Swedes choose French music director
NewsThe Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra in southern Sweden has appointed Maxime Pascal to be their chief conductor for three years.
Pascal, 38, is artistic director of Le Balcon in Paris, an ensemble that offers audiences an audio-visual experience.
Aren’t all concerts audio-visual experiences, unless you sit there with your eyes closed?
I frequently do. Although, it doesn’t always mean that I’m asleep.
I agree that listening with your eyes closed can be sublime. But the problem is that unless the performance is really, really good, one can easily drift off into slumberland…