On Friday (8/14) at New York classical radio station WQXR, Brian Wise writes about “37-year-old Pablo Heras-Casado, music director of the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, as well as the new assistant conductor of Madrid’s Teatro Real…. His enthusiasms go well beyond the 19th-century orchestral potboilers that serve as traditional calling-cards of young conductors. Heras-Casado’s recent recordings include offbeat fare including a new album of choral music by 18th-century composers Michel, Jacob and Hieronymus Praetorius…. Heras-Casado made his New York Philharmonic debut in April 2014…. The effusive conductor says he’s keeping his expectations in check, as ‘life is long and we’ll see what happens.’ … In his four years with St. Luke’s, Heras-Casado has developed what musicians describe as a close, and at times intense, relationship with the orchestra…. He calls for more video streaming of concerts but doesn’t think Twitter sections in halls will help…. ‘Let’s not destroy things and try to be young, modern or cool in a very artificial or extravagant way. We just need to be more spontaneous and open to what happens around us—as museums do, as other kinds of artists do, and as society does, and that’s it.’ ”
Posted August 17, 2015
Pictured: Pablo Heras Casado conducts the Orchestra of St. Luke’s. Photo by Chris Lee
