“The Philadelphia Orchestra will begin its new season of concerts Thursday under the guidance of a new chief executive,” Matias Tarnopolsky, writes Peter Crimmins on Tuesday (9/11) at radio station WHYY (Philadelphia/Delaware). “In 2011, [former President and CEO Allison] Vulgamore navigated the organization through a bankruptcy filing…. Emerging 15 months later, it has remained a reasonably healthy organization…. ‘The organization is in very good shape—crucially, artistically,’ said Tarnopolsky. ‘We have Allison to thank for the appointment of Yannick Nézet-Séguin…. I’m governed by a few principles. Leading the audience and following the audience—opening new doors into the way they think about music and the world,’ he said…. A week before the opening of the 2018-2019 season, the orchestra musicians did a ‘reading’ of six new works by six composers—all of them women…. On the day of the … performances, the orchestra announced it has commissioned new compositions from all six women.” Said Tarnopolsky, “That’s exactly what the Philadelphia Orchestra should be doing. It’s building the future. It’s taking a chance on composers who are still in the early stages of their careers.”
Posted September 12, 2018
Matias Tarnopolsky photo by Emma Lee
