The Queensland Symphony Orchestra has appointed Umberto Clerici as chief conductor, starting in January.
Clerici, 40, was until recently principal cello on the Sydney Symphony.
He succeeds Johannes Fritzsch in the Brisbane job.
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Good to know that down under you can become chief conductor of a professional orchestra without any training or experience as an actual conductor necessary. What an insult to the musicians of the orchestra who had to study and develop their particular crafts for decades to get where they are.
That Toscanini guy, what nerve, right?
You can learn most of the stick technique necessary by watching. As someone who has to sit in the rank and file and suffer egomaniacs on the platform you’ll get a very good idea of what works and what is a pain to work under.
Obviously you must be well up on all the awkward questions you’ll be tested with e.g. transpositions.
You must also know your score inside out and backwards.
That apart, go for it players! The profession should welcome those who know who REALLY is doing the work. Clue…it’s not always/often the one wielding the baton.
Actually, he has been doing quite a bit of stick waving in the last few years but you may not have heard / seen him as it has been “regional” (New Zealand Symphony, his own team, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra at the Sydney Opera House (he made his debut with them in 2018), the Izmir and Istanbul State Orchestras, Hong Kong Sinfonietta, Orchestra d’Aosta, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and the Auckland Philharmonia.
I’ve seen / heard him. He’s not bad.
Here in Washington D.C. three of the first four music directors of the National Symphony were cellists: Hans Kindler, Howard Mitchell and Mstislav Rostropovich.
The exception was Antal Dorati, who had been a piano student of Bela Bartok.