Wednesday, October 4, 2017

Seattle Symphony Hires Thomas Dausgaard As Next Music Director

Meet the new boss, same as the old substitute boss: Dausgaard, a 54-year-old Dane who takes over from Ludovic Morlot in 2019, has been the SSO's principal guest conductor since 2014. "It was his 2015 Seattle Symphony Sibelius Festival performances," writes Melinda Bargreen, "that made the tall, silver-haired Dane a popular figure among the city's classical-music lovers, with standing ovations after every performance, and the kind of connection with players and audiences that conductors dream of."



Article source here:Arts Journal

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