A visit, or a job interview?
Job interviews are always difficult. Having one in front of an audience of more than 1,000 classical-music buffs is even tougher.
That's the plight of guest conductors coming in to work with the Utah Symphony, in light of the imminent departure of conductor and musical director Keith Lockhart in May.
According to the Tribune's Celia Baker, one possible job candidate - it's hard to say for sure, since symphony management has not made a list public - is Swiss conductor Thierry Fischer (pictured), who's back for his second guest stint this Friday and Saturday. He'll lead the symphony in Mendelssohn's Piano Concerto No. 1, Schubert's Symphony No. 8 ("Unfinished") and Stravisnky's "Petrouchka." Canadian pianist Louis Lortie is the guest soloist.
Fischer, 51, is principal conductor of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and chief conductor of the Nagoya Philharmonic in Japan.
That's the plight of guest conductors coming in to work with the Utah Symphony, in light of the imminent departure of conductor and musical director Keith Lockhart in May.
According to the Tribune's Celia Baker, one possible job candidate - it's hard to say for sure, since symphony management has not made a list public - is Swiss conductor Thierry Fischer (pictured), who's back for his second guest stint this Friday and Saturday. He'll lead the symphony in Mendelssohn's Piano Concerto No. 1, Schubert's Symphony No. 8 ("Unfinished") and Stravisnky's "Petrouchka." Canadian pianist Louis Lortie is the guest soloist.Fischer, 51, is principal conductor of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and chief conductor of the Nagoya Philharmonic in Japan.
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