Nick Bastin

The seemingly interminable tenure of Leonard Slatkin as the music director of the National Symphony has indeed found an end, 12 years too late. Iván Fischer will take over for the next 2 years, but it’s unlikely that he’ll be able to make any significant headway in such a short span.
Let me make this [...]

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Of course, who else was going to write it…
Don’t expect me to write that often, my life and thoughts can’t possibly be that important to the rest of you.

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