Kwame lands a US orchestra
OrchestrasThe Charlotte Symphony Orchestra in North Carolina has appointed Kwamé Ryan as its music director for the next four years. He succeeds Christopher Warren-Green.
Ryan, 53, is the Canadian-born son of Trinidadian parents. He studied in England and was general music director in Freiburg, Germany, from 1999 to 2003. He has also been music director of the Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine from 2007-13 and of the Orchestre Français des Jeunes, but he has never held a North American position. He is due to make a New York Philharmonic debut in May.
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