Brazil chief quits

Arthur Nestrovski stepped down today after 13 years as artistic director of the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra (Osesp). During that time he gave Brazil a world showcase at the BBC Proms, the Lucerne Festival and, latterly, at Carnegie Hall.

He says: ’15 days ago, Osesp and the Osesp Choir, conducted by Marin Alsop, performed at Carnegie Hall, in New York. Loaded with meanings – artistic, institutional, even ecological (in the Floresta Villa-Lobos program) –, it can be said, without exaggeration, that these were two historic concerts. In their own way, they closed a virtuous cycle started with Marin a decade ago, which took us, for the first time, to the BBC Proms festival in London, the Berlin Philharmonie, the Lucerne Festival and many other major concert halls around the world. around the world, from Brazil to China. In their own way, they also marked the end of another cycle, personal, as Artistic Director of Fundação Osesp.’