It is reported today in Rio that a leading American soloist has joined the roster of artists who are pulling out of concerts with the Brazil Symphony Orchestra, where half the musicians were sacked in a row over re-auditions. The new name on the boycott roster is the violinist Joshua Bell, according to the newspaper [...]
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The standoff in Rio - where half the musicians in the Brazil Symphony Orchestra have been sacked - has yet to be noticed in North American media. Le Monde, however, has a refined nose for trouble and its report grasps... Read Post
Roberto Minczuk, ebattled music director of the Brazil Symphony Orchestra half of whose players he has sacked, has cancelled next week's concerts in Salt Lake City. The official word from Rio (below) is that he is detained there by ... Read Post
The international Brazilian pianist Cristina Ortiz has cancelled her concert this month with the strife-torn Brazil Symphony Orchestra, which has sacked half its musicians. So has her conductor Roberto Tibirica, who has a long assoc... Read Post