Laurence Equilbey. His goal, and the culture minister’s, seems to be to continue increasing the profile of what has not been one of Paris’s most prominent institutions.
https://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2021/10/21/musique-le-chef-d-orchestre-louis-langree-prend-la-tete-de-l-opera-comique_6099418_3246.html