Timing? Conductor quits Bruckner orchestra in Bruckner year

Timing? Conductor quits Bruckner orchestra in Bruckner year

Orchestras

norman lebrecht

February 13, 2024

The German conductor Markus Poschner has announced his departure from the Bruckner Orchestra Linz, to take effect in 2027, when he will have served ten years.

But why announce it at the start of the composer’s bicentennial?

Poschner was recently appointed chief conductor of Sinfonieorchester Basel in Switzerland, succeeding Ivor Bolton.

Comments

  • Anthony Sayer says:

    I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s had a very good offer. He’s an excellent conductor and first-rate bloke.

    • Jan Kaznowski says:

      David Hurwitz, whose reviews I always trust, is a big fan of MP’s Bruckner

      • professional musician says:

        Which doesn´t mean any thing….You should trust your own ears.But Markus is indeed fabulous. And a wonderful human being too-

    • Gil Lamont says:

      Per Capriccio, he’s finished recording his every-edition cycle of the Bruckner symphonies, which so far is revelatory. The few remaining CDs to come are being issued one a month.

    • Gregory Walz says:

      There is a chance that Markus Poschner is still a finalist for the music director position with the Utah Symphony. Thierry Fischer departed in May 2023, and is now music director emeritus.

      Poschner conducted the Utah Symphony twice in December 2022 (in one program) and twice again in November 2023 (in one program), and is scheduled to conduct it again (three times, in one program) in November this year, and then again twice in late May 2025 (in one program).

  • Willym says:

    Why not? What difference does it make when it’s announced?

  • Bulgakov says:

    Seems as good a time as any.

  • Gustav says:

    So what?
    He has to organise his life according to Bruckner’s calendar?

  • Jobim75 says:

    Hopefully he will finish his first rate Bruckner cycle for Capriccio even if other orchestras were involved…

  • Salvatore says:

    Why not? He has recorded and soon fully released the huge Bruckner symphonies cycle on Capriccio (IMHO the best of the newly recorded cycles). He even won an ICMAward for it. He explored Bruckner and the possibilities of the orchestra in every possible way, so why not leave and look for new goals? And why not announce it in time, to give the audience and orchestra time to properly say goodbye? And to introduce the successor.

  • Doug Grant says:

    He leaves in 3 years. Natural lifespan. No issue. Not really need.

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