A report in Friday’s (6/22) Southtown Star (Tinley Park, Illinois) states, “David Danzmayr has been named music director of the Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra and will lead the orchestra’s upcoming 35th concert season. Maestro Danzmayr, guest conductor for several leading European orchestras, will become the first new music director of the IPO in more than 25 years. The 32-year-old Austrian succeeds Carmon DeLeone, who retired at the end of the 2010-11 season and is now conductor laureate for the IPO, which is based in Park Forest. The selection of Danzmayr, who will assume his role at the IPO’s opening concert on Nov. 10, culminates an extensive international search that began in 2010. One of seven finalists, Danzmayr conducted the IPO in January in an all-Felix Mendelssohn subscription program. … Danzmayr has worked as a guest conductor with leading orchestras including the City of Birmingham (England) Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, the Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg, the Haydn Orchester, and the Sinfonieorchester Basel. Earlier in June, Danzmayr was appointed music director of the ProMusica Chamber Orchestra, of Columbus, Ohio, beginning with the 2013-14 season.”
Posted June 22, 2012
