by Nicholas Jones
Britain may have voted to cut ties with the European Union, but last night’s Blossom Music Festival concert, with The Cleveland Orchestra and conductor Nicholas McGegan, was a referendum confirming a long — and enduring — musical connection between the continent and the island. [Read more…]
by Daniel Hathaway
Here’s your opportunity to meet the new executive director of The Cleveland Orchestra. On Tuesday, April 5 at 6:00 pm, the Hudson Chapter of Blossom Friends of The Cleveland Orchestra will sponsor an evening of conversation with André Gremillet, who assumed his new post as executive director of the Orchestra in January following the retirement of Gary Hanson.
Gremillet most recently served as managing director of Australia’s Melbourne Symphony, and before that was president and CEO of the New Jersey Symphony. A native of Quebec, Gremillet is a conservatory-trained pianist who also served for four years as president of Canada’s premier organ-building firm, Casavant Frères. [Read more…]