Exclusive: Berlin Philharmonic picks Australian principal

Exclusive: Berlin Philharmonic picks Australian principal

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norman lebrecht

January 13, 2023

We understand that Sydneysider Jonathon Ramsay has won the audition for principal trombone in the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.

He will inherit the seat from Christhard Gössling, who will retire this summer after 39 years in the orchestra.

Jono Ramsay will have to serve a probationary period before obtaining tenure.

Ramsay came to Europe in 2018 to join the Karajan Academy of the Berliner Philharmoniker. In April 2022 he became a member of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra. In December 2022 he was named principal trombone of the Munich Philharmonic.

Weeks later, he’s off to Berlin.

A dizzying slide?

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