Away from the familiar
Catching up recently on bookmarked links, I rediscovered this piece by Alan Rich for LA Weekly. In it he characterizes the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s decision to engage Gustavo Dudamel as its music director - audacious when it was announced several years ago – as ‘a bold gesture away from hidebound tradition and toward youth, experiment and challenge, and away also from the familiar definition of the symphonic territory.’
I think nearly every orchestra in this country could use more ‘courageous leadership’ like this.
Update: It seems that musical institutions on the other side of the pond are more comfortable with the youth movement.
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