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Purely Administrative: Why Renewing Christoph Eschenbach's National Symphony Orchestra Contract Is a Bad Idea for D.C.
A dark cloud is sure to follow the National Symphony Orchestra this 2014-15 season after the renewal of Christoph Eschenbach's contract as music director. The decision to continue on with Eschy at the podium was "purely administrative" (as if that were an excuse). Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Still to Visit Iran...a Good Idea?
The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra has announced a delay to its planned tour of Iran. However, they say, the tour will still go ahead. The United States, in common with much of Europe, has issues with Iran just now, not least because of the Iranian nuclear program (and a jingoistic film recently broadcast on Iranian state television that depicted the Iranian nuclear devastation of a U.S. and Israeli targets won't have helped matters). So, this tour looks likely to provoke controversy.
