Oundjian conducts shostakovich biography
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Music: Meet The New Kid In Town
MEET THE NEW KID IN TOWN
By Kate Molleson
The Herald (Glasgow)
October 3, 2012 Wednesday
Scotland
by Peter Oundjian gets ready to conduct the RSNO for the first time.
The orchestral season is officially upon us.
Orchestral conducting degrees
The Scottish Chamber
Orchestra gives complete performances of Cosi fan tutte tomorrow
and Friday, the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra delivered its first
instalments of Tristan und Isolde last week. But even alongside these
heavyweight programmes, it s the Royal Scottish National Orchestra s
opening night of Glinka, Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich s 11th Symphony
that s the big event on Scotland s classical calendar.
Why?
In his own words, there s a new kid in town . Tomorrow Peter
Oundjian conducts the RSNO for the first time as its new music
director. We ve had fleeting visits from him as a guest conductor and
music-director designate.
Now the real work begins: the long-term
technical building blocks, the search for that cruci