Tag: Gianandrea Noseda
'US National Symphony Orchestra Performs at Milan’s Famed Teatro Alla Scala Using Ancient Instruments
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''American Psycho: The Musical' Composer and Director Discuss Their ’80s Adaptation
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'An Eisenhower-Era Maestro in the Last Days of Obama: Dallas' Jaap van Zweden Takes Reins of the New York Phil
A quick word about the just-named, incoming music director of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Jaap van Zweden (pronounced “YEP van ZVAY-den”). This is not the time nor the place to debate the relative merits of the chosen candidate, as set against every other conductor in the world, for two reasons. One, because I have a conflict of interest via my own professional work in classical music (which, from time to time, has included working with the good folks at the Phil). But mainly, it's because the candidate has now been chosen. The selection process is over, and it's time to give him a chance. If we want him to do well--and success for Jaap, remember, means a success for the orchestra and more to enjoy for all of us--then we should let him mount his new podium free of any baggage or prejudgments.
