“The Philharmonia Orchestra of London has appointed Alexander Van Ingen as its new chief executive, starting in September,” writes Nicholas Beard in Thursday’s (3/12) Musical America (subscription required). “Van Ingen is the current chief of the Academy of Ancient Music, a post he has held for three years. Before that he was executive producer for Decca Classics. At the Philharmonia, he succeeds Interim Managing Director Michael Fuller, who took over when Helen Sprott left last May. The orchestra said it would be adding the post of director of artistic planning under Van Ingen. Current Principal Guest Conductor Santtu-Matias Rouvali moves into the post of principal conductor in 2021-22, succeeding Esa-Pekka Salonen. In comments, Van Ingem recalled, ‘Some of my earliest orchestral recordings as an engineer and producer were with the Philharmonia, and the orchestra’s on-going pioneering work in the digital field takes Walter Legge’s founding vision in 1945 to new heights.’ ”
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