Vienna has new concertmaster

Vienna has new concertmaster

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norman lebrecht

April 25, 2023

The newly-saved ORF symphony orchestra of Vienna, led by Marin Alsop, has chosen Łucja Madziar as joint first concertmaster.

Łucja, who is Polish, will share duties with Maighréad McCrann.

She was previously alternate concertmaster at Staatsoper Hannover and Deutsche Oper Berlin.

Comments

  • Anonymous Bosch says:

    Hey – wasn’t this just the subject of a movie with Cate Blanchette?

    • Mick the Knife says:

      Life imitates art once again.

    • Bone says:

      The “hahahaha” gif would be inserted here if NL allowed those sorts of frivolous things

    • Hammers Rocco says:

      This and other comments here are terrifyingly misogynistic, extremely homophobic, and more importantly EXTREMELY LIBELOUS in their implications. I see you added moderation Norman, not sure how this escaped it. For the well being of the site, remove this.

  • Cordula Merks says:

    Congratulations to Lucja and to the Orchestra!

  • Goodwill Dube says:

    Congratulations to the new conductor and manager,Lucja

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