New boss at Beethovenfest Bonn
OrchestrasLocal hire Michael Gassmann is leaving the fest after four years, it has been announced in Bonn.
His successor is to be Torger Nelson, who used to work at Washington National Opera and at the Met in New York.
Nelson, 45, has been in his present post with Wuppertal opera and orchestra for just over a year.
So one milquetoast, scarf-around-the-neck-until-early-July, sensible shoes type who does anything Deutsche Telekom tells them, is replaced by another. Good. Should help to keep the status quo intact in the most boring major city in Europe.
I had the good fortunate to visit Bonn a few weeks ago for the Beethoven Festival. I don’t know why you consider it to be boring. It was extremely enjoyable to be there and a lot to see.
That is exactl;y what was the intention: not to hear but to see. Because we know that poor oldfashioned Beethoven himself had hearing problems as well.
Boring? The B Festival showed a remarkable woke programming, to demonstrate how much it is in tune with the Zeitgeist.
Definitely looks like a viola player.