Opera
RIP: Senator Claudio Abbado, Decca/DG's Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI (1933-2014)
Scandal-Prone Bolshoi Theater Announces New Music Director, Tugan Sokhiev
The troubled Bolshoi Theater announced its new music director on Monday at a press conference in Moscow: 36-year-old conductor Tugan Sokhiev, who has been appointed to help rehabilitate the reputation of the venerable theater after a series of scandals. Gergiev, Nelsons, Gilbert or Alsop...Who is the World’s Busiest Conductor?
Some interesting statistics, yes, from the U.K.-based music website Bachtrack. Every year, they compile the stats from the events they have listed, and the list for 2013 has Valery Gergiev as the world's busiest conductor. Andris Nelsons comes second.
