Breaking: Salzburg shoots down change

Breaking: Salzburg shoots down change

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norman lebrecht

April 04, 2024

The board of the Salzburg Festival voted this afternoon to renew Markus Hinterhäuser as director for another five years, keeping him in post until 2031.

Hinterhäuser beat off strong challenges from, among others, the heads of La Scala and Bavarian State Opera, Dominique Meyer and Serge Dorny.

A statement said: ‘His artistic concept, his feeling and skill in dealing with social issues in an artistic way, as well as his courage to always break new ground, simply convinced us.’

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