From the CV grapevine

This blogpost is updated several times a week.

We heard that..

Swiss conductor Thierry Fischer to step down from Utah Symphony in May.
— https://www.deseret.com/2023/5/26/23738487/utah-symphony-thierry-fischer

Photo credit: Laura Seitz / Deseret News


NY Phil will give first performance of Chick Corea’s Trombone Concerto on May 24-27.
— https://nyphil.org/concerts-tickets/2223/joseph-alessi-plays-chick-corea

MD-to-be Dudamel gets 7-minute ovation at NY Phil Friday night 5/19/2023.
— https://bit.ly/3obhTRP

Photo credit: L.A. times


Lyric Opera of Chicago signs ‘mutually beneficial’ five-year labor agreement with unions.
— https://bit.ly/3or8tkW

Muti and Chicago Symphony will release CD of new American music in June, 2023
— https://cso.org/experience/curation/cso-resound/

American pianist Eric Lu, 2018 Leeds winner, signed with new agent Solea Management in France for worldwide representation.
— https://www.ericlupianist.com/#/contact

Garrick Ohlsson has recorded the complete Beethoven Piano Concertos in hi-res audio...
— https://listn.fm/ohlssonbeethoven/

Joshua Bell will release new CD “Butterfly lovers” on June 30...
— https://joshuabell.lnk.to/ButterflyLoverspr

RIP Grace Bumbry (1937-2023), a great American soprano
— https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Bumbry

grace bumbry as tosca


Composer Henry Dehlinger and NASA launched “Cosmic Cycles” on May 11
— https://wapo.st/3pC29aL

Photo credit: the washington post