WHY is every solo artist suddenly a music director as well?
WHY is every solo artist suddenly a music director as well?
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Michael Tumelty
Is it ego ? Or an anti-conductor thing? They're all at it: Leif Ove Andsnes has his first volume of Beethoven concertos out, where he directs the Mahler Chamber Orchestra as well as being soloist; Joshua Bell is now recording Beethoven symphonies, directing from the front seat of the Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields. Gosh: the day might come when I have to write a piece defending the role of the conductor.
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