Thursday (3/29) on the cultural news site Chicago on the Aisle, Nancy Malitz writes, “You’re excused if you do a double take over this announcement concerning two rising young talents in the orchestra administration world, because they both have the first names of Agnieszka, they are both Polish born Americans, they’re both violinists who want to run an orchestra someday, and they both have ties to Chicago. Agnieszka Rakhmatullaev (left) and Agnieszka Laskus—this year’s winners of year-long training fellowships in orchestra management funded by the League of American Orchestras—will spend time together at the Aspen Music Festival this summer, followed by mentoring for a full season from executives of large and mid-size orchestras, to get a sense of how the business works at all levels. Agnieszka Rakhmatullaev is known to many Chicagoans already. She is the artistic operations manager at the Grant Park Music Festival. … She’s due in Aspen June 11. After that, she’s off to a long stint with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, and then she rounds off her leave with the North Carolina Symphony. … Meanwhile, Agnieszka Laskus who goes by the nickname Eska, will be heading for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, where she will receive mentoring from president Deborah Rutter for the bulk of the 2012-13 season, rounding off her training with the Pacific Symphony in California’s Orange County. … Laskus is currently the admissions and recruitment director for the University of Oregon School of Music and Dance.”
Posted March 29, 2012
