Klaus Makela, Gustavo Dudamel and orchestras’ chase for youth
The excited media coverage last week of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s choice for a new music director treated 28-year-old Finnish conductor Klaus Mäkelä like the…
Esa-Pekka Salonen vs. the San Francisco Symphony board
When Esa-Pekka Salonen announced recently that he would step down as music director of the San Francisco Symphony next year, he did not say it…