New boss for Gateshead

New boss for Gateshead

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norman lebrecht

July 26, 2022

The Sage Gateshead and Royal Northern Sinfonia have plucked James Thomas from Manchester Camerata to run the orchestra and the centre’s classical programming.

A former bassoonist, he started out as General Manager of Sinfonia Cymru.

James Thomas replaces Thorben Dittes, who now has the tougher task of managing London’s Philharmonia orchestra.

Comments

  • For crying out loud says:

    Hope he doesn’t become complicit towards the war by programming Russian music.

    Every time a Russian symphony gets played, a bomb goes off in Ukraine.

    So says those who obsessively declare music IS politics.

    • Emil says:

      Literally no one is saying that, but it does say a lot you have to make up villains at whom you can get angry.

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