“The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s vice president of artistic planning, Evans Mirageas, is stepping down from his position at the end of the year,” writes Jon Ross in Thursday’s (10/18) Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “Mirageas came to the ASO in 2006…. During his time with the ASO, he has also been the artistic director of the Cincinnati Opera. Mirageas has accepted a full-time position with the Cincinnati Opera. In an email to ASO staff and musicians, [Executive Director Jennifer] Barlament explained that Mirageas ‘maintained a dizzyingly busy travel and work schedule.’ … Mirageas began his symphony career in 1989 at the Boston Symphony Orchestra, where he worked as artistic administrator under famed conductor Seiji Ozawa. While in Boston, Mirageas also worked with [Robert] Spano, who held the title of BSO assistant conductor. ‘Evans has been a tremendous creative asset to the ASO,’ Barlament wrote.” Spano will step down as the Atlanta Symphony’s music director in 2021. Says Mirageas, “I’ve been able to watch this orchestra for a decade. Now there is a kind of energy and enthusiasm in the players that speaks volumes…. Everybody has their time in the sun and everybody has a time of transition, and orchestras are the same.”
Posted October 19, 2018
