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Norman Lebrecht - Slipped disc
2017-04-30 12:17:57
Exclusive: China cuts an orchestra down by half
We hear from musicians in the Guiyang Symphony Orchestra that they have been called in one by one to be told that playing personnel will be cut to half size next season and wages will also be cut by fifty percent. The orchestra, funded by a wealthy local couple, has vigorously recruited foreign musicians, as well as an Italian music director, Rico Saccani. Now, the players are being told that there will be no foreign soloists in future and the title of music director will be abolished as there will not be enough left for him to do. A new title will be devised for Saccani, who will conduct three last concerts in June. Several foreign players have bought houses and started families in Guiyang. No word of the downsizing has appeared in Chinese media. The players are in shock and the sponsors have not been seen for a […]
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2012-09-27 22:04:30
Guiyang Symphony Orchestra Audition Guiyang Symphony Orchestra is the only professional orchestra in mainland China founded by a sole private enterprise three years ago. With the strong support of the government, the orchestra’s board of directors invested generously in financing the establishment and development of the orchestra. The board invited Maestro Chen Zuohuang as the [...]
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