New York Philharmonic tests more conductor candidates

The field is shortening for next music director of the NY Phil.

In a season announcement this morning, Gustavo Dudamel and Susanna Mälkki are back for a second audition, along with the Young Finn Santtu-Matias Rouvali, who gets two full weeks to strut his stuff and must be considered joint favourite.

New to the roster are New Yorker Karina Canellakis, who conducts at Netherlands Radio, Ruth Reinhardt, a former assistant at Dallas and Nathalie Stutzmann, who is taking over at the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. The highly rated Finn Klaus Mäkelä, who has jobs in Paris and Oslo, will make his debut in December. A fourth Finn, Hannu Lintu, debuts in November, as does the Venezuelan Rafael Payare.

The rising Czech conductors Jakub Hrusa and Tomas Netopil have been overlooked. New York has also yet to see the Israeli Lahav Shani.