British conductor Sir Andrew Davis has died at the age of 80. Sir Andrew, who was one of the longest-serving chief conductors of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, had been suffering from leukaemia, his agent Jonathan Brill confirmed on Sunday. The Royal Opera House paid tribute on X, formerly Twitter, writing: “We are saddened to hear of the death of conductor …
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The 26-year-old Finnish prodigy Klaus Mäkelä will be the new chief conductor of the Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam, the company announced in a press conference on Friday. The Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam has been looking for a new chief conductor since 2018. When asked why he chose the Concertgebouw Orchestra, Mäkelä said that “you only have to hear the exceptional …
Munich Mayor Dieter Reiter has threatened to remove Valery Gergiev as chief conductor of the Munich Philharmonic unless Gergiev publicly says by Monday that he does not support Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra also said it would drop the 68-year-old Russian’s planned festival there this September if he does not stop supporting Russia President Vladimir Putin. In …
