Conducting a patter of tiny feet

Conducting a patter of tiny feet

Orchestras

norman lebrecht

January 26, 2023

Karina Canellakis, chief conductor of the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, is clearing her diary to have a baby, her second, in May. She expects to return at the end of August.

The French conductor Chloé van Soeterstède, Cheffe en Residence at Orchestre national d’Auvergne, has given birth to her first child at London’s St Mary’s Hospital last friday. It’s a girl, named Elsa.

And we expecting an announcement very soon from a prominent pianist.

2023 is a year of renewal.

Comments

  • trumpetherald says:

    Good luck ,Karina!!!!

    • trumpetherald says:

      So,the four pathetic thumb downers don´t wish a pregnant woman good luck???….It´s always good to remind myself i don´t know personally such flawed characters……)

  • NYMike says:

    Here’s hoping she keeps her April NY Phil dates!

    • trumpetherald says:

      From what i heard,yes(Just ignore the irrelevant thumbdowns,most likely from one frustrated armchair conductor pushing the same button nine times)….

  • Heidi says:

    Why is it newsworthy when a woman conductor had a baby, but not a male conductor?

  • Alfred Wachs says:

    Congratulations are in order, of course, but, why is this relevant? Do we announce the birth of the children of male conductors? They can’t have it both ways.

  • DG says:

    To those asking why such a big deal isn’t made over expectant father conductors: they don’t need to take as much time off as a matter of medical necessity.

    Good luck, ladies! (from another expectant mom)

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