In Monday’s (11/21) New York Times, Daniel J. Wakin speculates on the New York Philharmonic’s search to fill its top administrative post. “The orchestra has been trying to fill the position since Zarin Mehta, the president and chief executive officer, said in September 2010 that he would retire after this season. The search has proved difficult. ‘My understanding is they have approached a number of people,’ said Thomas W. Morris, an orchestra consultant who briefly advised the Philharmonic a year ago. ‘For whatever reason, they have not been able to consummate a deal.’ … Gary W. Parr, chairman of the Philharmonic’s board, declined to talk about individual candidates, saying in an interview on Friday that to discuss them openly could hurt their current positions as well as harm the search and, ultimately, the Philharmonic. ‘It can be very disruptive for this to be in the public domain,’ Mr. Parr said. … Mr. Parr said that the pool had been narrowed to a few finalists and that the board was ‘nearing the time’ when a choice would be announced. ‘We’ve been making good progress at talking to a lot of qualified candidates,’ he said. ‘We have been very thorough in our process.’ ”
Posted November 21, 2011
