Philadelphia Orchestra admits 4 new players

Philadelphia Orchestra admits 4 new players

Orchestras

norman lebrecht

August 02, 2024

They are  Assistant Principal Bass Tobias (Toby) Vigneau (pictutred) and second violin section  members John Bian, Eliot Heaton, and MuChen Hsieh.

They come from major orchestras in New Mexico, Milwaukee, Detroit and Houston.

 

 

Comments

  • Petr says:

    Do we know if they’re tenured or is this the beginning of the tenure process? Hopefully they won’t have to pay off any of them like they paid off the assistant principal percussionist to leave the orchestra for silence two years ago.

  • Tricky Sam says:

    The New Mexico Philharmonic may be a very good regional orchestra – not sure you’d call them “major.” Congratulations to these players.

  • Rick says:

    Wait. What?
    There’s a major orchestra in NM?
    (Yes, there are good groups in NM –excellent ones. But major?)

  • Trombe 5 says:

    They also announced today that Esteban Batallan is the new principal trumpet having lured him from the Chicago Symphony.

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