Breaking: Hallé has a new chief conductor
NewsThe Hallé Orchestra in Manchester has chosen the Singaporean Kahchun Wong as its next Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor, starting September 2024. He succeeds Sir Mark Elder who, after 24 years, becomes Conductor Emeritus.
Kahchun, 36, winner of the 2016 Mahler conducting competition, lost his job after one term as music director in Nuremburg.
He switched agency last year to HarrisonParrott. The Hallé’s decision was made, apparently, after a single Shostakovich concert.
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